Christopher Schlierf

Commercials & Game Trailers

Just Cause 4

Just Cause 4 - Eye of the storm - Cinematic Trailer

Client
Square Enix
Production
Square Enix
Role
Director

About the project

  • Full CG game trailer
  • Square Enix × Visual Works, Japan
  • Budget close to $1M
  • Franchise with 50M copies sold

The brief

Square Enix needed a cinematic trailer for Just Cause 4 that would thrill a huge fan base and drive sales for one of its biggest franchises.

The approach

With Square Enix's writer and concept art team, Christopher Schlierf wrote the trailer beat by beat, cut mood edits to lock pace and camera, and built look boards for colour, light and atmosphere. CG studio Visual Works in Japan animated every shot from this package, with Christopher giving feedback at each stage through to the final sound mix. Rap artist Artizan composed "Bring the Thunder" for the score.

The result

Fans celebrated the trailer for its action and VFX, and it gave the game a strong launch.

Credits

Director
Christopher Schlierf
Client
Square Enix
Production Studio
Visual Works
Song
Artizan











Stills

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