Battlefield 2042 - Cinematic
Here’s a look at the cinematic for Battlefield 2042, which sets the scene for the game through a series of news reports/mission briefing segments. It’s presented in a really unique and visually exciting journey through mass amounts of data.
I really love the texture that’s created in the layers of noise and glitch effects. It works really well to tie together all the sequences. The transitions through the different pieces of stock footage is really nice and smooth too. They’ve done a great job of balancing the footage with the amount of glitch and artefacts to present just enough information to tell what’s going on, in beautifully framed visuals.
Check out the comprehensive breakdown of the Battlefield 2042 cinematic from the team who created it.
Map
Make sure to click on these images to see them enlarged in order to see the details that create an almost canvas like texture.
UI
It’s nice to see the individual UI elements that form the details of the full sequences. These seemingly minor animations and details really help bring the experience to life when all stitched together.
Typography
Network
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Client: Electronic Arts | DICE Stockholm | Criterion London
Production: Goodbye Kansas
Executive Producer: Anton Söderhäll
Score: Hildur Guðnadóttir & Sam Slater
Sound Design: UHORT
MOTION GRAPHICS
Director: Will Adams
Art Director | Lead Design: Michael Rigley
Producer: La-Râ Hinckeldeyn
Lead UI Design: Steven Bussey
3D Animation: Michael Rigley, Will Adams
Lead Glitch Animation: Guilherme Ferreirinha
2D Animation: Michael Rigley, Guilherme Ferreirinha, Marcus Melin
UI Animation: Steven Bussey
CG
Director: Will Adams
VFX Supervisor: Henrik Eklundh
Art Director: Mikael Widegren
Senior Producer: La-Râ Hinckeldeyn
Production Coordinator: Josefin Jakobsson
Asset Modeling: Sandra Isaksson
Asset Look Dev: Andreas Leijon, Filip Orrby, Sandra Isaksson
Lighting Lead: Johan Vikström
Lighting Artists: Philipp Wibisono
Rigging TD: Gabjia Smalinskaite, Stephanie Holder, Peter Jemstedt
Layout Lead: Oliver Askew
Keyframe Lead: Jonathan Skifs
FX Lead: Filip Orby
Concept Artists: Gabriel Björk Stiernström
Matte Painter: Mikael Widegren
Lead Compositing: Calle Granström
Compositing Artists: Olov Samuelsson, Peter Blomstrand
Conform: Jimmy Zhu
Grading: Jimmy Zhu
Edit: Jimmy Zhu, Henrik Klein