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The Lost Journey
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The Lost Journey
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The Lost Journey
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The Lost Journey
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Hubby Kubby
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Hubby Kubby
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Hubby Kubby
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Hubby Kubby
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Hubby Kubby
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Hubby Kubby
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Hubby Kubby
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Hubby Kubby
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Hubby Kubby
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Hubby Kubby
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More than a thousand years ago, in one of the famous cities of Mesopotamia, Madain, when the cruelty of Sultan was at its peak, upholding Justice was throwing one’s life into death’s jaw.
Karen is a seven-year-old child with his biggest possession being a birthday gift, a wooden sword, bestowed on him by his father. But on his very same birthday, things take a tragic twist, Sultan puts all who disobeyed him and their family to sword, as well as Karen’s family. Thanks to his uncle, Karen survives. They escape the city, and his uncle entrusts him to the loving family of Brochim, in a small village named Mahuza. Although Mahuza is always full of love and Karen receives plenty, no second passes without him mourning for his family and dreaming of finishing what his father has started.
Now, after twenty years, in Madain, Karen sees an opportunity to finally make his father’s wish come true, but he’s also aware of what it’s going to cost…
Project Concept
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Graphical Treatment
“Sword and Sorrow” is a 3D photorealistic animation by the visual narration of which we attempted to depict the historical and cultural setting of ancient Persia as accurately as possible. Some of the most important graphical qualities of Sword and Sorrow are as follows:
- Employment of custom Metahuman base (body, UV, Topology, Skeleton Structure, Morph, Proportions) for improved lifelikeness, more homogeneity and expressive emotions of characters.
- Exportation of Alembic files to xGen and then Unreal Engine for maximized rendering quality and improved hair and fur physics.
- Utilization of the Unreal Engine programming section to build environmental implements to ease the layout process and diversify the environments.
- Using real-time operating system (RTOS) rendering, resulting in a quality equal to offline renderings of the same level.
- More editing power thanks to high rendering speed.
- Use of systems such as Niagara in Unreal Engine for improved crowd behavior and environmental dynamics.
- Use of distinct render layers for compositing without any hindrance of production speed.
- Use of special effects in compositing and layout process in Unreal Engine, resulting in easier editing and feasibility of managing effects.
- Synchronization of 3D applications with rendering for higher editing power.
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the hero camp
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Musical Treatment:
Regarding the atmosphere and music production of Sword and Sorrow, three cases are of importance:
- The geography and physical properties of the location in which the story takes place
- The historical setting of the narrative
- The date on which the story takes place
In this project, we prioritized local music instruments and tetrachords over scale to bend western music frameworks, evade the concept of “scale”, and resort to idea of “maqam” for us to fly the viewer to the geographical narrated setting. Taking inspiration from “folklore lullabies” is also another step towards maximizing the suitability of music to the narrative. A familiar motherly voice can indeed function as a universal vector for motherly woes in the story and spread it from the middle east to the entirety of the planet. The historical setting is another point that must be tangible to the viewer. The Orchestration of the songs are all made with original and historical music instruments which represented this region throughout the centuries. We should mention that in addition to the being loyal to the local music, we sought to use western music, modern instruments, modern sound recording science and the ‘stick to familiar’ philosophy to make the viewer relate to the story.
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The Appartment
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Atmosphere:
The story of Sword and Sorrow is a novel folkloric drama, far from a traditional one. We seek to present a heroic tale in terms of narrative, and a story like a one-thousand-and-one-nights in terms of visuals. There have been numerous instants of Folklore-derivative cinematic or animated movies and series all around the globe. Still the unique atmosphere and worldbuilding of Sword and Sorrow and the familiarity of the production team with the geographical setting draw out the unseen beauty of such piece brought to life in action-drama genre, and this is an advantage in terms of visuals and narrative atmosphere.
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the marshal king
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References:
Regarding the fact that the Sword and Sorrow story is derived from Iranian history and culture, we needed broad research on the mentioned characters. We needed a broad and comprehensive conception of their dressing, weaponry, atmospheric and environmental worldbuilding of the tale, and most importantly, how to narrate such a story in modern cinematic animation. To that end, we consulted numerous masters of Persian literature and historians to present the correct version of the story to avoid any uncertainty and misconceptions. For us to make an epic world, we cooperated with the National Museum of Iran, and Islamic Museum of Iran, to simulate the exact model of objects, concept arts, and above all, the dressing and the materials used for forging ancient Persian weapons.
Moreover, for appropriate narrative worldbuilding to get the teen and adult audience to relate to this roller-coaster of emotions, we took inspirations from successful independent entries of international market (from the perspectives of both critiques and audience) such as Grave of the Fireflies (1988) and The Breadwinner (2017). The animation Appleseed Alpha (2014) also has been our returning ground for technical matters.
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Intentions Outline
The timeless scheme of ‘Good vs. Evil’ has been used numerously in successful movies, popular TV shows, and animations. The unbelievable joy of experiencing the ‘hero’s journey’ in hero’s footsteps is beyond comparison for the viewer. That is because this experience is relatable and gives us a taste of transcendence.
“Sword and Sorrow” aims to attract its audience by focusing on Good against Evil, thus building Karen’s character as an affectionate, brave, and diligent father doing anything to save his family.
Another point of interest in the production process of Sword and Sorrow is its adaptative worldbuilding. It is extracted from precisely proven historiography, and takes place in diverse environments (Desert, Urban Madain, Rural Mahuza, Mountain hideout, etc.) and with different antagonists. This historical accuracy is one of the remarkable qualities of Sword and Sorrow.
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Opposites Attract
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Outline of Project’s development
The production of Sword and Sorrow has initiated in Permanent Way Company, entirely on private equity on mid-February 2020. It is currently moving forward as planned and will be finished approximately on late-December 2022. This project is arranged in three phases: Pre-Production, Main-Production and lastly Post-Production. The timetable for these tasks can be seen below. The Project is currently ahead of the scheduled timeframe by a small margin (about 1%).
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Fire Storm
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