The short's environment work supported its battlefield and period military settings; Chumak contributed as a matte painter.
Warpath Showdown is a 2021 live-action short made as a teaser for the mobile strategy game Warpath, directed by Akhtem Seitablaiev. It was a China and Ukraine co-production between Lilith Games, PostModern and Stuntalot Action Design, running roughly six minutes as a wartime action piece.
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Warpath: Showdown is a live-action promotional short made for Warpath, Lilith Games' World War II themed mobile game, and it was produced by the Ukrainian studio Postmodern Digital, part of FILM.UA Group. One aim was to show coordinated combat among different army branches, such as infantry, vehicles and air forces. Before filming began, the team spent two months on digital previsualization to settle the creative concept. Production then built two large scale sets, a battlefield and a ruined city, and used an original Soviet T-34 tank alongside a replica German Tiger tank for the seven day shoot in Ukraine. Following the shoot, the studio devoted five months to visual effects to finish the project, within a total of eight months from idea to delivery. About 200 people contributed to the project. Chumak was a matte painter on Warpath: Showdown.
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Postmodern Digital, part of FILM.UA Group, produced Warpath: Showdown for Lilith Games, and the collaboration lasted over seven months. Akhtem Seitablayev directed the short, Yuriy Korol served as cinematographer, and VFX supervisors Bohdan Oliynyk and Roman Kladko managed the visual effects work under VFX producer Olena Mas.
A Ukrainian crew specializing in feature film production shot Warpath: Showdown in Ukraine. Before the seven day shoot that used an original Soviet T-34 tank and a replica German Tiger tank on two large scale sets, a battlefield and a ruined city, the team spent two months on digital previsualization.
Warpath: Showdown moved from concept to final delivery in eight months. Digital previsualization occupied two months, principal photography lasted seven days in Ukraine, and the visual effects stage after that ran five months. Around 200 people worked on the production in total.
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