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'''''Believe: The John 117 Monument''''' is a live-action trailer that was part of the ''[[Believe]]'' advertisement campaign for ''[[Halo 3]]''. In the trailer [[The Interviewer|an unseen narrator]] (also the interviewer from the ''Believe'' TV spots) describes the construction of the [[John-117 Monument]] as it occurred within the Halo universe. The narrator is the only one to speak throughout the entire trailer. | '''''Believe: The John 117 Monument''''' is a live-action trailer that was part of the ''[[Believe]]'' advertisement campaign for ''[[Halo 3]]''. In the trailer [[The Interviewer|an unseen narrator]] (also the interviewer from the ''Believe'' TV spots) describes the construction of the [[John-117 Monument]] as it occurred within the Halo universe. The narrator is the only one to speak throughout the entire trailer. | ||
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'''Narrator:''' So it's no surprise that the piece itself is special. Begun three years ago in [[2607]], the monument is a diorama built entirely by hand. It is a three-dimensional snapshot of the battlefield, and the soldiers who took to it that day. The scene has been reproduced with painstaking attention to detail and authenticity. Only the men and women who were there know it better. Today, we go behind the scenes to see its creation. | '''Narrator:''' So it's no surprise that the piece itself is special. Begun three years ago in [[2607]], the monument is a diorama built entirely by hand. It is a three-dimensional snapshot of the battlefield, and the soldiers who took to it that day. The scene has been reproduced with painstaking attention to detail and authenticity. Only the men and women who were there know it better. Today, we go behind the scenes to see its creation. | ||
To ensure historical accuracy the boot camp induction scans of every Marine involved in the battle were obtained from the [[United Nations Space Command]] records. In this way the artists were able to place the right face to the right soldier. After each face is completed, it is matched to a body which has been rendered complete with uniform and body armor, then carved by hand. It was the artists vision for this tribute to humanity, that each piece be shaped by the hand of man, without the aid of robotic model-making systems. Each handmade soldier is posed, painted, and placed on the battlefield; both the victorious, and the fallen. | To ensure historical accuracy the boot camp induction scans of every Marine involved in the battle were obtained from the [[United Nations Space Command]] records. In this way the artists were able to place the right face to the right soldier. After each face is completed, it is matched to a body which has been rendered complete with uniform and body armor, then carved by hand. It was the artists' vision for this tribute to humanity, that each piece be shaped by the hand of man, without the aid of robotic model-making systems. Each handmade soldier is posed, painted, and placed on the battlefield; both the victorious, and the fallen. | ||
Based on topographical maps of the day, the artists are able to replicate each hill, each plateau, and each ravine to near exact specifications. But one of the real marvels is in the cityscape itself. After the fighting had ceased, meta-archaeologists unearthed the city's building archives. In them were found perfectly-preserved blueprints of every structure in the city. But the challenge was not to merely rebuild the structures, it was to tear them down as well. Artists worked from the city plans to recreate the destruction caused by the fierce fighting: from each bullet hole, to each piece of exposed rebar. | Based on topographical maps of the day, the artists are able to replicate each hill, each plateau, and each ravine to near exact specifications. But one of the real marvels is in the cityscape itself. After the fighting had ceased, meta-archaeologists unearthed the city's building archives. In them were found perfectly-preserved blueprints of every structure in the city. But the challenge was not to merely rebuild the structures, it was to tear them down as well. Artists worked from the city plans to recreate the destruction caused by the fierce fighting: from each bullet hole, to each piece of exposed rebar. | ||
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