BRIAN HORN

A challenging scene to bring to life, Zul’Jan dies in his sister’s (Zul’Jara) arms. Through careful blocking, shooting live action reference, and intentional camera choices, our team was able to carve out an emotional conclusion to Zul’Jan’s storyline.

This was a delightfully fun piece to direct. From kit bashing together the set to animating Gallywix the goblin, our team really made players an offer they couldn’t refuse.

Europa was a side project with friends done in Unreal Engine that ultimately released on Steam and Nintendo Switch. I directed and crafted several real time in-engine cinematics using Unreal’s Sequencer. I also cast and directed voice talent, and created many marketing trailers leading up to the game’s launch.

An exciting cliffhanger to the events of WoW: Midnight’s first raid. We used WoW’s in-game assets and combined them with custom animation, lighting, and compositing to bring this piece to life.

This sequence was the opening salvo of dramatic game narrative moments for World of Warcraft’s big new trilogy: The World Soul Saga. My team and I made sure these moments were epic and dangerous and set the stakes for the storytelling to come. I can’t be more proud of what we accomplished using a combination of traditional CG rendering techniques and in-game assets from a proprietary engine that has been in use for over 20 years.

This piece was done in the Diablo IV engine, leveraging all the guts and gore possible to showcase the darkest of Diablo’s classes: The Necromancer.