Making The Great Circle Feel Like Indiana Jones
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I interviewed the team at MachineGames to find exactly how they made Indiana Jones and the Great Circle feel so much like a long-lost Indy movie, from its unique aspect ratio to the way it mimics the original lenses. patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WatchingtheAerial twitter: https://twitter.com/watchingaerial letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/watchingaerial/ Voiceover editing by Tyler Floyd https://www.tylerfloydaudio.com/ This video is presented in the game's native 2.37:1 aspect ratio. https://youtu.be/Ixl32q4lvJA https://youtu.be/FYPCPr-fzoM https://youtu.be/uQwQRFLFDd8 Links & Sources Developing a Cinematic Blueprint Xbox Wire - "Bringing ’80s Movie Magic to a 2024 Game" https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/11/25/indiana-jones-great-circle-recreating-movie-magic-interview/ DiscussingFilm - "Axel Torvenius and Craig Derrick talk ‘Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’" https://discussingfilm.net/2025/04/25/indiana-jones-great-circle-interview/ Turning a Mocap Studio into a Movie Set Moby Games - Kyle Klütz Credits https://www.mobygames.com/person/402250/kyle-klutz/ Remocapp - "Marker vs. Markerless Motion Capture" https://remocapp.com/blog/posts/326/marker-vs-markerless-motion-capture#What_is_Marker-Based_Motion_Capture NCPR - "Indiana Jones and the voice of Troy Baker" https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/nx-s1-5215921/indiana-jones-and-the-voice-of-troy-baker Storyboarding for Cinemascope American Cinematographer - "Douglas Slocombe on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" https://theasc.com/articles/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade Creating the Analogue Feel A Sound Effect - "Behind the Thrilling Sound of ‘Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’" https://www.asoundeffect.com/indiana-jones-great-circle-game-audio/ GDC Vault - The Immersive Audio of 'Indiana Jones and the Great Circle https://gdcvault.com/play/1035475/The-Immersive-Audio-of-Indiana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb_9zTuB5wA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3foAfyNHQEM The Order of Giants & MachineGames' Future Deadline - "Jerk Gustafsson And Lucasfilm Games' Douglas Reilly On 'Evolving' An Icon" https://deadline.com/2024/12/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-director-interview-1236240994/ Timestamps: 00:00 Uncommon Framing 01:58 Developing a Cinematic Blueprint 04:19 Turning a Mocap Studio into a Movie Set 08:30 Storyboarding for Cinemascope 10:39 Creating the Analogue Feel 15:11 The Order of Giants & MachineGames' Future
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