Gears of War 3 – What Have I Become?

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*This is not an official trailer.* (Duh) This trailer was a collaboration between: TheDuoGroup, Kootra, Treadster Media and Sound Wizardry with pre-production help from Eric Hibbeler.
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. They are 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
Special thanks to Mitch Briggs and Anton Borkel.

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.

This trailer was a collaboration between: TheDuoGroup, Kootra, Treadster Media and Sound Wizardry with pre-production help from Eric Hibbeler.

Directed & Edited: Graham Cornell (TheDuoGroup)

Cinematic Design: Jordan Mathewson (Kootra)

Animation: Dave Tyner  (Treadster Media)

Sound Design: Glenn Govan (Sound Wizardry)

Storyboard Artist: Eric Hibbeler

Special thanks to Mitch Briggs and Anton Borkel.

Music: Johnny – Cash (NIN cover)

Download The Video HERE!

12 Responses to “Gears of War 3 – What Have I Become?”

  1. !GOR says:

    Cool work! A cover version Hurt Trent Reznora performed by Johnny Cash, in general a bomb!

  2. This video is definitely your best stuff.
    Major props on the song choice.
    Pretty soon, you guys will be doing real ads.

  3. Spencer says:

    proud of you sir. thought you….ALL of you did great.

  4. Kootra says:

    Very nice, I love how awesome this thing turned out.

  5. awe says:

    All i can say is whow, rate it 9 on the awesome level.
    10+ since this is not even an official cinematic..

    good stuff.

  6. Hylinus says:

    Wow! Impressive! Congrats on all of your hard work paying off. And MS should pick you guys to create more “exclusive” content trailers/teasers.

    Once again, very well done…

    BTW, being a fan of Johnny Cash, it is nice to hear and see how well the choice of music and graphics works for the trailer…excellent choice of sound track! :-)

  7. GEARSJUNKIE!!! says:

    that was amazing!!!!

  8. Clint says:

    Outstanding. Sent an email to theduogroup(at)gmail(dot)com. It’d be well worth your time to check it out.

  9. This is amazing! It makes me feel the pain and losses that they are going through.

  10. Adam says:

    This rocks hard guys. Just wondering, did you consider the NIN version of “Hurt”? I think it would have made the trailer a bit more dramatic : )

  11. John says:

    Wow awesome work guys! That’s some impressive Unreal engine badassery.

  12. Graham says:

    Thanks for all the comments guys! We appreciate the support.

    @Adam The original NIN song is awesome as well. I just really thought that Johnny Cash’s cover hit the right mood for the trailer.


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