DJ Hero Cinematic Intro Video
by Staff, October 15, 2009
Framestore has delivered a dynamic, animated HD introduction for Activision’s new DJ Hero console game. Briefed by Freestyle Games, Simon Whalley and Mike Woods from Framestore commissioned director Marco Puig, from Warp Films, to help visualize the animation for this highly anticipated game. Marco’s thirst for something unique generated a fantastic treatment and VFX Supervisor, Diarmid Harrison-Murray, developed a look that was part photoreal, part hyper-real and part nod to game play. The result is an epic visual feast, in which a giant record needle terrorises a vinyl planet and its DJ inhabitants.
Realizing Marco’s vision was a huge technical undertaking for Framestore. Using a team of 25 3D artists, they worked on 76 shots in HD over a solid 15 week period. Apart from the central work of rebuilding and polishing the 5 main DJ characters (Cooky, GMF, HHH, Itch & Shadow), there was also a plethora of props, vehicles, environments, and other characters to create – the final scene alone boasting a retina-clenching 4800 individual dancers. A major challenge of the project was the execution of the music and sound editing. Framestore’s Mike Woods worked closely with Freestyle’s musical director, Daniel Neil, and sound FX house Pepper to create a sonic mix in 5.1 Dolby Surround sound that fits every aspect of the video narrative. Once all the elements were brought together, a final grade was added by Simon Bourne, creating an intro that is truly out of this world.
The trailer looks dope and this should be a fun game. Dj Hero will be coming out real soon and Activision just released a couple ads that I saw on the comedy channel. Next week i think.
that’s DJ shadow right?
horrid
i was looking up some of the mixes in this game
and i heard a lot of them
this game is gonna have the nut in ur pants playlist
im so serious
Day N Night vs. Boom Boom Pow?…wow
Genesis vs. Fix Up Look Sharp….cmon now
and they have some duets with the turntables and guitar
O_O
…like i said…nut in ur pants
FIX UP LOOK SHARRRRP!
dj hero?, fuck it i love it
just remembered…
genesis by justice
what song is that?
obviously that’s dizzee over top, i can’t think of the name of the song they put him over though
awesome animation.
Pretty fucking Intense, that’s for sure.
one of the only video games i’d drop $60 bucks on
lmao, my nigga Shadow lookin sinister as hell
Boooooyaaah!
This is so raw !! I can’t wait to get this
Incredible.