Recent Work – Need for Speed Shift 2 Realism Trailer

Last year, I directed the Cinematic sequences in the upcoming Need for Speed Shift 2.  Now since the game has been announced and details are being released – I can finally talk about my experiences!

The marketing video up top contains live action footage of mine from many different events last year. Team Need for Speed BMW Z3 from Silverstone, SUMO Power Nissan GTR GT1 from Silverstone, Team Need for Speed BMW Z3 from the Dubai 24h race, Vaughn Gittin JR from Irwindale Formula Drift, and interviews with Chris Rado, Vaughn, Rod Chong, and Tommy Milner – that I had the opportunity to shoot and direct for this project. Very cool to see what Charles Kha and the producers were able to do with the Need for Speed Shift 2 in game footage! It’s awesome to see one of my pan shots transform into a shot taken directly form Need for Speed Shift 2′s game play. Having worked on the game – it is a new bar for racing visuals, truly stunning in detail and beauty.

Here is a still from Vaughn Gittin JR’s recent Speedhunters post about Shift 2. Showing Linhbergh standing in for Vaughn as I check the shot and Rod and Vaughn reviewing the script one more time before Vaughn’s performance.

I’m excited for the Shift 2′s release!