Flashback: Making The Egg of Darkness

The last of the Squirrelings must go on an epic adventure to stop the evil emperor from using a powerful crystal to cover the world in darkness.

The animated adventure, The Egg of Darkness premiered in 2014 and garnered millions of views. Due to some issues, the film in it’s original form had to be removed from YouTube. It then went through a “Special Edition” process. Many scenes were altered and enhanced with better animation, shading, and color. It took months to redo and it was re-released featuring new characters The Squirrels from a new series William Sikora was also working on at the time. The Egg of Darkness: Special Edition premiered later that Fall.

Join Red, the squirrel as he journeys to save the world from the evil emperor of the Reptilias, who threatens to cover the land in darkness forever. Directed by William Sikora III. Starring: Tyler Parks, Christina Benthall, Tyler Jacob, William Sikora , Jason Marks, & Chris Alvarado. Inspired from 80’s fantasy films The Never Ending Story and The Dark Crystal, The Egg of Darkness is an animated film full of adventure and fun for the whole family.

Go behind the scenes and meet the voice cast and see how it was made.

Behind The Scenes with Brandy

We take you behind the scenes on the set of “Baby Mama” from Grammy winning recording artist Brandy. The video was shot just before COVID-19 caused mayhem across the country. “We didn’t know much about it then, it wasn’t really a thing.” Sikora said. 

The song features Chance The Rapper who appeared in the video as well. The shoot was captured by William Sikora III and Jaedon Rooney.

Check out some photos behind the scenes. “Baby Mama” is now available on all music platforms.

You Will Be Enchanted by Eastwick

Eastwick takes you into the magical dark world of three women, Amanda Smith, Jesse Stewart and Sveta Matiunina Photogenics who enchant their viewers with fashion from AKIxMANN. The fashion film, directed by William Sikora III captures a dark, yet visually beautiful group of women who many in the town of Eastwick are against. Could they be outcasts or witches? Don’t be fooled by their beautiful looks, the stories told often lead to nightmares.

Photographer // Ben Duggan @duggangram
Assistants // Geoffrey Glenister  @geoffrey_austinDarren Bertonneau @vastblue
Video Director // William Sikora III @iamsikora
Creative Direction // Michael Mann @michael.mann of @akixmann
Fashion // Michael Mann & Tyler Mann (@michael.mann @tylerjacobmusic @akixmann )
Hair // Tina Greene @tina.greene
Make Up Artist // Nimai Marsden @makeupbynimai

You Will Be Enchanted by Eastwick

Eastwick takes you into the magical dark world of three women, Amanda Smith, Jesse Stewart and Sveta Matiunina Photogenics who enchant their viewers with fashion from AKIxMANN. The fashion film, directed by William Sikora III captures a dark, yet visually beautiful group of women who many in the town of Eastwick are against. Could they be outcasts or witches? Don’t be fooled by their beautiful looks, the stories told often lead to nightmares.

Photographer // Ben Duggan @duggangram
Assistants // Geoffrey Glenister  @geoffrey_austinDarren Bertonneau @vastblue
Video Director // William Sikora III @iamsikora
Creative Direction // Michael Mann @michael.mann of @akixmann
Fashion // Michael Mann & Tyler Mann (@michael.mann @tylerjacobmusic @akixmann )
Hair // Tina Greene @tina.greene
Make Up Artist // Nimai Marsden @makeupbynimai

BTV’s Latest Show Is A Box Office Hit

Creating a successful video let alone show on YouTube is a challenge, but for BTV’s latest show Flix Movies, it has been a success from day one.  The show covers movie news, reviews new ones, and goes behind the scenes on upcoming films.

“We started off doing a sneak peak at the new Godzilla film which became very popular  which soon was followed by a first look at Transformers: Age of Extinction which has now surpassed 3.2 million views alone. We are always looking into ways to keep BTV fresh and entertaining, shows get tested, some stay, some go.  Nothing could be more exciting than what we have been working on.”  BTV said.

Flix Movies recently covered their first film review for 300: Rise of an Empire which can be seen below:

BTV’s Latest Show Is A Box Office Hit

Creating a successful video let alone show on YouTube is a challenge, but for BTV’s latest show Flix Movies, it has been a success from day one.  The show covers movie news, reviews new ones, and goes behind the scenes on upcoming films.

“We started off doing a sneak peak at the new Godzilla film which became very popular  which soon was followed by a first look at Transformers: Age of Extinction which has now surpassed 3.2 million views alone. We are always looking into ways to keep BTV fresh and entertaining, shows get tested, some stay, some go.  Nothing could be more exciting than what we have been working on.”  BTV said.

Flix Movies recently covered their first film review for 300: Rise of an Empire which can be seen below: