05-11-2006, 04:35 AM
The Warner Brothers booth at the E3 convention here in LA presented a preview of the video game based on the film The 300 March To Glory, followed by a presentation by the director of a rough anamatics he did to convince the studio to green light the film.
According to the director, he a few friends spent the weekend in a warehouse filming a battle scene to show the studio execs what his vision was for the project.
It opens with a shot of some Spartan warriors. They are waring greaves, red cloaks and simple Corinthian style helmets. They appear to be bare chested, and armed with spear, sword and large hoplon (shield). Their hair is long. The images seem naturalistic, not highly stylized as in Sin City or even the graphic novel, though the color values on the film are very high so it looks more like a video game than photo realistic.
One warrior strides forward and engages half a dozen presumably Persian soldiers -- could be Immortals it is hard to say. The Spartan kills two with his spear. A Persian arrow becomes lodged in his shield. The Spartan pulls this out and uses it to kill a third Persian. He then draws his sword and dispatches two more Persians, blood spraying out from their slit throats.
The Spartan then drops to his knees and cries out : "Die free!"
The rest of the Spartans march forward and the lone warrior rejoins the formation.
We now see an over the shoulder shot looking toward the enemy, the vast Persian army covering the entire country side. The camera pans up to the sun which is blotted out by flights of Persian arrows headed straight at the camera, and us.
Fade out to the title: The 300 March To Glory.
The quality of the video projection (which is what I was there to see) was excellent.
As to the footage...
Again it looked very much like a video game, not highly stylized as was Sin City. But then this is not the film but a "promo" to sell the studio on investing their money and resources in the project.
Obviously it did the job as the film will be out next year (?).
I do not know Greek armor and weapons well enough to pass judgment on what I saw. The Spartans did not appear to be wearing any armor other than greaves, shield and helmet. The helmets had no crests or other markings on them. The shields seemed to have a V embossed into the metal itself, not painted on.
No doubt this anamatic will be a bonus feature on the DVD.
As for the game itself: The plan is to release it day & date with the film. What we saw of it looked like pretty standard stuff -- good but not breath taking. Now Caesar IV at the Sierra booth did look great, but that is another report for another topic thread. :wink:
Narukami
According to the director, he a few friends spent the weekend in a warehouse filming a battle scene to show the studio execs what his vision was for the project.
It opens with a shot of some Spartan warriors. They are waring greaves, red cloaks and simple Corinthian style helmets. They appear to be bare chested, and armed with spear, sword and large hoplon (shield). Their hair is long. The images seem naturalistic, not highly stylized as in Sin City or even the graphic novel, though the color values on the film are very high so it looks more like a video game than photo realistic.
One warrior strides forward and engages half a dozen presumably Persian soldiers -- could be Immortals it is hard to say. The Spartan kills two with his spear. A Persian arrow becomes lodged in his shield. The Spartan pulls this out and uses it to kill a third Persian. He then draws his sword and dispatches two more Persians, blood spraying out from their slit throats.
The Spartan then drops to his knees and cries out : "Die free!"
The rest of the Spartans march forward and the lone warrior rejoins the formation.
We now see an over the shoulder shot looking toward the enemy, the vast Persian army covering the entire country side. The camera pans up to the sun which is blotted out by flights of Persian arrows headed straight at the camera, and us.
Fade out to the title: The 300 March To Glory.
The quality of the video projection (which is what I was there to see) was excellent.
As to the footage...
Again it looked very much like a video game, not highly stylized as was Sin City. But then this is not the film but a "promo" to sell the studio on investing their money and resources in the project.
Obviously it did the job as the film will be out next year (?).
I do not know Greek armor and weapons well enough to pass judgment on what I saw. The Spartans did not appear to be wearing any armor other than greaves, shield and helmet. The helmets had no crests or other markings on them. The shields seemed to have a V embossed into the metal itself, not painted on.
No doubt this anamatic will be a bonus feature on the DVD.
As for the game itself: The plan is to release it day & date with the film. What we saw of it looked like pretty standard stuff -- good but not breath taking. Now Caesar IV at the Sierra booth did look great, but that is another report for another topic thread. :wink:
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA
