FILMMAKER REACTS: OVERWATCH: INFILTRATION CINEMATIC + [BREAKDOWN!!]

[@kaizammit]

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[@kihsirydderammu4735]

Some other IPs you could check out are God of War, Elden Ring, Sekiro, Battlefield, Battlefront, Dark Souls, Cyberpunk, and Star Wars: Jedi series. Enjoyed the reaction as always

[@pier-oliviermartel713]

I simply love your content! I've learned so much just from you reacting to cinematics and commenting on them. I would also love to know more about your experience as a filmmaker and maybe some tricks or advice you would have for us. I am a 3D artist and want to become a filmmaker. I am learning as much as I can, but I really think you are the person I was looking for. Your content is great, and I wish you the best!

[@kaizammit]

@pier-oliviermartel713 thank you so much for watching and I'm glad you feel you can learn. What would you like to know? I'm always happy to help or point people in the right direction. However, saying that it's up to you, the storyteller to go for it. 🙏🏻👍🏻

[@pier-oliviermartel713]

​@@kaizammit That is good to hear :) Since I'm a beginner in filmmaking and have not made my first short yet I feel like everything would be good for me. I think I have great Ideas but don't know how to put them together in a compelling story. I will start writing my first script very soon for my animated short :)

[@kaizammit]

Depending on how long it is, try the 5 C's of storytelling or use three being it's a short. Don't spend time on an exposition dump, let the audience figure it out for themselves, the classic show, don't tell. There's some really good books I'd suggest you read with links in my description.

[@JM-nothing-more]

for some extra context to the opening: the first time this was shown was live at Blizzcon, and they played it as if Sombra hacked into the show on the big audience screens

[@kaizammit]

Oh that's cool, I bet as a fan of this franchise, you guys must have been like children on Christmas Eve!? I love it but kind of jealous too because I've had nothing like that since maybe Halo 2 or Halo 3.

[@JM-nothing-more]

@@kaizammit Blizzcon was the big show of the year for Blizzard games, which historically have been VERY popular even if they've had a lot of shit (both quality and controversy) in recent years so yeah, at the time, it was always like christmas

[@blacxthornE]

@@kaizammit there were hints that Sombra was a character coming to Overwatch after release, and there was a huge ARG building up to it, so people were hyped and expecting her reveal; even speculating the hacking part. When it actually happened the crowd went crazy. If you're at all curious, look at the video called "Overwatch: Infiltration/Sombra Cinematic, BlizzCon 2016 Audience Reaction" -- starts like a video about the game's global launch and it gets "hacked".

[@alp6502]

@@kaizammit it was ow first animated short and the lead up to sombra's announcment was hyped as well

[@SpicyFiur]

Bummer the franchise fell of. But hey. Corpos doing corp stuff.

[@WhiteWolf1708]

Small note, Sombra’s boop is a little more malicious than it looks at first. If you look at 39:55 when she grabs the photo of the daughter, there’s another picture of the chairwoman with her daughter booping her nose. It’s a little thing the chairwoman does to her daughter, sombras mocking her and showing that she knows a lot more about the chairwoman’s personal life as a little extra threat

[@hugomendoza5665]

Yeah that was something I noticed too on re-watches of this short. It's really dark to turn a cute, innocent moment between mother and daughter into an intensely threatening gesture. Really great way to show off Sombra's 'villainy.' A stereotypical 'threat' wouldn't have been as intense. Using that tiny, personal moment creates a genuine sense of dread for the other character.

[@christophermason5088]

dude i have never noticed that. devil in the details as Kai would say

[@reio4641]

It's weird that blizzard made this one-time interaction Sombra's "thing" by adding it as a voiceline in the game, even though it's probably not a part of her character if she's only mocking Katya Volskaya here

[@Shiftarus]

@@reio4641 people made it a thing because its a fun voiceline , its a perfect line for many in game moments

[@hugomendoza5665]

It makes sense that I didn't notice this consciously, but I never realized how the entire cinematic 'plays' with your perception of Sombra. Indeed, her character is very morally gray, so it's reflected in the lighting, in that the lighting on her is constantly changing, so you never get a stable sense of whether she's a 'good guy' or a 'bad guy.' Also, a tiny detail I always liked is that right after Sombra reveals she's not going to kill her, she does this quick thing where she looks down and then takes a weird step to the side. The reason she does that is to step over the dead body of one of the soldiers she's killed. It's a great moment of continuity, since they'd obviously still be on the ground in the room. They don't make the characters move as if the bodies disappeared. They're treating them like they're still there, even if they're not in frame anymore.

[@reio4641]

I was wondering what that glance meant, as it looked like some sort of realization, but had no connection to what she said next

[@Ryuu717]

Wow, I notice so much more little hidden intimate details through your breakdowns and I've watched the original shorts tons of times. Like the 2nd picture frame on Volskayas desk. 39:54 It shows her doing the nose "boop" to her daughter. I always thought Sombra's famous Boop line (which became a voice line in the game, sprays and her pesudo catchphrase) was created by her. But it might imply that Sombra's been watching her and her family at home or just implying "I know you have someone you care about" cause she saw the pictures. I wager that Katya Volskaya plays with her daughter and boops her nose, something intimate only she would know. Sombra shows that she knows alot more than you might think or is and will be watching her, "So don't try anything". A menacing yet playful threat to coerce Volskaya to submit and give her what she wants. Sombra is a hacking genius, a spy and a master manipulator, all while hiding her own identity and her motives. She also is always informed and knows everything that is going on. Further implied by when she directly looks at us breaking the 4th wall and then boops the screen, acknowledging she knows we exist or that her actions are being broadcasted on a screen from the scan lines that appear and that she has the power to turn the screen off then the video ends. The devs really thoroughly think through their characters, its kinda crazy.

[@shortyshawty]

Sombra had SO MUCH hype around her at the time with teasing and Easter eggs and people were like their own little hackers trying to find out more and more about her. When this was finally released it was so hype, man this period of the game was peak.

[@crimsonkarma13]

24:07 funny you mention this since his ultimate is basically him spinning around shooting everywhere which does make it look like he is dancing

[@kiwio3o387]

I'm so glad you're doing OW. I can't wait for the OW2 cinematic - despite so many hating on it because of what OW2 meant for the game, it's still just my favorite cinematic. I love the music in it as well.

[@yikes9944]

that observation of her not being totally bad like the others based on first impression of design was really interesting! yes she's in it for herself, but when you play the game there are interactions between characters that show you she actually does have a heart and cares about other characters :)

[@perx3561]

The very last character shown in the cinematic is Zarya, who is a tank hero in the game. As for your question, is she a "proper hero", it's complicated. Zarya seems to have a bit of an antagonistic view of Overwatch, who are supposed to be the "real good guys" in the setting. She's definetly not evil though. At the time when this cinematic was made, in the narrative she was maybe a bit of an antihero? So, one of the good guys, but like, not the "goodest of good" like say Winston or Tracer.

[@Kandarako]

yeah. is hard to follow the storyline because it almost never happens ingame but along lots of media: At first she is chasing sombra in a comic, where she discovers what her boss hides about obtaining tech from omnics, so became desinterested in her (without abandoning her values for her country) Later, in a short story, the gunslinger recruits her for the new overwatch Finally, we see her in the "invasion" missions, alongside the other members caassidy recruited in the short stories. In order to know all about zarya, and almost any other character, you are supposed to know about the comic, the story, and the pve missions, and I would say is a lot to ask when it would be easier to access everything from the game itself

[@azerty1274]

Zarya joined overwatch in ow2 tho lol

[@perx3561]

@@azerty1274 yeah but this cinematic was made in 2016, 6 years before Overwatch 2 release. So in the context of the clip she was still in a faction (Russian Defence Force) that was somewhat antagonistic towards Overwatch.

[@rivaj]

I remember the hype around Sombra. They played a Cicada 3301 like game with the community. Then we got.... well hell a lot of bugs xD Sometimes the game just crashed if someone hacked by a Sombra.

[@ryankomisarz1643]

I don’t know if it’s been said enough, but I fully appreciate your breakdown in the way it’s done. Explaining film techniques and breaking things down frame by frame - it’s especially good on big spectacle scenes or Videos like Overwatch’s Dragons cinematic or their Honor and Glory cinematic. But what I like about how you break these down is this isn’t normally one of my favorite cinematics, but you elevate it and show full appreciation for it since you have such an eye for Film, which really gives me so much more insight into these cinematic shorts. Keep up the good work!

[@mamboonthetube7652]

I’ve watched this cinematic so many times and never caught the earring getting shot what a cool little detail

[@MyGoodFriendJon]

Not sure if it's been mentioned in previous reactions, but another fun note about these Overwatch cinematics is that nearly every cinematic is set on the actual maps in the game.

[@kaizammit]

I didn't know that, thank you for letting me know. That's pretty cool tbh!

[@sideshowman9686]

The last character, the hero, is Zarya. Her Story is continued in the Overwatch Comics, sadly not in kinematics.

[@sniclops15]

Sombra is less a villain and more like a free agent. She works for her own personal gains. She mainly works for Talon since they get her to all the high value targets she likes to strike deals with, and Talon... tolerates her because she is good at her job. The woman with the pink hair at the very end is Zarya, and yes she is a good guy. She currently holds the world record in weightlifting in the overwatch lore, and carries a beam cannon normally mounted on the side of an aircraft. She has a radical hatred of omnics ever since they began ravaging Russia, so if she ever found out her leader was getting tech from them, she'd probably feel a little gutted. The story continues in a comic on Blizzard's website, where Zarya finds and confronts Sombra.

[@Hatefour]

Love the breakdowns; it'll help me in the future whenever I decide to open up and write more on my fantasy-like stories.

[@kaizammit]

Amazing to hear! Go for it!

[@jaxsonburch-eo1vz]

I feel like Overwatch has an interesting enough world to make a good animated show out of. It’s a shame they haven’t done that yet.

[@whale2870]

Remember that a protagonist/main character is not necessarily a good guy and an antagonist is not necessarily evil. Like crime fiction often features moral/good/good-aligned antagonists even if the protags are antiheroes.

[@somerandomguy9292]

This is smth i hate with reactors. They always talk during the oeat parts of the vids or pause and replay bits and ignore alot if the atmosphere. But you never pause it on your first watcj though and you never talk over parts or dialogue. I love you so much for thay and the detail you pick is so amazing

[@harry4918]

Been waiting for this one!

[@kaizammit]

I hope you enjoyed it!

[@sirius1320]

6:55 "I'm just gonna call that the widow character" close. She's called Widowmaker

[@JoshDun6]

You have to watch all of them... these are the best thing about Overwatch hands down! Also this one was first time shown on Blizzcon with basically her "hacking" into Blizzcon in middle of showcase (and it played with purple hacking affect around arena and without that blizzard logo) so it was super sick to experience it!

[@assassith]

24:04 It's funny that you say that he looks like he's dancing because later in a 2D cinematic, Sombra says to Reaper "Hey, Calavera man. You dance pretty good" while he's fighting a wave of Null sector robots. It's like you and the cinematics team are on the same wavelength.

[@jFrancker]

Hey Kai, i hecking love your videos, both the technical breakdown but your enthusiasm is highly contagious, i myself is a big fan of most of the universes you have delved into so i enjoy seeing a as you put it, cold caller getting hyped. So you mentioned the Wilhelm scream, and i completely agree with your take, initially i found the scream fun, but now it just ruins immersions. You have also commented on how in animation, animating it so it looks like it was for instance shot on a real camera helps with the immersion. My question to you is, when you see dolly motions that is either extremely hard to do in live action, or down right impossible, does that ruin it for you?

[@kaizammit]

Thank you so much for watching and I'm glad you're enjoying them. To answer your question, not at all. When I watch content, movies, TV shows, anime, whatever. I'm so drawn into the material that I don't see it. If I do see one that's taken me by surprise, then I tend to wonder what they did to actually pull it off.

[@tunasalad1039]

I like to interpret the “boop” as a “I can get this close to you anytime I want” type thing

[@christophermason5088]

Great breakdown once again Kai you get so much info from the first look of a character without knowing them just from lighting and camera position. just a heads up the character is Widowmaker... also please do this for wastelander and Kiriko...you also a couple of League of Legends ones to breakdown....A new dawn, The Path an Ionian Myth and Kin of the Stained Blade the last two follow on from each other

[@xTimelord1997x]

Not sure if this counts as spoilers, but will you react to the in game cutscenes for the various in game story mode events too.

[@mr.lightningbolt5815]

I recommend watching Resident Evil Operations Raccoon City triple threat trailer. The game is to be desired, but that trailer is really great.

[@jxuiiana]

22:08 this part has bugged me for the longest time because it seems so unlike widowmaker to take a shot she would miss

[@toddoverholt4556]

Blizzard's cinematic department has always knocked it out of the park. Their art teams and their animations are always top notch.

[@aussie_boosh]

I am glad I now have a few of your videos to binge, but only because KZbin is being a strange beast. It hasn't been giving me notifications and for some reason it cancelled my membership to your channel 😳

[@kaizammit]

Welcome back then should I say! KZbin is like that sometimes and don't forget, you've got custom Emojis to use in chat/comments too. Type :kai and they'll appear for easy use. Enjoy

[@aussie_boosh]

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[@profoundnarwhal2581]

I would love for you to react to the wow and Star Craft stuff! Same cinematic team, and I think you’d love it! Thanks for doing this !

[@daleswalley7226]

If and when you get to Wrecking Ball’s (Hammond) intro you may burn out your slo-mo. It’s incredibly fast and the lighting is everywhere at once.

[@MrKanooe]

Boop !

[@kaizammit]

Boop! Noice.

[@Funkyhomosap]

BOOP!

[@Ferdawoon]

In the opening when she's commenting on the most advanced security systems, I think we (via the camera) are just one of her screens. As it transitions away from her she pulls down the overhead camera shot of the compound right over the camera, not near us but over our field of view. And in the end she boops the camera s if she's breaking the fourth wall or because we again are just a screen.

[@the-orenge-head]

Damn i just realised watching someone break this down while and reacting to it Could be useful to directors or cinematographers

[@sniclops15]

Next cinematic to watch is "Hero," there is an order to these cinematics, but for the most part they can be watched separately. Just make sure not to watch "Zero Hour" until you've seen the following: - Recall (Watched) - Alive (Watched) - Dragons (Watched) - Hero - The Last Bastion (watched) - Infiltration (This one) - Rise and Shine - Honor and Glory (watched) - Shooting Star - Reunion

[@wilmerhjorth1271]

Omg u finally watched another overwatch!!

[@kaizammit]

I've been uploading Overwatch videos once a week for the last month. Plenty up on the channel!

[@Winter_huntsman]

Great break down! Would love to see what you thought of the Conviction trailer for the game Anthem some time :)

[@kaalind475]

I like the reaction an analysis. You should check out the Overwatch cinematic "Hero" next. It is about a once member of Overwatch that has become a vigilante.

[@ToRecallE]

I kinda low how you take a 5 minute video and convert it into a 50 minute video... thats some talent

[@kaizammit]

I could make it longer as I love talking about this stuff but I try a little to reel it in. Thank you for watching!

[@KdVSerpentinit]

It is a while that I played Overwatch but funny thing with Sombra always was, wenn she got the "Play Of The Game" it starts with any other character and she hacked herself in then. A little troll to all the players there :D

[@PetiteOlivee]

you can see that the "boop" refers to the photo on the desk where the Russian woman is doing the same with her daughter!

[@EfeAliK]

You should watch the Overwatch 2 trailer as well ❤

[@seriosblack4120]

I hope Kai isn't skiping over D'Va's cinematic. For me it's right up there with Dragons and Last Bastion

[@kaizammit]

I've got all the animated shorts coming, don't worry ✌🏻

[@seriosblack4120]

@@kaizammit sweet

[@Stefy-8OO]

I'm 100% sure u will love the one with agent 76

[@CertifiedSunset]

Soldier?

[@kaizammit]

@CertifiedSunset next Overwatch breakdown.

[@sebboett]

BTW this is how they revealed that cinematic at Blizzcon back in the day kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXOXkJ5pfNaHars the good old times :)

[@denimscotch]

I think you might enjoy the Team Fortress 2 “Meet the…” character trailers and other related cinematics(?) they’ve done!

[@razvancraciunescu1936]

I dont remember seeing details in the lore about the little girl. But why would she had a photo of herself on her desk? Obviously the daughter. Also that's why she said "the future of Russia".

[@araposkulo]

Soldier 76 gotta be next!

[@knightstalkerVA]

I would like you to look at a series of trailers for payday 2. It's a joke in the community that the devs put more money into their trailers than they do their games

[@kaizammit]

Really!? I'll add it to the list then

[@midnightarrow9834]

You should react to some Destiny 2 final shape cinematics

[@rooster8720]

Total war warhammer 1 2 and 3 trailers? Would love it! Fantasy side of warhammer 40k! Warhammer 3 especially has incredible quality trailers

[@kaizammit]

I've not covered anything like that yet and I think it's a great idea.

[@noaarraezferlin2436]

I think thats would be intresting if u react Cyberpunk 2077🔥

[@Airbag888]

dyyying for when you finally publish zero hour lol...

[@onufryptak7978]

Plsss overwatch 2 trailer cinematic next 🤤🤤. Ur content is amazing btw, thank u 🫡

[@kaizammit]

It's coming so stay tuned!

[@fennecfoxfello2875]

react and breakdown some of the valorant cinematics, they're way better imo, i like overwatch, but i feel like valorant has much better animations, i just like valorant more in general lmao. I hope you do, they're really good

[@kaizammit]

They're on my list but not sure where to start, any tips?

[@fennecfoxfello2875]

@@kaizammit On the valorant channel there's a playlist called 'LORE // VALORANT' with everything, but so far there's only been 8 main cinematic releases, in order of release: Duelists, Duality, Retake, Warm Up, Shattered, Revelation, Unmade and Reckoning. These are the main episode cinematics that come out every 6 months or so which leaves them with alot of other stuff in between, similar to the Overwatch one's, i'm just not sure the time between them. 😁

[@greengaming7457]

You should react to call of duty infinite warfare

[@lordmortarius538]

The thing to understand about Aleksandra Zaryanova, "Zarya", is that she is an Olympic Powerlifting champion from Russia whose motivations are always patriotic. She gave up her athletic career to serve in the Russian Defense Force defending the Motherland against the Omnium in Siberia, as her family was killed when she was young in the first Omnic uprising. She is initially antagonistic towards Overwatch due to their rivalry with the RDF, but eventually is talked into joining after the events of Overwatch 2's release. Katya Volskaya (the Chairman in the cinematic) provides Zarya with her specialized Particle Cannon, as this smaller model of what the Russian mecha use is still much too heavy for a regular soldier to wield, and the mechs are too large for any quick maneuvering and agile usage of the weapon, so it's PERFECT for her :D "Sombra" is spanish for 'shadow', which fits her character perfectly, able to disappear with active camouflage and reposition instantly with her teleport beacon. She is EXTREMELY hard to pin down and find out where she even is, let alone try to eliminate her. She's a huuuuge pain in the ass for an enemy team to deal with when played even semi-competently.

[@PeterReactss]

Hello Kai, Great reactions as always :) can you please react to EXODUS | “Become The Traveler” Extended Story Trailer Cinematic ? Would love to see your reaction to it! You will love it :) You deserve more subscribers...

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

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[@perssontm1628]

Hey, love the reaction as usual! Just a little criticism though, I can't speak for everyone but to me it's kinda annoying when reactors speak over the dialogue, in some cases I can understand, but if you're gonna have a breakdown after then what's the point? You're just missing stuff. Other than that, it's great and I can't wait until you get to the Kiriko cinematic :)

[@kaizammit]

I've already filmed them all fella and I've probably recorded them all exactly like this. I speak over them because I can hear everything going on and I know most viewers have already seen what we're watching. I don't think I have the will power to hold a thought in if I've thought of it. I'll try though when I start recording again ✌🏻

[@perssontm1628]

@@kaizammit Fair enough, that's about as much as I could've hoped for really. But yeah just to clarify, I don't mind small comments but when you're explaining something that's happened you're not gonna focus well on what's currently happening, humans are not very good at multitasking afterall. Idk maybe i'm just nitpicky, i'm that annoying friend who says "Just watch or you're gonna miss stuff" huh 😅

[@chrlsman]

you should react to some destiny 2 videos, maybe the last stand of the gunslinger 👍