, by Trevor Hogg | Production
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Editor’s Warning: Video contains realistic violence, not to be viewed by minors.
London based Territory have created a 50 second trailer to promote the long awaited Steam release of Heroes & Generals, one of the biggest and most successful free to play ‘mass participation’ games online.
A massively scaled multiplayer game developed by Reto-Moto, Heroes & Generals is a FPS based on World War II, that allows players to experience a variety of tactical and strategic roles, playing under either an Axis or Allied command. Gamers can choose to play as frontline infantry or tank gunners, as fighter pilots or paratroopers, or generals in command campaigns.
Territory was briefed to create a trailer to mark the milestone launch, and reflect the human side of conflict, in which men band together, fighting alongside their friends to overcome the enemy.
The live-action trailer focuses on the feel and atmosphere of the game, rather than the gameplay itself. The team devised, scripted, storyboarded, directed, shot and post-produced the film, enhancing it with a contemporary cinematic graphic treatment that references authentic gameplay details, including uniforms, weaponry, vehicles and environments.
‘Our aim was to create a cinematic narrative with the highest live-action production values possible for the budget, to capture the raw emotional tension, excitement and action of a combat situation from a first person perspective’ says David Sheldon-Hicks, Creative Director. ‘With our experience of developing cinematic narratives and cut-scenes to motivate and support gameplay, we had a good grasp of the look and feel we wanted, and having control of every stage of the creative process helped us create something that we all feel proud and excited about’.
This latest trailer builds on Territory’s reputation for creating dynamic motion graphic interfaces, cinematics, cut-scenes and trailers for computer game titles including of Honor, Forza, Killzone 3, Killzone: Mercenary and Little Big Planet.
The one-day green-screen shoot included a cast of 10 actors using stunt wires and hand-to-hand combat techniques, a crew of 20, authentic wardrobe, armoury and set design, and was shot at 240fps on the Sony F55 and Furio dolly.
The pre-production work included scene writing, storyboarding, previs and casting.
The post work included 3D modeling, explosion simulation, editing, keying, rotoscoping, compositing, grading, logo design and animation, and sound design*.
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Heroes & Generals Trailer Credits
Production Company: Territory
Live Action:
Director: Guy Nisbett
Producer: Sam Hart
Director of Photography: Marcus Domleo
Assistant Director: Rawden DeFresnes
Stunt Coordinator: Peter Pedrero
Focus Puller: David Litchfield
Dolly Grip: Peter Childs
Gaffers: Craig Davis, Ross Duffy
Art Director: Graham Dance
Art Assistant: Chris Ford
Stylist: Boo Attwood
Stylist Assistant: Sarah Mulindwa
Hair & Make-up Artists: Emma Watts, Cat Silliman
Armourers Armoury Supplies
Unit Photographer: Matt Robinson
Data Wrangler: Matt Cole
Production Assistant: Carly Desantis
Medic: Daniel Frost
Filmed at Studio 2000 Elstree
Cast:
David Anders, Pablo Casillas Quian, Lee Charles, Jean-Paul Jesstiece, Peter Pedrero, Ryan Oliva, Ian Pead, John Sharpe, Pablo Verdejo, Chris Webb
VFX:
VFX Supervisor: Peter Eszenyi
VFX Producer: Sam Hart
Storyboard Artist: Alex Flynn
CGI: Rachel Chu, Chris Cousins, Peter Eszenyi
Lead Compositor : Jesse Richards
Compositors: Daniel Højlund, Sam Keehan
Rotoscope Artists: Ryan Rafferty-Phelan, Angela Rinaldi
Researcher: Daniel Højlund
Sound Designer: James Locke-Hart
Creative Director: David Sheldon-Hicks
About Territory
Founded in 2010 by David Sheldon-Hicks, Lee Fasciani and Nick Glover, Territory has built a reputation for beautiful craft-led creative work across the co-founder’s heartland – motion graphics for games and film, branding and digital.
Motion graphics UI for feature films include Jupiter Ascending (not yet released) Guardians of the Galaxy (release date 02.08.14) Fast and Furious 6, Zero Dark Thirty, Prometheus, Casino Royal, The Dark Knight, with a cinematic trailer for Jack Ryan.
Game credits include UI design, cutscenes, cinematics and trailers for titles including Forza, Killzone 3 and Killzone Mercenery, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare, Medal of Honor and Little Big Planet.
Digital credits include bespoke iconography for The Guardian’s digital channels, promotional videos for Land Rover and the animated idents and graphic content on the new Vera entertainment channel running across Virgin Atlantic’s fleet.
Related links
http://www.heroesandgenerals.com/16/en/index.html
http://www.territorystudio.com/
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