We open on a series of eternal flames surrounding a casket at a memorial service. Being put to rest is Sgt. K Stark of the ODST force.
Grieving silently is a young man who is presumably his son. Next we see that young man having his head shaved and going through grueling training as he is becoming an elite soldier.
We’re then taken to the battlefield where he inspires others, confronts and defeats a towering robotic combatant while throwing us into the midst of the new Halo 3: ODST video game.
The two-and-a-half minute film is an epic journey which shows the coming of age of a young warrior.
The piece reunited past Halo 3 campaign collaborators, director Rupert Sanders of MJZ and the Stan Winston team of creature creators.
The agency team at T.A.G., San Francisco, included executive creative directors Scott Duchon and John Patroulis, art director Aramis Israel, copywriter Rick Herrera, executive producer Hannah Murray and producer Joyce Chen.
Eric Stern exec produced for MJZ with Laurie Boccaccio serving as line producer. The DP was Greig Fraser.
Editor was Eric Zumbrunnen of bicoastal Final Cut.
VFX house was Asylum, Santa Monica, with Rob Moggach serving as effects supervisor.
Bicoastal Human did the music.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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