The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Intro
This is the opening cinematic for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. It took Platige Image about nine months to create. At the time, Michal Platkow-Gileski, the head of marketing, said that it was the most expensive asset they had yet created.
Making of The Witcher 2 Intro
From Platige Image.
Further Learning
Art of VFX Interview with the Animation Director, the Senior TD and the FX TD
The Witcher 2 Visual Data on Behance
Cinematic Credits
Platige Image
Director: Tomek Bagiński
Script: Tomek Bagiński
Producers: Marcin Kobylecki, Piotr Sikora
Art and Animation Director: Maciej Jackiewicz
CG Supervisor: Maciej Jackiewicz
Production Manager: Marta Staniszewska
Layout Supervisor: Damian Nenow
Layout Artist: Bartłomiej Kik
Film Editors: Tomek Bagiński, Damian Nenow
Compositing: Szlum Pinkumbaum
Senior Environment Artists: Michał Firek, Stanisław Marek, Marcin Stępień
Environment Artists: Andrzej Sykut, Selim Sykut
Senior Lighting Artist: Stanisław Marek
Lighting Artists: Mariusz Giętkowski, Wojciech Idzi, Grzegorz Kukuś, Krzysztof Olszewski
Senior Texture Artist: Wojciech Idzi
Texture Artists: Jarosław Handrysik, Stanisław Marek, Bartłomiej Walendziak, Tomasz Zaborek
Character Modelers: Michał Godlewski, Maciej Halber, Marcin Klicki, Artur Owśnicki, Tomasz Stefański, Tomasz Stryjewski, Tomasz Wróbel
Senior Environment Modeler: Krzysztof Olszewski
Additional Modelers: Mateusz Bargiel, Piotr Luziński
Character Animators: Arkadiusz Firlit, Łukasz Krawczyk, Łukasz Kubiński, Waldemar Nalepa, Paweł Świerczynski, Arkadiusz Zawada
Senior TD: Bartosz Opatowiecki
TD: Mateusz Popławski
FX TD: Łukasz Sobisz
FX Artists: Bartosz Grzybowski, Jakub Jeziorski, Maciej Jurgielewicz, Piotr Suchodolski, Marek Sulęcki
R&D: Adam Wierzchowski
Concept Artists: Damian Bajowski, Bartłomiej Gaweł
Additional Artists: Tycjan Bartuś, Kamil Pohl, Olga Szablewicz- Pisuk, Adam Trędowski, Alan Uran
Grading: Piotr Dutkiewicz
On-line Editors: Adam Kałuski, Magdalena Mikołajczyk Zielińska
Music: Adam Skorupa
Sound: Genetix Jarosław Wójcik Studio: Marcin Kardach
Motion Capture Performers: Sławomir Kurek, Maciej Kwiatkowski, Tomasz Lewandowski, Bartłomiej Ostapczuk, Marek Wasilewski, Artur Żebrowski
Motion Capture Session: Sointeractive Studio
CD PROJEKT RED
Original Story: Sebastian Stępień
CG Supervisor: Paweł Mielniczuk
Concept Art: Bartłomiej Gaweł, Jan Marek
Characters and Locations Models: Marcin Błaszczak, Marian Chomiak, Bartłomiej Gaweł, Arkadiusz Matyszewski, Paweł Mielniczuk, Tomasz Polit
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PRODUCTION STUDIO
CINEMATIC DEBUT DATE
May 2011
GAME
GAME DEVELOPER
GAME RELEASE DATE
May 2011