#c3 intro

[bixbiboom]

[ID: A photo of Travis, Marisha and Sam taken during the filming of the campaign 3 intro. They’re seated at the Critical Role table with all their D&D accessories spread before them as if in the middle of a session. Marisha is in the middle with her hands up, her fingers like claws as she snarls at the camera filming them. Beside her, Travis looks terrified of her. On her other side, Sam is calmly holding his phone up in position to take a selfie that includes the others in the background. /end ID]

[ID: The video Sam was taking while the above photo was shot. You can hear the director cue the action, at which point red-colored fog erupts from behind them and Marisha explodes into motion, her hands coming up clawed and ready to attack. Travis shrieks in an unnatural pitch, making Marisha dissolve into laughter. Sam is looking into his camera the entire time with a straight face until Travis shrieks, then he slowly caves into a wide grin. /end ID]

[ariadne-mouse]

I love that whether or not Chetney is Travis's permanent character, that part of the new intro where Marisha is freaking him out with spooky Laudna gestures will continue to be accurate.

[orym-blossoms]

For anyone who was like me and not trusting their ears after the CC said Travis sang "to the renegade," here's Liam on Twitter:

Link

[a-singing-carebear]

I've officially listened to the new intro song an unhealthy amount of times. Am I going to stop? NEIN

I won't stop until It's Thursday nnnnnnight

[bixbiboom]

[ID: A photo of Matt taken during the filming of the Campaign 3 intro. He’s standing behind his DM screen and fiddling with a deeply elaborate combat map that covers most of the table, as seen in the opening shot of the intro. There’s a camera on a crane stand in front him, looking down into the map. The scene is wreathed in smoke, giving the photo an epic, almost mystical feeling. /end ID]

[ID: A photo of the cast taken during the filming of the Campaign 3 intro. They’re gathering on a neutral sound stage for the closing shot of the complete main cast. The DP is with them taking light readings. For some reason, Matt is the only one wearing blue plastic shoe covers meant to protect floor covers from scuff marks. /end ID]

[ID: A photo of the cast, minus Matt, taken during the filming of the Campaign 3 intro. They’re seated around the Critical Role table in their usual seating arrangement. The DP is standing beside the table in the middle of giving direction, while the others pay attention in varying degrees—except for Sam, who is on his phone. /end ID]

[ID: A video of two clips taken during the filming of the Campaign 3 intro. Neither clip has sound. The first clip shows Matt, Taliesin and Sam, dressed in character, on the jungle temple set. The video is taken from a distance so you can see the crew working beyond the edges of the set. The cast members kneel down, and then rise after the crew begins moving the camera. The clip fades out after the cast drops their poses and the crew return to their starting positions. The second clip fades in, showing Laura and Ashley filming one of their scenes, shot from a similar distance as the first. Laura and Ashley are chatting and laughing as the crew prepares around them, and the clip ends as Ashley and Laura move out of frame and a camera dolly is pushed into position. /end ID]

Views from behind the scenes of the Campaign 3 intro shoot!

[bixbiboom]

[ID: Three photos of Travis, Marisha and Sam taken during the filming of the Campaign 3 intro. Notably, in the first photo Marisha is doing creepy fingers while Travis shrieks in fear, in the second photo she’s lunged at him and he’s pretending to fight her off, and by the third photo both of them as well as Sam have dissolved into laughter. /end ID]

@.critical_role: A Story in 3 Acts

📸 @.chrislockey

[bixbiboom]

[ID: A photo of Marisha, Laura and Ashley from the Campaign 3 intro. They’re dressed as explorers from the 1920s, with Marisha and Ashley in pants and jackets with scarves around their necks, and Laura in a matronly blouse and long skirt clutching a large leather journal to her chest. Laura is wearing glasses and a pith helmet while Ashley is wearing a khaki pinch-front fedora in the style of Indiana Jones. Marisha and Ashley are each holding up lanterns. The set is decorated to look like an overgrown jungle temple, and is used throughout the following photos. /end ID]

[ID: A photo of Matt from the Campaign 3 intro. He’s wearing a white button-down shirt and red paisley tie beneath a black waistcoat and a khaki pith helmet. He’s in the process of pulling off his glasses and eying something off screen studiously. /end ID]

[ID: A photo of Liam from the Campaign 3 intro. He’s wearing a white shirt with suspenders and dark trousers tucked into tall boots, with a large green kerchief tied around his neck. He’s holding up a lantern on the jungle set as if trying to see further down a dark path. /end ID]

[ID: A photo of Travis from the Campaign 3 intro. He’s dressed as an adventurer, with a blue-grey denim button-down shirt with brown leather straps over his shoulder and a brown pinch-front fedora. He’s squinting at something off screen and looking like the male lead of a period piece action movie. /end ID]

[ID: A photo of Matt, Taliesin and Sam from the Campaign 3 intro. Matt is dressed as described before with the addition of dark pants matching his waistcoat. Taliesin is wearing a white button-down shirt, a wide paisley tie with a tie pin, a black waistcoat, red-brown trousers, black leather gloves and a flat cap. Sam is dressed in an olive button-down shirt and black trousers tucked into tall boots, with a bright yellow kerchief tied around his neck. Taliesin and Sam are each holding up a lantern as if trying to see into the darkness surrounding them. /end ID]

[ID: A photo of Sam from the Campaign 3 intro. He’s wearing an olive button-down shirt and a large yellow kerchief around his neck, and holding up a lantern to light his path. /end ID]

[ID: A photo of Robbie from the Campaign 3 intro. He’s dressed as an old timey aviator, with a dark leather jacket with a black fur collar, a long black scarf and a pilot hood with aviator goggles pulled up on his forehead. He’s holding a lantern and looking off screen with trepidation. /end ID]

[ID: A photo of Marisha from the Campaign 3 intro. She’s wearing a grey top almost completely obscured by a large red paisley silk scarf draped around her neck and a short black jacket. She’s holding up a lantern and looking off screen with an expression of curiosity as if she’s just spotted something intriguing in the darkness. /end ID]

[ID: A photo of Laura from the Campaign 3 intro. She’s wearing a white long-sleeved top beneath a khaki vest, and a blue tartan woolen skirt. She has a brown leather harness strapped around her torso, brown leather gloves and a khaki pith helmet. She’s holding a leather-bound journal open as if reading from it. /end ID]

[ID: A photo of Laura and Ashley from the Campaign 3 intro. Laura is dressed as described before. Ashley is wearing a white silk pantsuit with a long patterned scarf of pale blue, orange and white knotted around her neck and a khaki pinch-front fedora. They’re looking in different directions and pointing, but both of them have an expression of surprise. Laura is still holding the leather journal while Ashley is holding up a lantern. /end ID]

Photos from the Campaign 3 intro!

[bixbiboom]

The new intro has been released!

Remember to watch things like this from the Critical Role YouTube channel rather than pirated sources so the company actually gets compensation for views!