We've been doing some ninjawork lately and a video of that will follow. Before it, here's our newest training video:



Keep it going!

We have been doing effects for The Mute and it will "soon" be ready to publish.



It's going to be a hoot!

Jussi and Greatman also participated in the Everlast Gaala last month and we were there backstage to film it.



And we also held a small stage combat hour at Helsinki Upper Secondary School of Visual Arts and had a lot of fun there:

Stage Combat at Helsinki Upper Secondary School of Visual Arts from Mikko Löppönen on Vimeo.

Three videos added with a focus on live shows! We've also been training stunts and action fighting together to hone them down more. At the moment we have 2 projects on the way. The Mute is edited and we are doing effects and scoring. We also have a new project in the editing room and it's going to be something very different. And then to the liveshows:

James Bond show. Ville Lumioksa, Jesse Liskola and Risto "Ride" Mikkola doing a James Bond themed liveshow at the party for the release of Quantum of Solace here in Finland.

James Bond Show from Mikko Löppönen on Vimeo.

Western Show. Greatman Lim and Jussi Salonen doing some martial arts at a local western show for akrobaatti.fi

Western Show from Mikko Löppönen on Vimeo.

Art Wushu Gathering II which was held 9.1-11.9.2009. www.artwushu.com

Art Wushu Gathering II from Mikko Löppönen on Vimeo.

Our newest production, Shadow of the Demon Knight has finally been released. It features high quality action set pieces and a not-so-original story :)

Production has been delayed several times and we also have a 40 minute behind the scenes coming up in a couple of days that shows how things came to be.



Get it from our productions page!


Shadow of the Demon Knight from Mikko Löppönen on Vimeo.

Click video the HD button to watch higher quality version on vimeo. Or just download from our page.

We are also giving away limited quantities of it in Bluray and DVD-formats. It will include the making off and the 13 minute short film.

I'd especially like to thank our main music composer Michael Law who did absolutely terrific work and Pasi Pitkänen & Tuomo Sagulin who provided additional music. And don't forget to check out the band Hollowheart!

Also a very special thanks to all HMC members for all the support! Jesse Liskola and Jussi Salonen who came aboard through Mute were very important in getting great action scenes. Ville Lumioksa handled most of the production side and Mikko Löppönen tried to direct as best he could. Ride was also very game and brought his energy drinks to boost our spirits. And of course Arman Alizad who was great to work with and was very professional even when we weren't :). And who could forget Ramin Sohrab, the man who really pushed the choreography up and gave us a great performance as a bad guy.

A final thank you to everyone who gave us advice (Stunt people), helped us on the way (Cave Boulderkeskus) or just inspired us (Ulrik and Flatcoin). And offcourse to the five original members of HMC.

Thanks to you guys.

Ramin Sohrab has now taken a huge undertaking and left us for Hollywood. We wish him a good journey and much success! Go get them Ramin!

And a new Fight choreography training clip has been posted to our productions page. You can download it there instead of this youtube clip for better quality. Or just click "Watch in hd" while in youtube.




HMC will also participate with full force to Roskaelokuvafestivaalit!

Our Shadow of the Demon Knight will be premiered there and we will probably get mighty drunk and film ourselves doing silly things!

And we have added the talented composer Pasi Pitkänen to our links!
Pasi Pitkänen, Composer



We have also begun to shoot our next short and more info will come when it's closer to being ready. We still have The Mute to get through before it.