Atun-Shei Films

Doing some long overdue reorganizing of props and costumes

As you guys have no doubt noticed, I have a ton of costumes. I don't have an office or a studio space, so they stay in my house. Since I moved into my current place three years ago, the costumes have been living on the floor of the closet in my home office. I kept them in neat piles, which progressively became more disheveled over time - especially around Mardi Gras. But every once in a while, ...

The Great Swamp Fight: The Bloodiest Day of King Philip's War

Topic suggested by the wonderful Stonewall Brigade, my $50 patrons. Thank you all so much for your continued support!

This video's a throwback to the early days of the channel for sure. I tried to replicate the more scholarly/serious tone of my old shot-on-location King Philip's War videos.

A fascinating history, a haunting place

I'm doing some long-planned essential travel in New England, and today shot a video about the Great Swamp Fight of King Philip's War very near to the location where the battle and subsequent massacre occurred – as voted on by my $50 patrons in a poll a while back. (thank you guys!) This is the monument to the fight, erected in 1906, a long forgotten crumbling ruin deep in the woods of Rhode I...

Just added some new shirts to the merch shop

A reminder: if you can see this post, and want to buy something from my Teespring store, you still get 25% off with the promo code KATAHDIN. No need to pay full price. https://teespring.com/stores/atun-shei-films

My Opinion of the Confederate Flag

When Movies Were Magic (re-upload)

Hey all, noticed a couple things about the new video I needed to change so I re-exported and uploaded it. Now I suppose it's as done as it'll ever be. (The previous early access post has been deleted)

This next video ruined me

Hey all! Well, the 3-D video about early film is finally done, after what – five weeks? two days? help me to recollect – of pretty much doing nothing but working, eating and sleeping. I started writing and researching this one before I shot the latest Checkmate Lincolnites so it's been in the works for more than a month at this point. It nearly crashed my computer and destroyed my sanity, b...

Going to space tomorrow

If you haven't acquired some 3-D glasses yet, now is the time!

ALIEN, BABY! - Full Movie

Unfortunately, Amazon removed my movie ALIEN, BABY! from Prime Video. The reasons they gave me were unclear and unspecific. Normally I would contact their support team to complain, but they also informed me that they were "not accepting resubmission of impacted titles," or in other words, "you're shit outta luck, kid!"

So I've uploaded the film in its entirety to YouTube in an unlisted vi...

Working on a new character

Probably a couple months out, but I think it has potential.

In other news, new video coming Friday that I shot toward the beginning of the month and is currently available for early access. Been hard at work writing the 3-D video for the last several days, which keeps getting bigger and more complicated ... planning on shooting it next week and releasing it the week after that.

Atun-Shei Films... in 3-D!!!

Prepare yourself for THRILLS that will LEAP out of your screen! I'm working on a video (coming out in around 2-3 weeks) that you will need a pair of red-cyan 3D glasses to fully enjoy. It's the one I've been planning for a while about magic lanterns and the early history of filmmaking!

They're readily available for cheap at large online retailers. This Ebay link is selling 2 pairs for $2....

Secret Merch Promo Code

The Atun-Shei merch store is up and running! https://teespring.com/stores/atun-shei-films

For the foreseeable future, $5 or more patrons can get 25% off using this promo code.

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FYI to new patrons: Next week's video was uploaded and posted for early access on August 3. ...

Was GENERAL SHERMAN a WAR CRIMINAL?!?!?!?!

This was an utter misery to shoot (took about 8 hours) but I think it turned out pretty well. Definitely a more complex and nuanced topic than anything I've tackled on Checkmate Lincolnites before. Enjoy!

The new merch store: https://teespring.com/stores/atun-shei-films

Done

The script is 17 pages. "War of Northern Aggression" was 12 pages and ended up with a 17-minute runtime.

Filming on Friday.

Creoles, Kaintucks, and the Culture War of Early New Orleans (feat. The Cynical Historian)

Well, this early access is absurdly early! This video is part of the history YouTuber collaboration Project France, and Cynical Historian and I made "companion pieces" about Franco-American relations in the late 18th and early 19th century. He tends to make all his videos way ahead of time, so I was kind of working on his schedule for this one.

Btw, the new Checkmate Lincolnites ...

100K SUBS SILVER PLAY BUTTON UNBOXING VIDEO!!!

In depth making-of video coming soon for $20 and higher patrons!

Thank you all so, so much for your time, your encouragement, and your financial support. Without you, I would have given up on YouTube a long time ago.

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What I've been up to...

I haven't been posting videos to YouTube as regularly in recent weeks, but I'm still keeping busy. Juggling multiple projects at the moment, all of which are pretty elaborate. I don't know if I'll be able to get another video out by the end of the month, but I promise that there are some really exciting videos coming in August and September that'll hopefully knock your socks off. Here's what's ...

Checkmate Lincolnites Art

A buddy of mine is making some merch-art for me as I work on the Atun-Shei Films teespring store. Here's the Checkmate Lincolnites one. What do y'all think?

The Witchfinder General Defends the Great State of Massachusetts

Sorry everyone, a few hours ago I caught an unacceptable error in the new video and needed to fix it and upload again (the original early access post for this video has been deleted).

Next week

Fixing Gettysburg: The Third Day

Fixing Gettysburg: The Second Day

Fixing Gettysburg: The First Day

FYI, I apologize in advance – if you became a $5 or more patron after the evening of 6/29, you won't be in the credits of the next two videos in this series (coming out on July 2nd and 3rd), as I edited the three videos simultaneously. Just know I haven't forgotten about you! If you'd like, I can add shout-outs in the descriptions.

My next movie review!

Hey all, just wanted to give you a quick update about what's next for the channel: it'll be a three part review of the film Gettysburg, and I'm planning to release the videos on July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, the anniversary of the battle.

The review will be less of a "takedown" and more of a breakdown of the movie's strengths and weaknesses. The first video will be an artistic review, ...

A Tale of Two Swords

Going live tomorrow. As requested by my $50 patrons, a Gettysburg review is next!

What I've been working on this week

I just took a week off from videos, partially to give myself some personal time, but also to catch up on work for The Sudbury Devil. My co-director and I finished the shot list this week, and we've been plugging away at breakdowns of the script for special effects, lighting and production design. We've also been talking to a semi-famous Wampanoag actor to appear in a cameo, and we can ...

You're Probably Wrong About Confederate Monuments

Going live tomorrow – sorry for the late early access!

TIME TO DUMP SOME TEA IN THE HARBOR!

Hey y'all, Patreon is being required by law in some countries, as well as several American states, to start charging sales tax to some Patreon pledges starting July 1, 2020.

 According to Patreon, "Less than half of all patrons will be charged sales tax, and for most, the amount will be very small. For example, sales tax rates in the US range from 4% to 11%, so on a $5 pledge, that w...

Q&A: Everything BUT the Civil War