UNCHARTED 3: Ed Zwick's Launch Documentary Celebrates the Action Adventure Genre
Uncharted 3 presents ‘The Hero's Journey’, a documentary short directed by Ed Zwick inspired by Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, exploring the Action Adventure genre.
With today seeing the UK launch of Uncharted 3 - which looks set to compete for the highest gaming awards and accolades come year's end, Playstation three has unveiled a new documentary short celebrating the action adventure genre.The Heros Journey which is directed by Ed Zwick inspired by Drakes Deception is available to view below or at www.youtube.com/playstation3. In exploring the genre, the short poses one key question What does it mean to be a hero? 'The Hero's Journey' was filmed in LA and features responses from a range of recognisable film and gaming faces, including Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou and Sam Rockwell, who were posed the a number of questions (listed below) to explore What does the idea of the Hero in Action Adventure evoke? Uncharted's Creative Director Amy Hennig, who also took part as a respondent, alongside Zwick, Michelle Rodriguez and Uncharted voice actor Nolan North, commented on the franchise, and its important standing within the genre:
The Uncharted Franchise is an exploration of what heroism means in the Action Adventure genre and it was interesting for us to explore these themes that we share across entertainment genres - as entertainers we are all posed with similar questions as to how to bring heroism to the fore in such a blockbuster category.We'll see how those ideas translated into the gameplay experience when WhatCulture's review of Uncharted 3 lands in the next couple of days.