Bungie’s new on-line sci-fi extraction shooter, “Marathon,” is lastly out, and the veteran builders celebrated by having a little bit enjoyable with some unsuspecting victims.
The gifted people behind “Halo” and “Future” partnered up with New York Metropolis-based creator Michael Krivicka, who is understood for his hidden digicam stunts and advertising and marketing tie-ins. This time round, the group arrange a pretend know-how showroom, showcasing a number of the Frames — robotic our bodies occupied by a human consciousness — from the “Marathon” reboot.
All of it entails pulling off a staged gag inside a New York Metropolis sci-fi know-how demonstration area, and harmless guests believing they’ve simply by chance fired a complicated arm cannon to blast a gap within the wall. Because the shock and awe subsides, actors portraying Vandal and Recon, two of “Marathon’s” cyborg runners, come alive to additional freak out the victims.
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Now, I do know what you are pondering. These individuals are idiots; who would fall for this? And some years in the past, I would have been proper there with you, however these days we have got Elon Musk displaying off his bizarre military of iRobot wannabees, so it is kinda believable.
Michael Krivicka is a New York Metropolis-based creator is finest recognized for his elaborately designed pranks timed to align with main movie, TV and gaming releases like his movies titled “Spider-Man Grabs A Espresso,” “Satan Child,” “Aliens in NYC,” “Cobra-Kai Karate,” “Video Sport Weapon,” and the hilarious “Doomsday Comet” stunt devised for Netflix’s “Don’t Look Up” in 2022.
“Our mission was simple: surprise unsuspecting visitors by making them believe they accidentally trigger a powerful weapon from the future,” Krivicka tells Space. “We remotely triggered the animatronic features of Vandal’s hand cannon, which was synced with the wall blast effect. That perfect sequence of events made the user think that the featured weapon they were holding somehow fired, blasting a big hole into the wall.”
“Some Bungie folks were on set throughout the entire production (2-day shoot), and even Joe Ziegler showed up, which was surreal. They all had a blast watching the whole thing unfold from the control room.”
We live in a world of staged pranks and social media fakeouts, but Krivicka made it clear to us that none of the people they surprised were actors.
“We never cast actors who pretend to be unsuspecting participants and then somehow fake react. Other agencies do this. We pride ourselves that our hidden camera stunts always show real people and their real reactions,” he explains.
“The only actors in the scene are three background actors. They were there to make the showroom feel active and to react to the blast, but then run out and leave the marks inside. It’s a group psychology thing that I’ve been effectively using since I created the “Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise” in 2013.”
“Marathon” is now available for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
