Hi everyone,

Recently I've been to some pretty awesome, dramatic locations where I took some video footage

I've been toying with different ways of stylizing the footage to give it a unique, darker feel I particularly like.

Here's a very short clip (with added music), but you'll get the idea of what I'm after:

I think turning raw video clips into something like this allows to create some interesting video game locations. Because of how it turns out, I think it would be possible to embed different dynamic elements onto the footage (characters, buildings etc) in a very fitting, convincing way.

The first type of a game that comes to mind is a good old point-and-click adventure, where you interact with specific dynamic elements in each location then move onto another scene.

The other is actually a side scroller / platformer - as long as the original video was shot in a res high enough, it should be no problem to "zoom in" to a fraction of a scene and let the camera follow the running / jumping character in a usual way

What do you guys think?

I quite like that effect: it's interestingly oily, almost painterly, without obscuring the elements of the scene overmuch.

Thanks Thaumaturge,

That's what I'm going for - have some clarity, yet be "painterly" enough so it's reasonably easy to prepare suitable artwork to go with it (characters) etc