'Take Down the Terror' for Dead Space 3

Mothership and Digital Domain just created the TV spot launching the third chapter of EA's acclaimed Dead Space game. The spot, "Take Down Terror," was directed by Mothership's Neil Huxley for Draftfcb San Francisco. Featuring a mix of live action, gameplay, and high-end CGI from Academy Award-winning VFX studio Digital Domain, the spot broke on January 27.  (The game launches on February 5.)

 

Huxley, director of numerous game launch spots, took Draftfcb's concept and approached it like a short film, shooting with live action and virtual cameras to bring greater humanity to Clarke's character and a sense of realism to the piece. Digital Domain, under the direction of VFX Supervisor Aladino Debert, used its sophisticated VFX pipeline to create the snowy world of the Necromorph planet and cinematic lighting.

 

 

Credits:

Spot title: Dead Space 3 “Take Down the Terror” Launch Trailer :90 

Directed by: Neil Huxley, Mothership

Client: Electronic Arts

Agency: DraftFCB San Francisco

 

Digital Production Company: Digital Domain

Chief Executive Officer: Ed Ulbrich 

VP and Executive Producer: Rich Flier

Head of Production: Scott Gemmell

VFX Supervisor: Aladino Debert 

VFX Producer: John Kokum

VFX Coordinator: Rebecca Bihr

Virtual Production Supervisor: Gary Roberts

CG Supervisor: Ron Herbst

Character Animator: Greg Breitzman 

Character Animator/Rigger: Rick Fronek 

Generalist: Juan Gomez

Generalist: Casey Benn

Generalist: Neil Taneja

Matte Painter: Shannan Burkely

FX Artist: Eric Ebling

FX Artist: Karl Rogovin

Compositor: Scott Hale

Compositor: Arthur Agote

Compositor: Barry Berman

Editor: Colin Woods

 

Editorial by: Whitehouse Post

Executive Producer: Joni Williamson

Editor: Josh Bodnar

Assistant Editors: Shane Ried & Collin Davis