The making of the Halo 3 trailer was one of those cool, fun little islands of frantic activity in the otherwise regimented, disciplined stream of production. Jim McQuillan, our long time partner at Film Oasis and now full-time Bungie employee, was on hand to document the activity and behind the scenes antics of the making of the trailer.
In this fascinating short, you'll see some of the teamwork, thought processes and imagination that went into this Halo 3 teaser. You'll see the actual orchestra and choir session, some of the in-studio production work and interviews with some of the key folks who worked on the E3 presentation. You won't see everyone - lots of folks who slaved over hot keyboards to make this trailer a reality were simply too busy to be interviewed - and to them, our heartfelt appreciation.
But you will see some footage from the trailer that didn't make the cut, and you'll see angles and views from the real-time footage that we kept for this piece. And if you look very, very carefully, you'll see hints of things to come. Nothing too dramatic, but the fans will spot stuff, of that we're certain.
This is a nifty counterpoint to IGN's excellent documentary from last week, but we think you'll find some value in seeing our side of things too.
Now, we have these movies in just about every flavor you can imagine, and there's a full HD one coming to Xbox Live Marketplace sometime soon (in a week or two), so make sure you choose the correct file to download. Our advice is to right-click and save your preferred format. Do not attempt to stream the big ones - especially the full HD 720p one.
But here they are:
QuickTime
Small QuickTime Version - 27MB
Medium QuickTime Version - 85MB
Large (HD) QuickTime Version - 420MB
Windows Media
Small Windows Media Version - 26MB
Medium Windows Media Version - 83MB
Large (HD) Windows Media Version - 383MB
