Killzone Intercept - Analysis

'Killzone Intercept' is a short fan film based in the 'Killzone' universe. I was particularly impressed with the costume design for all of the armour and gear the soldiers have in this short. For the end of my opening scene, I will be needing some heavy-looking armour. Watching this short film has given me the inspiration to fully decide on making my own armour for my scene.

What's more is the use of atmospherics in this short. The smoke/dust effects work really well for both making everything look really rough and gritty, and for making the battlegound atmosphere more mysterious. The 'rough and gritty' look is something that I want to achieve in the second part of my film opening which is the post-apocalyptic part. I might experiment with effects such as these during the post-production stage of making my scene.



After watching the 'Behind The Scenes' video for this short film, I learned that for the smoke/dust effects, they used actual homemade air cannons. Although I would like to try making these and using them, I doubt I will have the time to learn how to make them, make them, then test them and fix any problems with them if there are any. With that in-mind, I will stick to adding them in digitally during the post-production process.