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Frequently Asked Questions
Q : When was "Macbeth" created? A : Macbeth wasn't created. IT ALWAYS WAS. Seriously though, the whole thing took place during the winter of 1997. You could say the process, from conception to final product, encompassed the entire month of February. Finals were over, winter break was here, and there wasn't much schoolwork to be done. It was perfect timing. Q : Why was "Macbeth" created? A : Yep. We lied on the opening page. We said Macbeth was created for a high school project. Well that's only partially true. We would have found an excuse to make Macbeth, no matter what. We were bored, we had access to some cool video equipment, and we wanted to show everyone what we could do with it. When the Special Editions came out, and we began reading Macbeth in school, we put the two things together in a way that would excersise our minds and our sanity :-) Q : How did you make those 'sabers? A : You thought those things were fake?? No way! You can buy them (glowing and all) at Toys R Us!! Actually, it was done through the computer, and you can find out about this and other special effects right here. Just kidding about that toys R us thing, but while you're there see if you can pick up Marty McFly's hoverboard for me... Q : What did the school think? A : The school loved it... The principal still has a copy of our production in his office. The only thing they were worried about were those scenes where we were banging lightsabers up against the lockers... Q : What is your next project? A : Well, thats a tough question... UPDATE: 3-30-2006: Visit our who's who page to find out what we are up to nowadays. Suffice it to say, we all graduated a few years ago and are skattered across the northeastern US. Q : What is your favorite Star Wars Movie? A : Its unanimous. EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. The 5th installment had the BEST direction, the BEST acting, and the BEST STORY. When we were younger many of us liked Return of the Jedi more, but after a while we began to realize how corny it truely was :-) And what's up with Han in JEDI anyway? Q : Why did you make this page? A : We wanted to share what we had done with the world. We wanted to give Star Wars fans something to do before the prequels came out, and we wanted something to show our friends when we went to college :-) When we put up the trailer at Theforce.net, it got a big enough response that warranted digitizing the rest of the video, so thats what we did. Q : What equipment did you use? A : A Sharp Viewcam camcorder that my dad bought for summer vacations, a video capture card that Bien got through a catalog for about $100, a computer of course (I think it was a low model Pentium at the time), and the school's tripod. We also used a rolling cart (borrowed from the school) as a dolly, which didn't work too well. (Want to play "Hear the Dolly?" Check out Part 1 of Macbeth, when Mike distracts the imperial officer and walks down the hallway!) We used a fishing rod to hold up Young Sewards robe when he "dissapeared." And Ray Perez brought in an old Darth Vader mask. That wierd doo-dad on the front of Darth Vader in the opening scene was created from a used tape casette box and some neon paper. Q : Are you guys famous? A : Nope. Not yet.. but if you are a Hollywood producer or a computer programmer from ILM, give us a ring, make us famous! We don't mind :-)
A : Well, Bien's real name is Bienvenido. Before high school his name was always 'Bien,' but he got tired of sounding weird, so he just called himself 'Ben.' He went with that for just about all of our high school years, but he would always get extremely upset whenever people would call him 'Benjamin,' so he just went back to his real name, which is 'Bien.' And he REALLY PREFERS 'Bien.' :) Q : How was the premiere? A : We first showed it to our Advanced Placement Chemistry class. They went crazy and made us play it again. Later on in the day it eventually got to English class, at which point we knew we would get an A :-) Over the rest of the week, the video somewhat multiplied as copies were made and shown throughout the building. Classes came to a standstill that week as Macbeth became top priority. We must have seen ourselves 20 times that week. It was somewhat embarrassing of course, to see ourselves feebly attempt to act, but the music helped it along somewhat. Everyone wanted to know how we did the Light Sabers and how we made Macduff use the force. (none of them could figure out the obvious.. it was a simple piece of string!) That first week was pretty exceptional, tons of fun, and very rewarding. Q : Why does the Imperial Officer crown Malcolm at the end of the video? A : The Imperial Officer was played by Carl Erik Fisher, who is now a sophomore at the University of North Carolina. We were running low on people who wanted to spend their winter vacation INSIDE a school building, and we didn't have enough people to play the imperial fleet. So Carl BECAME the Empire. Carl was the guard who Young Siward tricked with the force and the officer who tried to shoot our friends as they escaped. Furthermore, he was the only one around at the time that we shot the Awards Ceremony scene, so he became the guy who hands the crown to the Princess to give to Malcolm. You could say the imperial officer defected and learned the ways of the Rebel Alliance. Q : Any goofs, mistakes, or cool stuff to look for? A : You better beleive it. You can view a few of our outtakes from our download page. Q : What's with that Coca-Cola commercial? A : Well, it was our last day shooting the movie, so we were in a celebratory mood. We needed some footage to pad out the music in our end credits, and I didn't want to cut any more of John William's precious melodies. We had been using the soda machine every day, and we just had nothing better to do then grab the camera and film a thirty second shrine to Coca-Cola and Star Wars. This struck us as unusually funny later when we realized that the offical sponsor of the Star Wars films would be Pepsi :-) Q : What is the meaning of life? A : To get to Shell Beach. Q : Why does Don fight like a whimp in the final battle? A : My stick broke. No, really. It fell apart when we were shooting that final cut. (that's why it was the final cut!) That's why I ducked and scampered away when we panned across the stage. Of course it worked out perfectly, because I was supposed to be a wimp anyway. Until I used the force of course :-) Q : Why wasn't my question answered here? A : Unfortunately we can't read your mind. We can read what you email to us though. Feel free to contact us, we love email!!!
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AriZonA PICTURES and NS
PRODUCTIONS present BIEN CONCEPCION DONALD FITZ-ROY MICHAEL MCKOY
Content & Design by Don Fitz-Roy & Bien Concepcion | Last updated 4/15/2006 
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