King of Fighters · Combo Video · 2022
A meticulously choreographed King of Fighters XV showcase built around perfectly synced gameplay and custom music. Desk captured trade combos, super clashes, and high-momentum exchanges frame-by-frame with a two-controller setup, then edited the clips and arrangement together so every hit lands in time with the beat. Rather than chasing the longest combos, the focus is pure spectacle—creating moments where the action breathes with the soundtrack, which was arranged and performed by Project Dolphin specifically for this project. The result is a hype reel that treats the game's systems like a choreography partner, where supers connect visually and thematically with the music's peaks and valleys. This was a massive undertaking since the game's launch, involving constant rewrites and timing adjustments to nail the synchronization. The video proves that fighting game clips can work as a multimedia experience when gameplay, editing, and sound design move as one unit.
Everything in this video was done using 2 controllers simultaneously. The clips and the music were both edited together with re-writing and re-edits being done often to make the on screen action and music sync up. With entire sections being written to the combos and the clips themselves being extended or truncated to flow with the music. The goal of the video is not to do the…
Show more →Everything in this video was done using 2 controllers simultaneously. The clips and the music were both edited together with re-writing and re-edits being done often to make the on screen action and music sync up. With entire sections being written to the combos and the clips themselves being extended or truncated to flow with the music. The goal of the video is not to do the longest or most tech combos but to just create a hype KOF XV video. Getting some trade combos, having super clash together, creating choreographed moments and having everything supported by music that interacts with the
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