BloodSpell: From Concept to Finished Scene

Hugh and Co. have been hitting the news wires of their article release 'BloodSpell: From Concept to Finished Scene' (Part 1) over at BioWare's NeverWinter Nights site.

When we started making BloodSpell, nearly three years ago, we thought that it would be a six-month project. Max. Just knock the damn thing out and get onto other things.

We wuz wrong.

It's a pretty thorough run through of the production and the different stages they have traversed. It also includes some screenshots and an animatic (and as a side note in hearing Hugh's voice in the animatic I wonder if we're in for a cameo treat within the series?). The article is well worth a visit.

I did manage to watch Bloodspell EP5 today and what I enjoyed most about it was the increase of character flavour. The addition of 'non-human' species into the story gives it a deeper 'otherworldly' feel, and therefore the greater curiosity of what can happen next?

It's too bad other machinima films and series didn't have the marketing drive and publicity interests like Bloodspell because based on PR alone, you'd think it was almost the only machinima series being made....