Apocalypsis Ex Machina

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Awards & Nominations

Awards: Mackie Award for Best Visual Design at the 5th International Machinima Festival in New York
Nominations:
Best Sound Design and Best Technical Achievement at the 5th International Machinima Festival in New York
Best Animation at Media Gala 2008 in Linz
Description

This machinima was the project accompanying my master’s thesis. It is my interpretation of the Book of Revelation of John; it is an allegory of a nuclear bomb, whereat the ignition material is Earth and the igniter is Heaven. The events of the Apocalypse are displayed as chemical injection mechanisms that support the preparation of the ignition. The visual style is kept in gothic architecture, painting, and sculpture. Created in Unreal Engine 3 (UT3).

I have also added a small “Making-of” video further below. It shows scribbles and sketches from pre-production, some modeling and texturing work and my first steps in the Unreal Engine 3.

Music in both videos was composed by Cris Velasco for the game Clive Barker’s Jericho.