Destiny: Mars Opening Cinematic

Directors Ilya V. Abulkhanov & Simon Clowes collaborate with Bungie to design and direct the opening cinematic to their new video game franchise Destiny. Set in present day Mars, the story narrates the first encounter, the discovery of an unidentified spherical object – The Traveler.

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Design and Production Company: Prologue Films
Directors: Ilya V. Abulkhanov & Simon Clowes
CG Supervisor: Lee John Nelson
Producer: Armando Plata
Executive Producer: Unjoo Byars
Production Manager: Paul Alexiou
Animation Supervisor: Mitch Gonzalez
FX Supervisor: Allan McKay
Lighting Lead: Daniel Hayes
Compositing Supervisor: Sam Edwards
Character Modeler: Dan Katcher
Lead TD: Michael Fisher
Rigging TD: Peter Christensen
Animation: Brian Wyser and Colin Cromwell
Lighting: Desiree Lunsford and Patrick Vidal
Compositing: Siobhan Lo, Jessica Laszlo, Andrea Caretta, Sarah Brooke Grossmann, Nabil Schiantarelli & Ilya V. Abulkhanov
FX: Hnedel Maximore, Benjamin Liu and Patrick Schuler
CG Artists: Bora Jurisic and Jeffrey Dietrich
Matte Painter: Matthew Gilson
Concept Artist: Gavriil Klimov
Texture Artist: Paul Fedor
Previs: Zac Cavaliero and John Velazquez
Storyboard Artist: Doug Stambaugh
Storyboard Concept Art: Nadia Tzuo
Editor: llya V. Abulkhanov
Storyboard Animatic: llya V. Abulkhanov
Colorist: Simon Clowes
Systems: Brian Holmes, Dylan Harper and Kevin McCartney
Managing Director: Kimberly Cooper
Mocap Artists: Scott Levy, Mikal Vega and Mitch Gonzalez
Motion Capture Services: Activision Capture Studio
Additional Fluid FX : Fusion CI Studios

Star Map Sequence
Director: Simon Clowes
Producer: Armando Plata
Executive Producer: Unjoo Byars
Designer: Christian Antolin
Animator: Takayuki Sato
Editor: Gabriel J. Diaz

Client: Bungie
Story / Creative Direction feedback: Jason Jones
Creative Director / Project Lead: Christopher Barrett
Producer: Dave Dunn
Director of Marketing and COO: Pete Parsons
Associate Producer: Scott Taylor
Technical Feedback: David Parker
Concept Support: Joe Cross
Story / Brief: Joe Staten
Budgets: Harold Ryan
Character Art Feedback: Shikai Wang
Localization Feedback: Tom Slattery
Weapon / Vehicle Feedback: Tom Doyle
Art Feedback: Ryan Ellis
FX Feedback: Steve Scott
Environment Feedback: Michael Zak
Animation Feedback: Bill O'Brien

Cast: Simon Clowes, Ilya V. Abulkhanov, Gabriel J Diaz, Allan McKay, Takayuki Sato, hnedel maximore and patrick vidal

Tags: destiny, destinythegame, cinematic, destinycinematic, bungie, astronaut, mars, ilya abulkhanov, simon clowes, prologue, maya, activision, playstation and xbox