Thanks for watching our Majora's Mask short film, Terrible Fate! Here is a behind the scenes look into the creation of the film.
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Director: Mike Grier
Story Adaptation: Josh Grier
Animation Director: Hunter Schmidt
Mask Seller: Masashi Odate
Skull Kid: Joe Zieja
Cinematographer: Boa Simon
1st Assistant Camera: Jenny Hou
Lighting & Rendering: James Beck
Music & Sound: Theophany
Skull Kid Design: Nate Hallinan & Art of Vic
Skull Kid Model: Anders Ehrenborg
Majora's Mask Model: Cordell Felix
Mask Seller Model: Carlos Ortega and Pedro Conti
Clock Tower Concept: Kalen Chock
Clock Tower Modeling: Karem Yamin
Rigging: Chris Lesage
Animation: Jakob Christensen
Pre-Vis: Julie Griener, Rachel Beltran, Jacqueline Yee, Aharonit Elior, Taylor Reynolds
As an animator I understand how painstaking and tedious this must have been, but I speak for everyone when I say: WHERE IS OUR NETFLIX SERIES?
I'd have that!
Scorch Right! This is SO good!
Scorch something please emberLabs.. we're not afraid to crowd fund if needed
Nintendo will sue them
Scorch Not every short film project has to be a series. In fact, that could lower the quality of this animation by wanting to outsource it so goddamn much.
When your models and animation are so good that people thought the backgrounds were CG as well...
Wait a minute, I saw you in the comment section of the Cats on Mars video!
ChinchillerPillar - Shoot! My cover's blown! *disappears in a poof of smoke* *in the distance* Remember the potatoooo...!
I think the only reason anybody thought that was because of the faerie's luminescence lighting the environment. The environment is clearly much more detailed than the models.
I thought it was CG till this video
Which reminds me of most CGI dinosaurs movies like Disney dinosaurs
This is going to remain the best example of Legend of Zelda fan projects for a long time.
They could easily turn this into a full motion movie and I’ll actually be interested.
@@stevemorales same. I think someone needs to find a way to get rights to both the music and title of majoras mask and make it a short 3-5 season TV series, or movie trilogy.
@@seemeno1 The animators would cry themselves to sleep at night thinking of this
You expect a game based movie to be like this and they give you a fooking live-weirdo-action movie like sonic.
Forever. Absolutely unrivaled
I love how they made this, and then just died.
Starlesslemon what happened to them?
Most likely working on another massive project
They’re hibernating.
And now they are back
TehEnderz oh yeah
So THATS why the scenery looked so real. It actually was real.
Wa Luigi Did you believe it was all CGi???? The forest was real obviously, i knew it as soon as i saw it. This is a small team to pull off a Junglebook on this.
Wa Luigi the same happened to me, never thought they would use a real forest in what I thought was a purely CGI film
The thing is the cgi looks so real that they can use a real location to it xD
yes lol
@@powerhouse884 wow i bet you feel smart, huh
well that explains the ultra realistic forest
Kimball Belliston ikr
I legit thought that forest was just really good CGI. It goes to show how good compositing can make everything come together.
Kimball Belliston Some people even told others it was all CGI
grows some good tees out there 😆😊😋😜😳😡😤😪😩👽🌴 ultra feels Bro
It also explains the car that drives by in the final product. ---WARNING! You won't be able to unsee it after reading the next part--- You can see it driving by behind the trees on the left around one minute mark in the final video.
This is so professional, but imagine some person watching them filming. Actor: HWAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH
Person: Hmph, weirdos.
Nintendo should hire this studio for they trailers ;D
No, these people would take years to make trailers, they'd look amazing but its way to small of a team
@@choodledee5961 They're making a game, bruh.
@@choodledee5961 with a bigger budget and a bigger time everything can be faster.
They should hire them to make a movie. The CGI is amazing and they seem to know what they’re doing.
@@MrsSewChanMan They're making a game, Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
Please don't tell me I was the only one who thought the whole thing was CG
Nintendo fact boy No you were not
Yuri-sage thank god. I'm like the only one who didn't know Filthy Frank was a character then after seeing this I thought I was gonna feel like a complete idiot
Nintendo fact boy No. You were not the only one who thought this was made entirely in 3D. This was some very impressive work that they have done!
Me too
nope
I simply find it fascinating that something movie-quality would be made for such a niche fanbase like us
And BY such a niche fanbase like us. These guys are a part of it, too, obviously.
I wouldnt call majoras mask a niche fanbase, sure oot is more popular but those early 3d zelda games have a huge following. Probably way more then the Nes and snes games. And zelda is one of the most popular game franchises in the world.
The cgi quality in the short was so good, I thought the whole thing was cgi. I didn't realize how much of the production was practical effects! Very good job, folks. Watching the behind the scenes video was just as surprising and pleasant as the short!
This needs to be a movie. If there's a Kickstarter campaign to make this happen, hell, I'll contribute
WHAT?! You used real life scenery of the forest?! It mashed so well together I didn't even notice it. Holy cow you guys did an amazing job with this project!
KrissPiggie I know! I was pretty surprised too. I wonder where that forest is though. Looks like a great spot to go on a hike!
In the video they said it was filmed in Humboldt, California :) It is a lovely place that I would love to visit!
Just posted the same thing on my FB pretty much. Itm usually quite good at picking out CGI... The modelling is so good I thought the forest was very well done CGI as well. I was wrong and it's amazing! I think that mirror ball thing that dude was holding records shadows of the location which they add to the models to make it seems more real. I've never seen it so well done though...
Wait... you didn't notice?
I thought the woods seemed too real/lifelike to be CGI or whatever. Still, they really did a good job bringing the characters to life and blending them into the real environment!
i wanna see this into a movie. easily one of the most morbid Zelda games yet
Spoopi Boi Apparently BoTW 2 is going to be even more morbid, somehow
Stfu you furry freak.
@@neuro1073 agree
@@weirdo7319 Even when we all like the same shit, you all still argue....no wonder we've had two world wars.
@@spoot9947 Eh, it would be hard to top Majora's Mask, but we will see if it can somehow top such a game.
This is probably one of the most well made videos on KZhead... just saying...please do another one!
Congrats on the game!! Just saw the PlayStation 5 Live event and freaked when I saw your studio!! I’m so happy! :D
Dude you really need to make movies, I've never seen an animation with quality this good
Gavin Simmons would be very nice but these guys are not really provided with things that huge movie making companies are given, they need really powerful computers in order to do just this, so imagine what they need in order to make a movie, not only that but they may have needed to rent a render farm to render the movie
RedPig hey if they reach out to Nintendo and they think that this would be a good idea than finances would be covered there
Da Taternater78 yeah, i am just saying that at the state they are at now it would not work to well
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-Do one more with the moon falling, please
oh my god yes
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that'd be awesome
Screw that, just do an actual movie of the whole thing. lol
oh god but that moon is so fucking creepu
Fucking amazing song rendition of the Deku Kingdom guys.
The did not make that track dude lol
Imagine the entire story of majoras mask like this. That would be a moon sized work load, but incredibly
Holy shit they actually went and filmed the scenery irl. I wasn't even able to tell the difference.
Nintendo hire them! They love Majora's Mask.
Ashlyn the DHMIS Fan wut
wat
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yuss!! Its must be done asap!
I was honestly glued to the screen the whole time this was playing. So many things you did here blew my mind but are indicative of the high quality of the final product: on-site filming, actor reference, etc.. You all did a marvelous job and I am in awe of your work.
So much respect for all the work that goes into this.
that explains why the forest looked so real... it was real xD
I thought the same! I was so surprised when I saw it was live shot.
They blended the animation seamlessly!
Damn. I never thought they used real life locations. I thought everything was animated including the scenery.
The amusing amount of work put into the animation is truly something of admiration.
Guys of EmberLab, with the terrible fate video you almost made me cry of nostalgia, youve done such an awesome job, i hope I can become one day as good as you, kepp working hard, your work is just BEAUTIFULL
No wonder the trees were so realistic, you guys filmed it in an actual forest just for us! :D
so much work put into this video. 3 million views is nothing. it deserves more!
It is upon us to share the hell out of it!
for real tho, this was amazing, the animation was amazing, the voice acting was amazing, god nintendo needs too take notes from these guys!
It's 5 million views now but I hope they make another one.
How about 6 million as of typing this
Wow. Just amazing. The amount of work and time and effort this had to take absolutely astounds me. Not because I wouldn't spend my time on it, but because I didn't think anybody else would have. I know everyone in the comments is begging for more and that would be lovely, but think of the time this would take! Absolutely amazing.
Literal chills from seeing how much effort went into making this wonderful mock-up of a trailer. You guys are insanely good at what you do
The amount of dedication that it took to make that video really makes happy. As a really deep Zelda fan you don't know how much this video makes me happy. So I just want to give a profound thank you for the work and the amazing quality!
what do u do for a living? just a question
@@bruna-ih3zh What makes you think he/she doesn't do anything? Please don't assume if you're not sure. He/She doesn't need to share personal information.
@@jaguar4120 wait wtf i don't remember commenting this sorry ill delete it
This is the direction the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie 2018 should take. A perfect hybrid of 3D animation and live action environments.
They're making a sonic movie? Oh lord. I don't have high hopes for it.
Doctor Insane Course ya don't, no one has any hopes for anything sonic related nowadays thanks to the rabid egoraptor fans shitting on the franchise and the terrible fanbase
That would be so amazing. They could have HD camera drones flying through the environments, speed it up and then carefully animate Sonic and Friends running at high speeds.
HAHA
i came back from 2019, you're fucked
this is awesome omg halp meh
Thanks for all the hard work and attention to detail loved it!
Holy shit the production value is insane, just look at the amount of effort put into this.
Imagine some other games that they could make Short Movies out of!
Maybe The Elder Scrolls.
or sonic the hedgehog
TanTheInkster or not Sonic the hedgehog
TanTheInkster sonic had An entire TV show they really don’t need more
Don’t anything could top a full length majoras mask movie from these guys
¡HAGAN UNA SERIE YA! OMG! Cómo amo su trabajo. ♥
Wow, this was one of the most amazing things I've seen in a while.Makes me want to learn the art
Oh man... Imagine if these people made one of these but for Shadow of the Colossus.
I swear to god if this happens i think i have some sort of orgasm...
Grisly Nostalgia-gasm.
This needs to happen.
hint hint, wink wink
It won't be easy, that's for sure... And our lives may pass before it ever finishes...
The video was too creepy for my sister, she legitimately started to cry
Isaac That's funny
Spingfire Yeah, turns out to her skull kid and the mask remain her of clowns. She has a really bad case of clown phobia, haha.
I understand why, though the original game was just as scary. Especially the transformation scenes.
my big brother was playing this game by himself and he told me that he regretted doing that
:D
This is utter madness, you guys are wizards! Incredible work.
Man.. this makes me so happy , please keep doing what you guys do.
Nintendo should hire EmberLab to help with any Zelda promos..Nintendo should do lots of things because their fans are a better Nintendo than Nintendo sometimes
Actually ... yes.
Kyle De Vlugt Nintendo sometimes does good? if Nintendo liked making money, they would have made the most amazing non-cartoony Zelda game possible. not to mention their very own FPS franchise with metroid games being a great replacement for call of duty + destiny.... all Nintendo does atm is repetitive linear games like Kirby, and Mario... like wtf. someone tell Nintendo what the fans want
Pascual Heredia Do people really want ANOTHER FPS?
Kyle De Vlugt ** correction most of the times!
e.g. John e.g. Smith Wind Waker was fun and all but I really enjoyed Twilight Princess. The artstyle and story were my favourite of the series. I like them all though, they're all pretty brilliant.
Majoras mask has been and always will be my favorite game from all the zeldas, a world where everyone is depress, scared, dying, dead, stealing, and a doomsday moon also overhead. I have the fierce diety statue, mm manga volume, skull kid figures, n64 3ds and gamecube version. I was always so amazed with the majoras mask itself too. The colors and design always got my attention. Overall I just wanna say you guys did an amazing job capturing the moments better showing that skull kid was being controlled by the mask to showing that the happy mask salesman didn't die lol. I hope Nintendo contacts you guys or you guys contact them for a movie of this. Seeing this on the big screen would be amazing.
thats how i feel about this game. got a tattoo on my leg with the horror kid to honor that masterpiece and to honor that game for being a very special part of my life, a special connection to my childhood. i was always hoping for an animated movie and the fact that it became reality is just one of the greatest emotional gifts i received. im so thankfull. you did such a great job on this. keep on that good work!
i swear this is amazing and soo professional
Of course the behind the scenes footage is just as beautiful and edited w great visual storytelling.
No, video don't be over I WANT MORE!
I've been to that location in Humbolt, CA a few times. It's a beautiful forest, and has a "magical" feeling to it. It's the perfect setting for something like this.
This is the Definition of Impressive and hard work for one of best Movies i have ever seen
A lot goes in to something like this! You guys are amazing!
Super interesting to be able to take a look at some of the things you guys did to create this. The final version was absolutely incredible ;;
When I was watching it I was looking at the forest like "I bet that's real footage" and now I'm just like "called it!!!" Not to say that's cheating or anything. The 3D models are high enough quality that it totally works and it's exactly what I'd have done.
JustinDL97 sucks you have to clarify yourself these days to avoid flammable hate comments an such
*+Yukino-Kun* I know, right? The KZhead comments these days are f**kin' disgraceful
haha everyone is so ready to attack each other on here its crazy.
Plus the blue car passing in the background of the short film was a dead giveaway. Props to the animators for the good models though, they blend in perfectly.
An outstanding masterpiece! AWESOME!
Now that you began this, you have the responsibility to finish it !!! Wonderful job guys...
Now, i'm 15 years old, in the future, when I grow up. I also want to be able to animate something like this. That would be my dream! :) I love your work! This clip is so great! Please more making of's! :)
" I love you're work!" ---> "I love you are work!"
Alex H Who gives a shit what age you are? Everyone can enjoy the game wether they are young or old. So shut the hell up and grow up.
lmao chill
Alex H I'm a big Zelda-fan, and played the game, when i was 5, but okay
MereyZ Okay, I love Zelda, he's so cool
It's amazing how people who follow Pixars animation techniques and mastering it have never been heard before until a week ago
It's so amazing to see how this all came together. So much work. Such a labor of absolute love. You have to be PASSIONATE to be willing to go through all of this! Also, the animations looked so hyper realistic that I didn't even realize the forest was real O.o Amazing.
This is so awesome, fantastic job with this, to everyone who worked on it
This is absolutely fascinating! Thank you so much for this small glimpse how you created such an amazing animation; hopefully it inspires other creators or others interested in working with 3D animation. (:
SamgirlSpeaks It definetly inspired me atleast to actually be productive xD
Dankormast There we go xD
I always wanted to learn 3D animation. This is just adding fuel to the fire XD
I figured as much that you guys used IRL footage for the forest. Very nice! Damn good job with masking for the fairies and motion tracking. Zbrush was used for the mask I believe yeah? Very nice, loved seeing that amount of detail on the carving to really give it that wooden texture look. Those animation references were great and definitely emphasizes to viewers and upcoming animators how important it is to have that type of footage for the final cut. Enjoyed the short and hopefully gets some higher ups looking for ideas from you guys!
Had to have been Zbrush.
kilderok I've never used the program. Been learning Maya at work.
Wow, its so cool to look behind the scenes of something like this! the real life forest used was simply amazing! great work!
yall guys are vfx gods im crying over this beauty
How good is your animation if I never thought that the locations were real? Great job guys
This just makes me want a super HD quality Zelda game. Pump it up to the next level. Great job.
Please, more. This was absolutely astounding.
you guys done such a wonderful job on this. Nintendo is probably very proud.
Jasmine Robotnik They should be, I mean it's the fruit of their labors treated with respect by animation wizs!
They DID do an amazing job, but since Nintendo DMCA's pretty much ALL fan works of any kind, I doubt they're proud. It's a shame really, Nintendo has such passionate fans, who do amazing work. R.I.P. Project AM2R...
Biomechannibal They don't know what they're missing.
Nah, they probably mad that this is getting more recognition than them lol.
Michael Hwang Ahh, no wonder the new Zelda game only have 10 million views.
Can't believe that forest was real, makes me wonder if Blizzard's Bastion short was done in a similar fashion...
I'm 100% sure the bastion short is cgi
Yeah for what they did it would have been necessary. Though, Blizzard does have considerably more resources than EmberLab. It's remarkable how well EmberLab's product came out though.
King Gonk I'm sure it is too, but it's amazing how the quality of this short can look up to par with what they create considering the budget difference.
Exactly. It's literally inspiring to see how far fan content has come over the years.
What was there budget for this short film?
So, that is why the animation looks so good. Awesome!
Was recently driving from Seattle to Sonoma and passed through Humboldt and remember throughout a lot of the drive being reminded of Majoras Mask, which was probably partly cause I was playing Majoras Mask at the time, but just realized that his short film was filmed in Humboldt and is probably part of why I was thinking of Majoras Mask.
EMBER LABS!!!! I Have one big question!!!!!!! What program did you use to animate this with this!!???? I know you have a lot of comments but I wish to know myself!! Plzzz answer!??
Why don't you change to the bright side of RenderMan? Leave the dark Vray alone!
Wow. I've never seen Maya look this amazing!
The Code pros always make things look amazing.
Kwon Kicker
Nape Lazam Eh, I mean, Autodesk Maya is a pretty great program. Plus, Autodesk helped develop Render Man.
Ah, thank God! This answered my question whether the forest was real-life footage or CGI-made.
Already recognized the tools used to create this awesome piece, awesome job guys, it was well done!
It’s been 7 years, it could’ve been a whole goated movie 😭
I. Love. This.
No. One. Cares.
Voidtalon If you dont care if someone loves this, obviously you dont, so dont watch.
Same here, I love this, I wish it were to be an actual film/animated movie.
Voidtalon, get your negativity out of here.
I would watch the shit out of this omg, just take my money already
I thought you made the Forest, haha. I was like "holy fuck"
You guys are absolutely AMAZING!!!!
Freaking amazing you guys worked so hard and the outcome was worth it
You all did an amazing job on this project and I'm so glad you did this behind the scenes. I knew alot went into making it but I had no clue just how much, it really makes me appreciate the video even more. Can't wait to see what comes next for you all.
okay now lets sign a petition to turn this into an -anime- movie
-how about no because nintendo's a fucking piece of shit when it comes to fan films using their IP-
No please no
These guys did such amazing job
I love this thing, Thanks for putting so much time and effort into this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think I'm speaking for the entire Quixel team when I say we love the work you guys did here, and as a fan of the game, I am truly impressed :).
Please remake other Majoras Mask cutscenes!
You guys did so much work! Good job! You are all amazing! :)
This is too amazing. You guys are too amazing!!
Is this you day job or are you students? The video was awesome BTW
VirtualJustin side passion project by rhem
This is unbelievable. Wow, congrats guys, a masterpiece!
this is very cool how much effort the people put into this and had an amazing results
There needs to be more of this 💜💜💜 Majoras Mask is life
This was simply amazing. This video showcases some of the most creative, dedicated and intricate filmmaking and animation that I have ever seen. Seeing how many different elements where put into the creation of this masterpiece, where they were put and how they all come together is simply beautiful. I admire the amount of thought, effort, and determination shown that has made a very successful film in terms of people watching being truly ecstatic. I love Zelda, and the film grabbed some of the inner essence of Majoras Mask. I look forward to any and every upcoming projects from your amazing and creative team, regardless of what it's about!
...I'm just completely blown away. Amazing work you guys! Seeing the behind the scenes just adds a whole new layer. =D
the CGI and real background blend perfectly, you guys need to make more video's like this
This is beautiful! I always love seeing break downs like these. Just make me wish we had a movie already.
amazing work, i hope this channel gets the boost it deserves from this video
Again, you guys did an incredible job, i know this project took a ton of time and work but im sure everyone would love to see more!
It's so refreshing to see so much effort put into a project, which is in stark contrast to the state of films nowadays. There hasn't been a single mainstream film animation that's visuals made me audibly say wow.
I LOVE HOW CG AND REAL BACKGROUNDS ARE USED!
You guys are incredibly talented. I hope Nintendo hires you for some promotional things or hopefully even a series or movie