This was a fun one as
@Zxckery
and I teamed up for our second dungeon trailer together. First one being Ghosts of the Deep. A little Zaylor Special as we've come to call it.
The edit/sound design on this sings to me because we used sounds taken directly from within the dungeon.
Holy SHIT I've gained a lot of followers.
Hi! I'm Taylor and I work at Bungie on the trailers/vidocs etc. More importantly, don't expect Destiny tweets all the time.
Ground rules:
Black Lives Matter
Trans Rights are Human Rights
Antifa is an idea, not an organization
You'd think that large action scenes are hard to shoot, but nothing is harder than trying to get every chest framed up in almost the exact same way.
The secret? My monitor was covered in bits of post it notes.
I hope everyone enjoyed their first day in the mission to save Saint-14. Just wanted to let you know that little cinematic that opened the season today was shot by my team and it's the first time our work has been featured in the game itself. It's a very cool day for me.
Discovered a fun and probably accidental interaction between the new raid Warlock chest armor and the Disciple's Judgement emote where one of the extra arms folds down to your waist.
Believe me when I say, THIS. THIS RIGHT HERE. Has been my all time favorite trailer I've worked on. That music gave me Annihilation vibes and I dove in so hard.
Oh and you're welcome for that zolly shot. Alfred Hitchcock, eat your heart out.
When I tell you the setup for this shot was ridiculous, I can't even begin to describe how much broken shit made it possible. One of the funniest behind the scenes days of my life.
Wanted to take a quick second to highlight my work in the new trailer from this morning. I feel like I've been in a cage match with this Tormentor since last June and have come to refer them affectionately as Sally.
These unlikely partners take down the baddest bosses in the galaxy, but will they survive their by-the-book commander's wrath?
Vanguardians - Wednesdays on Last City TV.
The new Dev Insight that just dropped for RoN was a lot of fun to shoot because it involved learning the raid early and actually recording our playthrough to put in the video. But there's more! 🧵
It was my extreme joy to be a capture director on this piece. The entire media team leveled up big time for this one. From the motion graphics to the music, the edit, and the capture, it was like a group fusion dance.
Oh, I almost forgot...HOVERBOARDS
🏹 Hunters.
✊ Titans.
🧙♂️ Warlocks.
Compete for glory starting March 5 and earn the brand-new Allstar Vector Skimmer, available to all players. 🛹
Which class will reign supreme?
So I hear it's
#PortfolioDay
and I'm sharing for the first time!
I'm a game capture artist working at Bungie on Destiny 2. I shoot live gameplay and sometimes take screenshots/shoot things for social media clips.
All my video work so far:
It's pretty bittersweet, but today is my last official day with Bungie.
Next week I move to SIE/Playstation Studios, but we're still supporting Bungie as we go! The last 5+ years have meant the world to me, and I can't wait for what's coming as our team continues to be the best.
Incoming: A thread talking about all the shots I contributed to the Lightfall ViDoc that I'm throwing together very quickly before going on a short vacation.
Kicking it off with a close-up of interacting with Strand, and then a Warlock summoning a metric shit ton of Threadlings.
LRT The Dreaming City is one of the most iconic destinations I've ever seen in a game and I credit Forsaken with pushing me to go work at Bungie because damn that is the most beautiful place I've ever gotten to exist in.
I'll never forget when we were working in the studio and we were previewing a new trailer, turning around to be greeted by
@DeeJ_BNG
laughing his head off at some silly audio line/shot we put in.
Good luck with all your future endeavors. It's been an honor to work with you.
I was given the opportunity to shoot highlight videos for each of the BRAVE weapons. Loved getting details on these cause they are GORGEOUS with minimal lighting.
My true masterpiece has finally been revealed! This one is the first that I actually edited ever on top of shooting it and it was a real challenge, but god damn do I love Power Rangers so I had to make it happen.
Fikrul, the Fanatic, has re-emerged with an army of undead at his command.
Become a Slayer Baron and confront the Scorn when Destiny 2: Revenant launches October 8, 2024.
The Final Shape is near.
The second part of our Becoming Legend ViDoc series arrives on May 24 @ 9am PDT. Join us for an in-depth look at The Final Shape.
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I see a large group of crows almost every morning when I walk to the bus so I whisper quietly to myself "holy shit, a murder" and it is never not funny
Just got my first vaccine dose!! Also Seattle friends!!!! They asked me to share that they have tons of extra doses and no appointment is needed. The address is 2801 SW Thistle St Seattle, WA 98106
Please please help make sure that these extra shots don't go to waste.
Late to the party, but sappy thread inbound 🧵:
The Final Shape has been such a wild experience to actually PLAY outside of just making trailers and vidocs. You really don't see much of how the pieces connect during the marketing process.
I gotta say this trailer was such a pleasure to see come together. Immaculate vibes brought to you by many others on the capture team, edit, and graphics just make cinematically STAGGERING trailers. I know this is so late, but I was at the movies.
Journey into The Pale Heart of the Traveler, where paradise has been twisted into corruption.
Stop the Witness before it's too late.
The Final Shape // June 4, 2024
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The entire Tormentor sequence in the middle is comprised of my shots and some fancy green screen work that was composited by our editors. Having tried to film these things internally for months, I feel like I know exactly what makes them tick.
Hands down the best part of that new trailer is Saint-14 just straight up SCREAMING at you to murder people and then softly cooing like a pigeon. Love it.
I was unaffected by today's layoffs, but I'm devastated for everyone who got let go. I'm filled with so much sorrow and rage right now that I've barely been able to speak to anyone this morning. If anyone affected needs anything, even just to have someone to vent to, I'm here.
This morning, we shared an important update with the Bungie team on the difficult decision to eliminate 220 roles at Bungie.
You can read the full statement below.
😱 Let's get spooky, Guardians! 😱
Festival of the Lost has returned with a brand new Event Card. Don a mask, take the fight to the Headless Ones, and snag yourself some spooky new loot!
👻
Light, uh, finds a way.
It's dino time, everyone! If you like some of the funny shot recreations in this trailer, just think of everything that DIDN'T make it in.
My contributions to today's new trailer. I do love that all my shots are right next to each other. Two of my favorite things: match cut armor shots and close-up, gun beauty shots.
Our team really cooked on this one and I'm super proud of it. The capture, the editing, and especially those motion graphics! I feel humbled to have been able to serve as a capture lead on this one with tons of guidance from those around me.
ViDocs are some of my favorite assets to work on because I get to hear directly from people working on the game about how much love goes into it. It's definitely something that can get lost in the midst of doing the work itself and it feels good to address it so directly.
Guardians make their own fate.
Join our developers in the first part of Becoming Legend, our two-part ViDoc series that takes you behind the scenes of The Final Shape.
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The team finally got to use a very specific movie as inspiration for the Dawning trailer this year. It was a long time coming, and it's definitely my favorite Dawning trailer I've worked on so far.
Welcome to the party, pal. 💥
The Dawning returns with new ornaments, a new weapon to collect, a new memento, and plenty of snowballs to toss! Light your Holiday Oven and meet Eva Levante in the Tower.
Live until January 2, 2024.
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Guardians make their own fate.
Join us for a behind the scenes look at The Final Shape in a two-part ViDoc series - Becoming Legend. Part 1 arrives on May 23 at 9am PDT.
🎥
The beat coming back in on the match cut falling shots has been so badass to me ever since I saw it in edit the first time. I filmed both the green screen and most of the plate shots of the environments for this part. The background on the second shot was captured by
@Zxckery
Fun thing about this piece, I think it might be the single longest video my team has made since I first came to Bungie. Can't wait for everyone to see it.
I think since I have time today, I'm gonna make a thread of my contributions to today's ViDoc! Come along as I point out the things I shot. Starting with another lovely close-up of our queen herself. -1/17
This one right here is my baby. First full video I had hands on from start to finish. Music bed, sound effects, game capture, editing. All done by me. Feeling really good about my progress since starting in game capture at the moment.
Thanks to the latest
@DestinytheGame
goodies, you can now challenge all the Guardians in the tower to duels. 🧤
Plus you can also get some additional exotic goodies! 💠
Yet ANOTHER video our team helped put together during the big shooting bonanza that led up to Lightfall's launch. Hope you enjoy a closer look at the new raid!
Journey into the unknown and accomplish the impossible.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at how Destiny 2's new raid, Root of Nightmares, was brought to life.
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I walked into the studio for the first time just days before this season launched and my first few trailers were for some of the content within that season. I'll always have a special place in my heart for it.
If you want to know what it's like working at Bungie, I am acquaintances with numerous people across the studio and constantly bump into them, say "Hey, what's up?", and that's about it.
I'm so stoked people are finally getting to see the Creation area on Europa. I got this shot of it for way back when in the reveal trailer. Instantly my favorite spot on all of Europa.
Deep Stone Crypt Deep Dive Stream!
I'm so fucking stoked that I get to be the main camera/player for the stream. Come watch me play with others from the studio as the designers talk about what went into one of the coolest raids ever!
I filmed the vast majority of the highlight section of the new raid exotic, Conditional Finality. With the exception one of glamour shot of the a Titan just standing and looking good with the gun, which I believe was
@SashaMPalacio
My favorite thing about this race was that at a certain point, there were so many teams on the final boss and getting to damage consistently, it became a race to see who could optimize their damage the fastest.
Last trailer out for the year and my first project serving as a lead on capture. I really appreciate the team's work on this one and I'm really proud of their shots.
Shoutout to
@SashaMPalacio
and
@Rainemaker16
for their help planning it all out and keeping us on track.
Look, I love Deep Stone Crypt and think it might be one of my favorite raids now, but if I keep getting the same three armor pieces and same one weapon every week, I'm really not gonna enjoy my time in it anymore.