Video game development studio Bungie and The Mill released a third spot to showcase the next chapter of Destiny 2, Lightfall, which releases February 28, 2023.
Directed by The Mill’s Ilya Abulkhanov, the short film showcases the atmospheric universe of Destiny 2. In the latest expansion, players travel to destinations unlike any other, cross paths with bone-chilling Tormentors, battle alongside valiant Cloud Striders join the fight against The Witness, and prevent devastation in the technologically advanced secret city of Neomuna.
The Mill’s global team of visual effects specialists across its Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Bangalore studios worked with Bungie to execute the project using hand-keyed animation and motion capture.
“The intent was to depict an action-packed stance in the ‘super-mega-cosmo’ city of Neomuna. We wanted to establish the intricacies of technological architecture both vast and claustrophobic, submerged in noir-like darkness where battles unfold. Our goal was to reveal both the interconnected cast of characters as well as the ability to wield a mysterious source of energy - the ‘ultimate’ weapon against the invading forces. The team did an amazing job by paying attention to detail-world-building, allowing for cinematographic narrative to flow!” said Director Ilya Abulkhanov on Bungie’s website.
The above trailer follows up on Abulkhanov’s two previous Destiny 2 trailers, “The Witch Queen” and “Beyond Light.”
The Witch Queen
Beyond Light
Bungie’s next chapter of Destiny 2, “Lightfall,” launches on February 28, 2023.
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CREDITS
Client: Bungie
Producer: Le Neely
Production, VFX, Design: The Mill
Director: Ilya Abulkhanov
Global Executive Producer: Elizabeth Newman
Executive Producer: Moira Mahoney
Producer: Kayli Ennis, Kris Moyes
Associate Producer: Emily Fallon
Associate Production Manager: Gauri Kulkarni
Production Coordinator: Vinamra Bhartia
Production Manager: Oindrila Mitra
Art Directors: Sidney Tan
3D Lead: Nate Shaw
C4D Design: Alex Braddock, Ray Castillo
DFX Supervisor: Kanishk Chouhan
Concept Designers: Ilya Abulkhanov, Sidney Tan, Gary Inloes, Marco Iozzi
Modeling Lead: Blake Sullivan
Modeling & Texturing: Dustin Leon, Greg Mawicke, Pascual Rubio, Jorge Norgaard, Quinn Thompson, Melanie Okamura, Mitchell Jaeger, Lorena Cano Acosta, Gabrielle Harder, Raul Brossy, Vikas Soni (Lead), Kartik Arora (Lead), Praveen Sharma, Aditya Jaiswal, Pratik Bhade, Arnab Bhattacharya, Ragul Sundaramoorthy, Shashanka Sekhar Beshra, Surendhar Stalin, Thiyagarajan, Piyush Sharma
Rigging: Peter Christensen, Alice Panek, Nico Sanghrajka
Lighting Lead Artist: Monique Espinoza
Lighting & Texturing: Dennys Herman, Nitesh Nagda, Ziming Liu, Matt Choy, Elizabeth Hammer, Isabelle Jonsson, Venna Leelanadhareddy
Animation Lead: Matt Connolly
Animation: Navdeep Singh, Katie Yancey, Tommy Taylor, Justin Murphy, Jessica Castillo, Alex Moon, Gustavo Gonzalez, Sebastian Nino, Marco Capparelli, Jacob Bergman
FX Lead: Jason Mortimer
FX Artists: Hiroshi Tsubokawa, Lalida Karnjanasirirat , Daniel Soo, Ken Jones, Matt Roach, Aryan Sachdeva, Sparsh Kumar (Lead), Dhaval, Shashikant Bhanage, Gleaces Juvilian, Kamaljeet Singh, Rohit Kumar
FX Supervisor: Biswajit Tarafder
DMP Lead: Itai Muller
Matte Paintings: Bill Lu, AerynGray Lau, Gary Inloes
2D Lead Artist: Kevin Jones
Comp: Patrick Reilly, Kai Chun Tsai, Dylan Streiff, Justin Keil, Abi Riegel
Colourists: Paul Yacono, Logan Highlen
Executive Producer, Colour: Denise Brown
Editor: Ryan Burbank
Edit Assist: Yiqing Yu