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In an ironic twist of fate, the demon known as Violator finds himself stuck babysitting the very human hellspawn that was chosen over him to lead Hell's army.

A WORD FROM CHRIS

In 2014, I had an idea for a SPAWN pitch where the story was primarily told from the perspective of Clown. At the time, I didn't have the resources to make the fan film, however, I did write a very fun monologue that brought a lot of insight into Clown's mindset. See here:    • Clown's Monologue (Spawn Pitch Teaser)  

Flash forward a decade, and after I wrap filming my original short WAFFLES, my actor, Michael Olvera Rodriguez, and I got to talking geek stuff, and we landed on Spawn. Naturally I showed him the voiceover short, and I told him if he was up for it, I'd be down to make an actual Spawn fan film. Thankfully, he was.

I knew this time around was going to be different, as Tom Proprofsky has access to a very high quality Spawn suit. Typically I am forced to make the costumes myself if I can't find one online, however not having to fabricate a Spawn costume from scratch was a relief. Unfortunately, it would be the only relief on this project.

Filming Spawn was a task and a half. Apart from filming in the August heat of LA, which is never fun, Michael ended up having a negative reaction to the red contacts I had gotten for his costume. We had a real hard time getting them in, and once in, they immediately began to irritate his eyes. Michael was a real trooper and really tried to make it work, but regretfully, there was no way he was going to survive a 4 hour shoot with his eyes on fire. So I made the decision to lose the contacts once we got to our alley location. You can still see them in the opening monologue, but that's about it. Sadly, pulling out the contacts didn't help. Michael's eyes were still enflamed, and blood shot and he had a really hard time keeping focus. Filming for him was pretty much agony. And since I'm not fond of torturing my actors (unlike some directors) I powered through all of Michael’s scenes so he could wrap as soon as possible.

Additionally my original actress for the Party Girl was a no show the night filming which meant I had to schedule another night for pickups.

Another problem that occurred with filming was the lights for Spawn’s eyes. They were originally supposed to glow green practically, but one of the lenses snapped off and I did t trust it would stay in place after I fixed it, since it wasn’t very secure. So I instead opted for the digital glow, which works thematically since they now only glow when the suit takes over.

Apart from the several mishaps while filming, I was very thankful with the end result.