Left 4 Dead Blog Update: The Intro Movie

[Hectic Glenn]

The Left 4 Dead blog as been updated with the process the development team went through creating the introductory opening sequence we see in the Left 4 Dead trailers and when we open the game, setting the scene on the 'No Mercy' rooftop.[br]They outline how it was new territory for the team since no other Valve games has a movie-like intro, and they had to go through a few drafts before getting to the well polished version which was released. Check out the blog to see the actual draft movies created and how things progressively improved.[br]Most notably you'll see the old character skins, no lip syncs, some awful ideas, lack of animations and a ridiculous relationship vibe between Zoey and Francis (thankfully which was cut!). Really interesting to see the changes. Left 4 Dead blog.

 

[knut]

Very interesting blog-post. I'd quite like to see storyboards and whatnot of older ideas and designs for the intro movie, but awesome all the same.

 

[Dr.Freeman]

This is great.

 

[Nitre]

Good post, really interesting for weird people like me.

 

[<RJMC>]

lol at the

"its gonna be ok-YAAAARRHG!"

 

[tschumann]

Anyone else getting the feeling it was all done in-game?

 

[-Psy-]

It is done in-game.

 

[herbster]

Anyone else getting the feeling it was all done in-game?

Trouble brewing?

 

[nurizeko]

I like how an ingame movie can still work great while EA's games use fancy CGI movies and their games suck.

 

[Iron_cube]

Interesting how the first two videos were recorded with live valve players controlling the characters themselves.

 

[G(ordon)-man]

Lol Francis and Zoey were lovers

 

[lefty]

Interesting how the first two videos were recorded with live valve players controlling the characters themselves.

I know... I wanted them to bob their guns up and down to mimic talking.

Ooh, they should have done it in gmod!

 

[highlander]

Hah

"It's gunna be oka RAGHHH"

 

[Insano]

The second video: "nyuh?"

 

[MorganFreeman911]

Interesting post, to say the least. I can't believe that it was made in-game for the first few times. I've also never seen that model of francis. God he looked stupid.

 

[DoctorWeeTodd]

Interesting post, to say the least. I can't believe that it was made in-game for the first few times. I've also never seen that model of francis. God he looked stupid.

That Francis looked a million times more badass than the one we have now who looks like a gay biker. There's nothing like a bird's nest under your chin to tell the undead that you shouldn't be trifled with.

 

[Naudian]

Unskinned Zoey is scary D:

I wish they had kept the hunter-falling-on-the-car bit, that was pretty sweet.

 

[Marler]

Very interesting information!

 

[Xendance]

I love looking back to early videos of a game. Like Episode Two. It's interesting to see how much it's changed.

 

[tschumann]

I hope we get a similar blog like this for Episode Three.

 

[Dr.Freeman]

I hope we get a similar blog like this for Episode Three.

I hope too.

 

[Burning Fish]

Valve should seriously consider making a full-length animation movie. They can't seem to find the right people with the right ideas for a Half-Life movie, so maybe they should do it themselves?

 

[G(ordon)-man]

Yes, that's a good idea. Let's not mention the Half-Life:Uplink movie.

 

[mechanicallizard]

Unskinned Zoey is scary D:

v. scary. and i preferred the old francis, when he was fat and hairy.

 

[tschumann]

Valve should seriously consider making a full-length animation movie. They can't seem to find the right people with the right ideas for a Half-Life movie, so maybe they should do it themselves?

That's quite a fair point. Although, if they were to make a movie they would be diverting a lot of resources away from games which wouldn't be so good.

 

[smokeythebear]

Unskinned zoe creeped me the f*ck out

 

[liPillON]

i love looking back to early videos of a game. Like episode two. It's interesting to see how much it's changed.

sauce?