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Tines is a Werewolf
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30; Snarly Bi🏳️‍🌈 Werewolf, Filmmaker, Professional Napper; Writer/Director of "Tobias and the Half-Pariah" and "Tobias and the Arcane Merchant" | Filmmaker Website: http://adam-guzik-silver-films.com/
--From Script to Screen #12: Promise--

Our final Script to Screen entry. I cannot stress enough how proud I am of the execution for this sequence, especially the VFX, especially that final shot.

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May 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
--From Script to Screen #11: The Sodor Purge--

Like the Oliver's 7 Year Wait Montage, I really enjoyed bringing this montage to life - and it features some of my favorite lighting in the whole film, too.

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May 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
--From Script to Screen #10: THAT Scene--

I remember writing this scene and wondering how I would execute it. Needless to say, even *I* had to sit back and go "Woah" when it was finished.

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May 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
--From Script to Screen #9: Hell Gordon--

This scene was by far and away the hardest scene to do VFX-wise, not the least because of how long these fire FX took to render!! Still worth it, though.

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May 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
--From Script to Screen #8: Daisy's Battle Cry--

Daisy's yodel war cry had been in the script since the earliest drafts back in 2015, and it was a delight getting to bring such a goofy moment to life.

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May 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
--From Script to Screen #7: The Montague Revelation--

This was one of the 2 hardest scenes to do VFX-wise, and it was also where I decided to lay out Toby's true identity as explicitly as I could.

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May 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
--From Script to Screen #6: Oliver's 7 Year Wait--

This was by far and away my favorite part to film in the movie, and it was my favorite part to write during Oliver's first big flashback scene.

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March 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
--From Script to Screen #5: The First Warshire Reset--

One of my favorite scenes, for how it has the story take a hard left turn, and how well I was able to execute it visually and sound-wise.

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March 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
--From Script to Screen #4: Ultimatum--

I always like to call this the scene where Toby gets Gordon'd - banished from the railway for his transgressions.

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March 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
--From Script to Screen #3: James's Ambush--

he way this scene was written is a little different than how it plays out in the final movie - cut lines, different blocking, different choreography.

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February 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
--From Script to Screen #2: Roansfield--

I actually almost ended up cutting this scene, but some crew convinced me to keep it, as it served as important foreshadowing for the Tobias Personality.

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February 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Starting this lil' series for TATAM called "From Script to Screen," whereby I share a page of the script, and the corresponding final visuals they turned into:

--From Script to Screen #1: Cromsfield Prologue--

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January 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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(I'm in a corporate job so I can make this joke; reuploaded as a video because my gif wouldn't play)

THEM: I hope this email finds you well!

How This Email Finds Me:
December 27, 2024 at 2:54 PM
"TOBIAS AND THE ARCANE MERCHANT"

RELEASED: December 24, 2024

SYNOPSIS: Tobias the Hybrid Tram Engine's sense of identity is thrown into question when a mysterious enemy returns to the railway with a hidden agenda and throws everyone's lives into chaos.
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December 24, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Working my freaking ass off on this score for Arcane Merchant, and I'm making fantastic progress, and making some killer music, too! Closer and closer, folks... #ArcaneMerchant #TobiasandtheArcaneMerchant #TATAM
November 18, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Some new finalized stills from Act I of "Arcane Merchant"! The rough edit for Acts II and III should be finished soon, the end of this month/the beginning of May!
April 21, 2024 at 2:18 PM
2 color graded stills from footage I shot on my Red Komodo 2 years ago at the Greenberg Train Show in Edison New Jersey for the "Good Ol' Days" exhibit.

Featuring the Final Boys of "Sodor: Dark Times"!

I'll eventually release all the footage I shot back then, don't worry.
April 10, 2024 at 1:07 AM
More finalized stills from "Arcane Merchant" from the first hour! (2/2)
January 29, 2024 at 5:20 AM
Have some new finalized stills from "Tobias and the Arcane Merchant!" (1/2)
January 29, 2024 at 5:18 AM
"I want to believe in... Everything."

Happy New Years, folks!
January 1, 2024 at 10:39 AM
"Why do you have so little faith in them? In everyone?" Lady asked quietly.

"Their kindness is a trick," Henry replied through the cold seizing his body. "I won't be tricked anymore."

"If that is what you truly believe, Henry," Lady said softly, "then I will let you sleep."
December 5, 2023 at 3:11 AM
Edward stared. "'Memes?'"

"And TikToks and Twitters and Instagrams!" James puffed. "The passengers tell me I'm *famous* online. They say I've got *clout.*"

"I see," Edward puffed slowly.

Thomas gulped from where he stood on his siding. "You know, I think I'm going to stay out of this one."
November 20, 2023 at 3:02 AM
"Come, come, Little Diesel! Join us in our delinquency!" the big diesels oiled.

"You can rid your narrow gauge railway of those little steam engines for good!"

"Never!" Rusty snapped. "I'm not like you."

"Give it time," cackled Diesel 10. "You'll start to see things like us soon enough."
November 20, 2023 at 3:01 AM
More finished color-graded stills from "Tobias and the Arcane Merchant"!
October 27, 2023 at 1:37 AM
Some finished color-graded stills from "Tobias and the Arcane Merchant"!

(In case any of y'all didn't see my latest posts on Twitter/YouTube/Facebook and elsewhere, TATAM has been delayed to August 2024 - still a Tentative Release Date, but should be much more doable!)
October 27, 2023 at 1:36 AM