MX vs ATV Alive

THQ

When asked by the guys at THQ to completely create a cinematic game trailer for the latest installment of their popular series: MX vs ATV, totally from scratch, without even having seen the game itself, we were like “Yes.” And then we were like, “Wait, what did we just agree to? We stopped listening at ‘video game’.”

What we came up with is an action packed :60 race through an abstract stylized Motocross world. The spot follows a pack of adrenaline-fueled riders as they fight through the spiraling, bumpy course, knocking one another off one by one until a lone hero – Supercross champion James Stewart – remains as the victor.

The trailer premiered at the most highly anticipated race of the Supercross season, the Anaheim 1 series opener, to a sold out crowd of 45,000 Supercross fans. Learn more about the game itself at www.mxvsatv.com.

Credits

  • CLIENT

    THQ

  • AGENCY

    THQ, Inc.

  • CREATIVES

    Ali Bouda, Michael Lustenberger

  • PRODUCER

    Mike Kelleher Jr

  • PRODUCTION COMPANY

    Blind, Inc.

  • CREATIVE DIRECTOR

    Erik Buth

  • DIRECTOR

    Erik Buth

  • EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

    David Kleinman

  • POST PRODUCER

    Brad Herbst/Amy Knerl

  • ART DIRECTOR

    Steve Pacheco

  • DESIGNERS

    Erik Buth, Steve Pacheco, Lawrence Wyatt, Hatem Ben Abdallah, Kate Mrozowski

  • VFX SUPERVISOR

    Hatem Ben Abdallah

  • 2D ANIMATORS

    Daniel Chang, Kate Mrozowski

  • 3D ANIMATORS

    Diego Seferian, Christian Argueta, Steven McClellan, Tony Castro, Pre-viz: Diego Seferian & Chris Marcet

  • MODELERS

    John Ployhar, David Mooy, Pasha Ivanov, Ryan Taylor, Texture Artists: John Ployhar, Ryan Taylor, Justin Young & Jordan Carroll

  • LIGHTERS

    Pasha Ivanov, Raphael Protti, Ryan Kirkwood

  • RIGGERS

    Tony Castro

  • COMPOSITORS

    Lawrence Wyatt, Ryan Kirkwood, Daniel Chang, Chris ONeill, Jason Lowe, Hatem Ben Abdallah, Joe Todoran, Maithy Tran, Eric Zunkley, Ivan Cruz, Lin Wilde

  • ROTOSCOPE TRACKING

    Lin Wilde

  • EFFECTS ARTIST

    Particle Animation: Jason Kim, Raymond King, Pasha Ivanov

  • STORYBOARD ARTIST

    Vincent Lucido

  • MATTE PAINTERS

    James Kim, Kate Mrozowski, Lawrence Wyatt

  • STILL PHOTOGRAPHER

    Rick Spitznass

  • SOFTWARE

    Photoshop, After Effects, Maya, 3DS Max, C4d, Avid, Flame

  • EDITOR

    Erik Buth

  • SOUND DESIGN

    Hest, Kramer, Van House & Weber, Sound Designer: Jim Weber Producer: Christy Van House