Behind the Scenes of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty’s Launch Trailer

We at CD Projekt Pink are so excited to lastly ship Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty into the fingers of gamers — and to have a good time its launch, we ready the Official Launch Trailer, filled with moody, spy-thriller vibes and that includes an unique new monitor from Polish chart-topper Dawid Podsiadło. Imbuing the trailer with an environment of thriller and rigidity that correctly mirrored the heart-pounding story gamers are in for was our high precedence, which is why we took a while to satisfy with our video workforce and break down simply how they introduced it to life. Haven’t seen it but? Take a watch earlier than studying on for some unique insights.

We joined two of our CD Projekt Pink staff, Video Artist Adam Dudek and Senior Video Artist Rafał Bieńko, to study extra about how they approached this last trailer. On paper, their titles might sound related, however their roles naturally diverged. “In traditional movie phrases, it may finest be described that Rafał is the director and I’m the director of pictures,” Adam defined. “However on the similar time it’s way more than that. Our roles additionally embody modifying, designing pictures, shotspotting, technical in-engine magic, and determining methods to seize every little thing in one of the best ways attainable, story- and quality-wise.”

Making a trailer additionally includes levels just like a standard movie manufacturing, from concepts and moodboards to really capturing and locking a last reduce. On the concept stage, it’s necessary to resolve on a tone, one thing that can carry the undertaking during. “Generally that may be dictated by the voiceover, nevertheless it’s equally necessary to know what we need to obtain with the trailer,” Rafał mentioned. “Will we need to tease the narrative of the sport, discover a sure character, showcase a sport characteristic, or spotlight a surprising setting piece? We favor to do just a few issues directly as a result of relating to trailers, each shot issues. What’s most necessary, nonetheless, is staying true to the sport itself.”

And relating to the tone of the enlargement versus the trailer, in response to Rafał, “We prefer to assume it matches completely. We performed this enlargement time and again since its growth levels, and I believe our superior devs did such an incredible job in crafting a extremely stunning, extraordinarily partaking story stuffed with twists and turns, a narrative that we fell in love with and principally sunk a lot time into.”

Adam added, “Phantom Liberty has a extremely sturdy spy vibe because it was impressed by many traditional noir films and tales itself. So in our work, we needed to spotlight that at a lot as attainable via pacing, music, VOs, framing, composition and lighting — principally, every little thing we’ve bought. Our video games have such all kinds of matters, which implies we will all the time strategy the trailer’s narrative from a number of angles. In our earlier trailers and teasers we set the stage of the story in Phantom Liberty, so this time round we needed to make it extra private, extra emotional.” And one of the best ways to do this? “Dawid Podsiadło’s music was the apparent alternative. It arrange the tone we needed immediately.”

Like each good spy movie, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty incorporates a closing monitor that performs over the credit — a melancholic, gripping tribute to the narrative that has simply run its course. Dawid Podsiadło, who had beforehand recorded music for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, was a pure alternative to actually deliver the story house. Along with CD Projekt Pink’s Senior Composer P.T. Adamczyk and Music Director Marcin Przybyłowicz, the trio — alongside the Prague Nationwide Orchestra — created their very own tackle a traditional spy music.

Rafał famous that “Dawid’s music completely had an impression on the pictures and scenes we selected. It’s melancholic and emotional at coronary heart with a robust and energetic present, one which steered us to make the alternatives we did in the kind of pictures chosen and general pacing of the trailer. It’s a monitor that touches your coronary heart and encapsulates the vibe of the sport extremely properly.” Gamers must wait a little bit longer earlier than listening to the complete music — it’s set to launch on September 29, so the Launch Trailer could also be the most effective place to get a way of what’s in retailer. Until, in fact, you pace via your top-secret mission in Dogtown.

As soon as the tone and music for the trailer is chosen, “we transfer to in-game scouting of specific moments and locations from the sport,” mentioned Adam. “At this stage, we document clips, take screenshots, construct storyboards, and collect references to create the primary uncooked prototype. The edit is taken into account locked when we’ve got the timing and the overall concept of every shot — solely then can we resolve on the framing, lighting, and technical approach we need to seize every one. Then, each shot is polished step-by-step till we attain our desired high quality. And that may result in many iterations,” he mentioned.

Each manufacturing course of has its difficulties — and the toughest a part of this one? “Not spoiling an excessive amount of!” mentioned Rafał. “There’s all the time an urge to point out each wonderful beat, and there are loads of unbelievable scenes and moments to select from in Phantom Liberty. However we’re very acutely aware about not spoiling necessary plot factors or saving cool moments for players to find themselves.” The excellent news is that gamers can rewatch the trailer as many occasions as they need with out having to fret about spoiling any twists or turns ready for them forward!

Each video like this can be a huge problem, with loads of recording and tweaking to make every shot shine as a lot as attainable. “Fortunately, we’ve been working collectively for a while now,” Adam mentioned, “So we’ve got a extremely good understanding of methods to work collectively effectively — and most significantly, methods to have enjoyable throughout the course of!” That care and energy, and possibly even enjoyment, shines via each second. So relax and provides the Launch Trailer one other watch, after which bounce proper into Dogtown — Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is out now on Xbox Sequence X|S!

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

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ABOUT THE GAME

Phantom Liberty is a brand new spy-thriller journey for Cyberpunk 2077. When the orbital shuttle of the President of the New United States of America is shot down over the deadliest district of Evening Metropolis, there’s just one one who can save her — you. Grow to be V, a cyberpunk for rent, and dive deep right into a tangled net of espionage and political intrigue, unraveling a narrative that connects the very best echelons of energy with the brutal world of black-market mercenaries.

Infiltrate Dogtown, a city-within-a-city run by a trigger-happy militia and dominated by a pacesetter with an iron fist. With the assistance of NUSA sleeper agent Solomon Reed (Idris Elba) and the help of Johnny Silverhand (Keanu Reeves), unravel an online of shattered loyalties and use your each talent to outlive in a fractured world of determined hustlers, shadowy netrunners, and ruthless mercenaries. Constructed with the ability of next-gen {hardware} in thoughts, Phantom Liberty provides brand-new gameplay mechanics, nail-biting courier jobs, gigs, and missions — and an exhilarating major quest the place freedom and loyalty all the time come at a value.

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