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One of the craziest and toughest projects to handle are the manga or anime series turned live-action series or movies. Although the recent success of Netflix’sOne Pieceis a thoroughly studied project that gave out the best results, it wasn’t easy for the directors at all. Marc Jobst, who is one of the directors ofOne Piecehas shared in his recent interview how his previous experience with Marvel andThe Witchermade him understand the angle for the adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates.
Marc Jobst is a well-known director who has been associated with various top-notch projects. His works withHannibal, Jupiter’s Legacy, Daredevil, The Punisher, and more have gained him a better understanding of how to approach the unimaginable.
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What influence did Marvel have on One Piece?
The multi-genre director,Marc Jobstrecently had an interview withDigital Spywhere he disclosed how his previous experiences have helped him design a better picture forOne Piece. Thinking of the anime series that is still running, the live-action series had many challenges that had to be faced by the directors butThe Berlin Stationdirector had it all sorted out.
During his interview, theOne Piecedirector spoke of how theDaredevilandThe Punisherseries developed his instincts to make a bunch of other superhero and fantasy world sequences. He said:
“I think it really helped me trust my instincts of grounding things in truth, in these worlds, and to not come at it as a fantasy director who’s creating mad, fantastical characters, but as a director who comes in and tries to find the truth of the relationships, and the truth of the characters”.
Further explaining,The Punisherdirector told about an interaction he had with a Marvel fan, who expressed her views about theDaredevilseries, saying she skips the action sequences as she“just loves the drama of it.”Hearing her words, Jobst thought “Well, OK, we’ve got to make the action count.”
Jobst further stated:
“It’s like a song. In a musical, if a song can be taken out, and you can just remove the song and it all still works – get rid of the song. It’s the same with action sequences. If you can take the action sequence out and the drama still works, it’s the wrong piece of action.”
Explaining more about his thoughts on the action sequences, the director who worked on two of the most appreciated episodes ofLuke Cagesaid:
“Your action has got to tell some kind of character story, or some kind of storyline, so that, at the end of the action sequence, we’re somewhere different to where we began. That way, you’ve got to go back, and you’ve got to watch the action to understand how you got there.”
Jobst isn’t just associated withDaredevil, he has worked on multiple series and movies. FromSleep with Me, Waking The Dead, Case Histories, andUpstairs Downstairs, he even has got his hands onThe Witcher, for which he directed 2 episodes.
Marc Jobst‘s The Witcher experience he used for One Piece
When speaking ofThe Witcherseries, Jobst said he had learned the best ways to shoot choreography. And, this experience especially came in handy for shootingMackenyu Arata’s Zoro. Mackenyu has had some of the best sword sequences which were almost impossible to shoot.
Talking about these sword sequences, theJupiter’s Legacydirector said:
“Henry Cavill is an extraordinary swordsman and I didn’t want to cut the bugger out of these fights. I wanted to see him fight! I wanted to see the dance of it all, you know?”
But how did this help exactly withOne Piece’s direction? Jobst further stated:
“I wanted the fight sequences to have a real, individual, unique feel. So if the Marvel shows and The Witcher were all about the punch, and getting that punch and the slow motion and the blood and the sweat and the grit and the dirt and all that – One Piece was much more playful, and One Piece was all about the journey to the punch.”
It is not because of the fortune that this popular Netflix series has gained so much in less time, it’s the decisions that had to be made by both the production and the directors.One Piecehas got the most praising reviews from both fans as well as critics, as the show did justice to the actual material written by Eiichiro Oda. And as the news has spread, we might soon watch a new season of this pirate adventure-based series.
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Having a passion for films, Tejas is a full time entertainment journalist at Fandomwire. With interests in Metal music, Weights and Super Hero Movies, he has got an eye for all things power.
