LIFESTEALER - Dota 2 Short Film Contest 2022

Vote for LIFESTEALER inside the DOTA 2 Client! 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 #ti11 #dota2 #liveaction #sfm