» *Treadster Releases http://treadster.com/blog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Gears of War 3 – What Have I Become? (fan trailer) http://treadster.com/blog/gears-of-war-3-%e2%80%93-what-have-i-become-fan-trailer/ http://treadster.com/blog/gears-of-war-3-%e2%80%93-what-have-i-become-fan-trailer/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:47:11 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=696


*This is not an official trailer.* This trailer was a collaboration between: TheDuoGroup, Kootra, Treadster Media and Sound Wizardry with pre-production help from Eric Hibbeler.

Treadster Media was responsible for all the non-game character animation of Cole and Baird. I would like to thank Graham Cornell and The Duo Group for letting me contribute to this excellent project. Hats off to Kootra (Jordan Mathewson) who did a fantastic putting this together in the Unreal Development Kit.

War has taken its toll on Cole and the other Gears. Their backs are up against the wall. The enemy is closing in. They must rely on each other more than ever. Brothers till the end…together till the end.

Directed & Edited: TheDuoGroup – http://www.theduogroup.com

Cinematic Design: Kootra – http://www.youtube.com/kootra

Animation: Treadster Media – http://www.treadster.com

Sound Design: Sound Wizardry – http://www.soundwizardry.com

Storyboard Artist: Eric Hibbeler – http://www.sketcheth.deviantart.com

Music: Johnny Cash – Hurt (NIN cover)

Special thanks to Mitch Briggs and Anton Borkel.

]]> http://treadster.com/blog/gears-of-war-3-%e2%80%93-what-have-i-become-fan-trailer/feed/ 0 UDK and corporate America, machinima goes commercial http://treadster.com/blog/udk-and-corporate-america-machinima-goes-commercial/ http://treadster.com/blog/udk-and-corporate-america-machinima-goes-commercial/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:02:18 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=676

Something I have been working on for The Shaw Group, Inc. The entire animation is 35 minutes long and up to 16 participants from anywhere with an internet connection are simultaneously able to walk through the animation as it plays. The ability to do that is kind of a big deal in the construction sector.

WATCH IT HERE

]]> http://treadster.com/blog/udk-and-corporate-america-machinima-goes-commercial/feed/ 0 The Fate of the Union http://treadster.com/blog/the-fate-of-the-union/ http://treadster.com/blog/the-fate-of-the-union/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:18:56 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=654 I have released our latest short film called “Fate of the Union”  - Enjoy :)


click image to watch!





Special thanks to:


President Obama for being a good sport and knowing that the ONLY thing that matters right now is getting people back to work!!


TermiATT for the score idea.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TermiATT



deucer for the great title!


Ricky Grove

http://rgrove.com/



Phil Rice

http://z-studios.com/

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At this time we are looking for

  • Modelers
  • Skin/Riggers
  • Animators
  • Texture artists
  • Graphic Artists for promotional material
  • Actors

More to come,
Cheers!


edit: sooo perhaps I did jump the gun just a bit. In fact we are still flushing out the back story but we do have a beginning and an end giving us enough knowledge to move forward with concepting out some assets. :)

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Enjoy!

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Click image to watch the trailer

Huge thanks to:

Epic Games for making Unreal Tournament, Unreal Editor and Gears of War. – www.epicgames.com

TermiATT for producing the trailer – http://web.mac.com/termi_ab

Ricky Grove for his voice over work.-  http:www.rgrove.com

Lee Amarakoon - VFX http://www.youtube.com/user/gizm0san

Zach Scott for his input and reccomendations – http://www.litfusefilms.com

Jumla @ the Epic forums for converting all the Gears assets

Evil Engine for creating the characters for UT3 – www.evilengine.net

Treadster Logo designed by Mayan Design  @ www.mayan-design.com

]]> http://treadster.com/blog/gears-of-war-movie-trailer-antipathy/feed/ 28 DoubleKill Episode 1 in HD http://treadster.com/blog/doublekill-episode-1-in-hd/ http://treadster.com/blog/doublekill-episode-1-in-hd/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:40:28 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=288 I have re-rendered our original machinima series machinima: DoubleKill “Chance of Rain” Check out the HD version HERE

]]> http://treadster.com/blog/doublekill-episode-1-in-hd/feed/ 1 DoubleKill “Jess” http://treadster.com/blog/doublekill-jess-premieres-tonight-9pm-est/ http://treadster.com/blog/doublekill-jess-premieres-tonight-9pm-est/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 07:37:56 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=159 This episode takes us way back to before “Chance of Rain” and shows us a window into our heroins back story. Lots of fun action and violence, may not be suitable for the whole family! Click HERE for HD version

]]> http://treadster.com/blog/doublekill-jess-premieres-tonight-9pm-est/feed/ 0 UT3 vs Halo – You Just Got Served! http://treadster.com/blog/ut3-vs-halo-you-just-got-served/ http://treadster.com/blog/ut3-vs-halo-you-just-got-served/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:27:42 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=113 We released our UT3 vs Halo machinima as our contribution to One Shared Vision .  To say it’s been successful is an understatement.  With over 175,000 youtube views (including all of the ones that got deleted) , it went moderately viral and may have sparked a new series for us. Watch out Rooster Teeth, here comes Treadster…rawr :P  Check it out here!

The original concept for this short was supposed to be a very violent confrontation between these two juggernauts but I eventually decided to leave all of the violence out of it and focus on the dance battle.  That may will change as we work on the next episodes.

Huge props to Ricky Grove (aka gToon) for the excellent sound work and to my lovely love of loves for the fantastic soundtrack selection. 

Thanks all!

]]> http://treadster.com/blog/ut3-vs-halo-you-just-got-served/feed/ 3 Machinima – the sexy dance http://treadster.com/blog/machinima-the-sexy-dance/ http://treadster.com/blog/machinima-the-sexy-dance/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:59:10 +0000 m3 http://treadster.com/blog/?p=12 A little ditty I whipped up the other night.  It’s a small clip from a charity project I am working on. Enjoy!

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