Over the the course of several months, myself and creator Astri Lohne worked on this beautifully drawn narrative trailer for RUNIC, offering a small but compelling look into a bleak and unforgiving world. I had the privilege of providing both the script and the VO.The Story
Runic is a dark dystopian fantasy created by Astri Lohne. Hints of a story could be seen through her many gorgeous paintings and the consistent themes present within them, so we decided to flesh them out, together. With very clear direction, I was able to create a series of bios for her main characters, refine the draft of a map and expand upon it in both size and geographic significance, develop the world's history, create factions, and weave all these elements together to create a cohesive story that balances these components in a way that is both engaging and, more importantly, compelling.Runic takes place during yet another great turn in its world's history, when a horrid disease known as The Curse begins to ravage the dwindling populous once more. It was the catalyst that broke the world during the Golden Age roughly 1,200 years ago, and now threatens to completely obliterate the very few that remain. Though history is more a notion to this world's inhabitants, there are a few with enough curiosity and vengeful spite against their circumstances to break out in an attempt to at least understand why this is happening to them. Their names are Axyl, Kei, and Sonya. Affected by the curse in their own way, a chance encounter between the three of them will jumpstart a journey eastward and beyond that may uncover that which should have stayed hidden. They need only follow the cursed dead, and the direction that each one appears to be reaching towards in their final moments...
Concept Script for Cinematic Trailer
Dialogue
