Overkills The Walking Dead - Maya
I really had a great time leading the character work on this trailer!
In the second character trailer for the upcoming Starbreeze game ”Overkill’s The Walking Dead” we are introduced to Maya. Once upon a time she used to work at a hospital. She was engaged to David. They had plans. They were happy.
But that was before the outbreak. Before the world was plunged into chaos. The old world is dead and the life she once knew is gone. Only the memories prevail, but those memories fade away day by day. All but one: the memory of how it all started. The chaos. The horror. And the choice no-one ever should have to make. The most horrible day of her life. And still just a first taste of her new reality, her new life in a world without hope.
Director Andrée Wallin and the Goodbye Kansas teams in Uppsala and Stockholm worked closely with Starbreeze to create this film, and we pushed ourselves further than ever – both artistically and technically – to create a reality that feels both intense and unsettling, both sombre and dramatic. A world where no-one is safe and horror awaits you wherever you look.
Contributors
Goodbye Kansas Cinematics team
Director: Andrée Wallin
Art Director: Gustaf Holmsten
Creative Consultant: Fredrik Löfberg
VFX Supervisor: Henrik Eklundh
Animation Director: Jonas Ekman
Executive Producer: Jörgen Lilja
Producer: Thomas Oger
Lead Character artist: Jonas Skoog
Character Modeling: Mario Baldi, Sandra Isaksson, Adam Sacco, Daniel Bystedt
Lead Facial Modeler: Jonas Törnqvist
Facial Modeler : Anneli Larsson, Jonas Skoog
Character Look Development: Henrik Eklundh, Jonas Skoog, Daniel Bystedt, Sandra Isaksson
Lead Environment Artist: Erik Hallberg
Assets Modelers: David Birgersson, Frans Åkerman, Jesper Bardhamre, Joel Sundberg, Magnus Andersson, Sandra Isaksson, Philip Sandström, Albin Lindetorp
Lead Environment Look Development : Jesper Bardhamre
Look Development Artists: Johan Gabrielsson, David Birgersson, David Karlstrand, Frans Åkerman, Jesper Bardhamre, Magnus Andersson, Sandra Isaksson, Sean Kalamgi, Mica Olsson, Philip Sandström
Lead Lighting : Johan Gabrielsson
Lighting and Rendering: Erika Johansson, Kristian Zarins, Alexis Andersson
Lead Rigging: Peter Jemstedt
Lead Character FX : Ludvig Eliasson
Character FX : Gabija Smalinskaite, Ludvig Jonsson
Facial Rigging : Nils Lerin
Lead Animator: Jonas Ekman
Lead Facial Animator: Goran Milic
Animator: Jonas Forsman
Motion Editor: Mattias Lindkvist
Lead FX: Max Öberg
FX Artists : Ludvig Jonsson
Technical Director : Simon Rainerson
Lead Matte Painter and Concept Artist: Mikael Widegren
Matte Painter: Mikael Eriksson
Lead Compositing: Peter Blomstrand
Compositing Artist: Calle Granström, Richard Sällqvist, Sven Ahlstöm
Editor: Peter Blomstrand
Pipeline: Erik Johansson, Emil Ferdinandsson
Sound design: Redpipe
Sound designer: Joakim Kristensen
Grading : Martin Steinberg
Goodbye Kansas Studios Capture Division:
Head of Mocap Studio: Anton Söderhall
Motion Capture Specialists: Samuel Tyskling, David Grice, Nils Aulin, Marko Marinkovic
HMC Operator : Sigtor Kildal
Scan Operator : Roger Sundberg
Performance actors:
Maya : Kae Alexander
David : Joseph May
Nurse: Thomas Oger
Walker: Nicklas Hansson
Walker: Seth Ericson
Client: Starbreeze
Producer: Hampus Gross
Writer: Thomas Conroy
Executive Producer: Saul Gascon
Art director: Joakim Ericson
