Summary
What would you do for Rome?
SEGA Europe and The Mill open the door to history...
Tasked by Sega Europe with creating the trailer for long awaited
Triple A title Rome 2: Total War, the Mill's creative team have
come up with an epic film that takes you right to the heart of
Ancient Rome.
The trailer plays out across three different scenes at the height
of the Roman Empire - a general returning from battle, two lovers
intertwined and the political world of the Senate - but nothing is
quite as it seems...and as beauty and brutality combine on screen
the viewer is given a sense of the shifting perspectives of the
game play itself. Creative Director Rodrigo explains "The idea of
Rome 2:Total War is that you can do whatever you want - politics,
war, intrigue - and the game reacts to you. It's that sense of
living and paying for your actions that we chose to communicate
through the drama of a beautifully crafted live action
trailer."
2012 is a big year for Sega as they celebrate their 25th year of
games development and they had high ambitions for the project, as
Mill Executive producer, Alex Webster explains "Both Sega and The
Creative Assembly had a clear mission from the outset to create a
very special film and gave their full backing to our creatives to
develop a concept which fully defined the cerebral experience of
the gameplay. Their collaborative approach, I believe, shows on
screen."
Mill Director, William McGregor set out to harness the essence of
game play intertwined with the drama of key historical events "We
wanted to create a trailer that told a complete story in itself,
but also alluded to the epic nature of the game. So, while all of
the characters are on their own personal journey with an
independent storyline, they are also all linked together in a
battle for power and fall into the grand architecture of betrayal
within the city."
The Mill created, directed and produced the piece from start to
finish - ensuring a level of continuity in both team and
vision.
Treacherous, bloody, vengeful, what would you do for
Rome?
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