LIFESTEALER - Dota 2 Short Film Contest 2022

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In the dungeons of Devarque, a vengeful wizard lay in shackles, plotting his escape. He shared his cell with a gibbering creature known as N'aix, a thief cursed by the Vile Council with longevity, so that its life-sentence for theft and cozening might be as punishing as possible. Over the years, its chains had corroded, along with its sanity; N'aix retained no memory of its former life and no longer dreamt of escape.

Seeing a perfect vessel for his plans, the wizard wove a spell of Infestation and cast his life-force into N'aix's body, intending to compel N'aix to sacrifice itself in a frenzy of violence while the mage returned to his body and crept away unnoticed. Instead, the wizard found his mind caught in a vortex of madness so powerful that it swept away his plans and shattered his will. Jarred to consciousness by the sudden infusion of fresh life, N'aix woke from its nightmare of madness and obeyed the disembodied voice that filled its skull, which had only the one thought: To escape.

In that moment Lifestealer was born. The creature cast its mind into dungeon guards and soldiers, compelling them to open locks and cut down their companions, opening an unobstructed path to freedom while feeding on their lives. Lifestealer still wears the broken shackles as a warning that none may hold him, but on the inside remains a prisoner. Two minds inhabit the single form--a nameless creature of malevolent cunning, and the Master whose voice he pretends to obey.

Credits:

Cast:
Gasper Ulric: Sean Dillingham
Brant Barley: Ian S. Peterson
Cedric Blackburn: Coby Lawrence
N’aix: Zeke Jones
Lifestealer: Sean Berube

Addt'l Voices: Coby Lawrence

Produced: Michael Santos
Directed: Brenton Bender
1st Assistant Director: Gabe Chapman
Addt'l 1st Assistant Director: Louis Giaquinto
Associate Producers: Edwin Stevens
Production Assistant: Joseph Loza

Screenplay: Michael Santos and Brenton Bender

Camera Department:

Director of Photography: Alex Tetzner
1st Assistant Camera: Warren McElroy
2nd Assistant Camera: Natalie Olvera
Photographer: Samantha Santos

Grip and Electric

Gaffer: Quinlan Donovan-Schager
Key Grip: Charles Lemmon
Best Boy: Caden DePietro
Swing G&E: Jason Breinholt

Art Department:

Production Designer: Michael Santos
Co-Production Design: Alex Tetzner
Lead Fabrication: Carlos Santos
Lead Painter: Martha Santos
Set Construction/Props: Karyn Holsten
Set Dressing/Props: My Giang
Set Dressing/Props: Anh Giang
Production Hand: Joseph Loza
Art Assistant: Andrea Yang
Flat Construction: Lucas Tipton
Set Painter: Samantha Santos
Set Painter: Jacob Hartwig
Banners: Colton Dorame

SFX Department:

Lifestealer Prosthetic: Rob Cobasky
Addt'l Prosthetics: Anna Cobasky
Addt'l Blood: Hanna Watts
Puff of Smoke: Charles Lemmon

Makeup & Hair Artist: Hanna Watts
Wardrobe Supervisor: Hanna Watts

Post Production:

Editor: Brenton Bender
Music Composer: Dorian Spiess
Sound Designer: Joseph DeBlanco


VFX Supervisor: Alex Tetzner
VFX Artist: Michael Santos
Match Move Tracking: Kyle Schlosser
Lead 3D Artist: John Goodall
3D Artist: Giovanni Araiza

Sound Mixers: Zaid Noaman
Sound Mixers: Josh Morrison


Casting Services: Breakdown Express

Special Thanks: My Family

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