LoTC Trailer Competition

[isienmai 6]

how about people send in their LoC skins to reckreations so that they can be included in a crowd or maybe to make the land look more inhabited without the need for the same skin being shown multiple times.

[isienmai 6]

assuming that parts of the trailer will be animated of course..

[ixTec 66]

Idea -

At the start you show the Temple of Aegis, and like people wandering around being happy, and maybe some back street fights, and gambling, and then it progresses through each race, showing their home city, showing a person from that race doing something that fits them (Elf's chopping trees, Dwarves mining etc etc) and then like you see one bolt of lightning hit the temple top, and Every stares up at it, and just stops what they are doing, and you see them all rushing towards the temple, from their cities and houses, and When they get there, 4 heros (1 from each race) go foward to the bottom of the steps to the temple, and Then you see loads of undead and monsters crawling over the top of the temple, and down the stairs to fight, and you see an epic battle of all the races teaming up and fighting the undead, and then the undead die, and the camera zooms out and looks up at the night sky, and the logo for LOTC fades in and appears. At the start you could show wars between nations too.

[0000 175]

Here's my idea:

So it opens with haunting music, showing a dark, stormy night. The camera pans through the bay of the ocean along Kings Road. Soft lightning rumbles in the distance. Fade out.

Fade in to the Kingdom of Laurelin, and the druid tree,

then to Alk'hazar,

Then the Orc kingdom,

Then the Dwarven kingdom.

Then it shows a pan of a sunny, beautiful day in an ascended city. It then begins to darken, the screen begins to fade. The city seems to be infested with darkness. Not just nighttime, but everything that was once beautiful just darkens. Flowers possible shrivel.

Once the screen is completely black, you hear a loud blast of thunder, unlike the thunder in the beginning. It is harsh and sudden. A flash of light streaks the screen, and harsh rain is heard.

Fades in to an Undead temple, the overlord sitting at this throne overlooking hundreds of minions are gathered outside. The overlord stands and shouts "Death to the kingdoms!"

The crowd of Undead cheer shouting "Death to the king" and phrases like that.

Then another harsh lightning, and you see the undead attacking the cities shown previously. The druid tree of Laurelin is on fire, and other moments are knocked down and destroyed.

The screen then goes to white, and comes back to show men in shining Armour, with diamond swords. Members of the Orc, Dwarf, Elf, and Human nations are all gathered, their leaders near the front. In the very front, Availer, or some other very influential character is leading the armies. The camera then zooms close to his face, then up, look at the starry sky.

It then fades one final time, to a black screen, and some magic spell inscribes "Lord of The Craft"

I might come up with some more ideas to implement, but that's my outline idea

[0000 175]

There might also be multiple scenes of nations fighting, and the four nations together fighting off the undead should be at the end, showing they momentarily forgot their differences and united to fend off the true evil.

[Djinne 32]

*The camera zooms into the city of al'khazar, from the map.

(kinda like going into street view from google maps)

It shows men trading, gambling and laughing (in background light, peaceful music)

People are also trading gossips in inns, and getting drunk.

Then the camera zooms down into the sewers (sharp, dark music plays) and shows a group of either undead or cultists scheming with hoods and dark eyes. There is foggy mist, and just before the camera pans away a man draws his sword.

Then the camera zooms out into map mode, and shows the light city of haven, with all of it's wonderful architecture, and it goes into the underground part, where it slowly pans up to the massive tree of life. Then it could zoom out onto the map again, then onto the road that leads down from snowy fields to al'khazar. Undead and their minions are charging towards and army of Other races and ascended, with magic flying and all..

[0000 175]

ooh, that sounds kinda cool, if it zooms in on the map, and then it morphs to the real video, with the actually video corresponding to the map.

Like it zooms in on kings road and then the picture of Kings Road becomes the actual kings road.

Would be an interesting effect...

[DKWON 0]

ooh, that sounds kinda cool, if it zooms in on the map, and then it morphs to the real video, with the actually video corresponding to the map.

Like it zooms in on kings road and then the picture of Kings Road becomes the actual kings road.

Would be an interesting effect...

Yes, I incorporated that idea into my submission previously. I don't know if it can be pulled off though.

[MrHobo 1]

I can give an idea for music... I think the "Song of Storms" would be a good choice, if it gradually speeds up with scenes that are ever increasing action-y.

P.S. Zelda fanboyism :D

[DKWON 0]

I can give an idea for music... I think the "Song of Storms" would be a good choice, if it gradually speeds up with scenes that are ever increasing action-y.

P.S. Zelda fanboyism :D

That would be awesome..but like what was said earlier, if the video does get popular ( and it will ) there might be some copyright and legal issues.

[~ Ashdrek / CalmCrysis ~ 32]

We could also have the Undead in their citadel, with minoins flowing out of the gates, and then a picture of the Ascended with the sun in the background, and have the races of Aegis untied underneath the Ascended sages, and have all the Undead followers underneath the Undead leaders, and then do split second shots and massive combat. Then at the end have the ascended over the citadel, and the undead slinking away.

[Maiavel 17]

Don't forget, everyone, that there's custom music being written for this trailer anyways :p

I'm really liking Drplat and DWKON's ideas, though I think there should be flashes of significant places in each city. For example the Grand Tree at the Druid Grove in laurelin, or the Druid Tree in East Laurelin. I'm not very well traveled, but I'm sure each city has something special and unique that can be used to highlight their awesomeness :D

[Petyr 485]

I'm not very well traveled, but I'm sure each city has something special and unique that can be used to highlight their awesomeness :D

Yes, like the grand halls of Kal Urguan. Alkhazar doesn't have any large impressive monument, but I would say that the main square and gate house are very impressive simply because of the amount of people usually there and the amount of things that have happened there.

[DKWON 0]

I completely agree with Maiavel and drplat.

[Goblin 18]

-Showing both Good and Bad sides,

-Maybe a war scene

-People enjoying and having fun after winning war.