College Saga by Mark Leung

I remember the day that I was first introduced to College Saga. I was IMing with Charlene and she sent over a link to check out at YouTube. I clicked on it because the last one she sent me was pretty funny (a live action Super Mario Bros. imitation). The first thing I noticed was the length of the video... 40+ min. I nearly AIMed back, "cool... I'll check it out later," but it was so addicting. Every minute of this movie was clever and humorous. It pays homage to several video game classics, including Final Fantasy, Zelda and Super Mario Bros.

College Saga is a live action video game with an RPG theme. With the help of Jesus Garbayo and Maria Garcia, Mark Leung must stop Diculous from spreading the deadly disease of vegetaria. Like video game RPGs, the quest is filled with clues that fit together, exciting battle sequences, bosses and cinema scenes. The college setting and current events references were thought out pieced together nicely into the main story.

This is not just one of those stupid fun videos either. College Saga was produced by a very talented Mark Leung. The CG effects are clean and blended in well with the live action. The clips were shot well and edited together at a professional level.

Hopefully there's a lot more to come from Mark Leung. Definitely look for this name in Hollywood when he gets out of school!

Related Links: College Saga (official site), Full Length College Saga Movie @ YouTube, Mark Leung's Site