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The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-Earth - The Mines of Moria Trailer

Main launch trailer. This was distributed alongside 3 resizes from a larger master, and 68 total deliverable variants.

Shot progression for the first shot, highlighting the mysterious antagonist of the game.

Shot progression for the first shot, highlighting the mysterious antagonist of the game.

Progression comparison for the larger battle between Legolas, Gimli, Arwen, Aragorn, and the Orc horde.

Shot progression of the final shot, revealing the Balrog tease for the raid.

Shot progression of the final shot, revealing the Balrog tease for the raid.

Full breakdown of Frodo's battle with an Orc Firebreather.

Full breakdown of the Orc horde surrounding the hero party. Opposite Visuals did an incredible job implementing the animation, crowd sim and all FX in this shot.

Had the great opportunity to direct and produce the new Moria raid trailer for Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-Earth. Awesome collaboration between AdLiven and EA, and it wouldn't be possible without the immensely skilled artists, animators, and designers working together. Timeline was a little over 2 months, with a launch on August 1st '23. As we used in-game assets, a full lookdev pass was handled for each character and the environment to increase quality, animation was handled in Maya, and all FX and assembly were done in Houdini. Final compositing was handled in After Effects.
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Each shot was executed by the team below:
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Brendan Keane - Partner Relations Manager
Nathan Peyton - Director | Producer
David Phipps - 3D Generalist
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Rodrigo Henrique - Assembly | LookDev | Lighting | Rendering | Compositing
Eric Vanucci - Storyboard Artist
Rodrigo Mendes - Senior Character Animator
Jeremy Johnson - Senior Character Animator
Joel Ho - Character Animator
Leo Uehara - Compositor
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EARSAY
Dom Evans - Sound Design
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Opposite Visuals
Joaquin Romero - Associate FX Supervisor
Nicolas Agarzuaás Agarzúa - Associate Coordinator
Santiago Rey - Associate Producer
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Juan Miguel Tomalá - FX Artist
Aaron Ramirez Sanchez - FX Artist
Jamie orlando Porta Carrion - FX Artist
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Jesús Gómez Díaz - Senior Character Animator
Lucía González Martijena - Senior Character Animator
Lucas Barrios - Mid Character Animator

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