Filmmaker Statement

KT4RS3 is an experimental machinima that explores two opposing forces that fascinate me within The Witcher 3 universe. On one hand, there’s the essential violence that drives the narrative forward—where the witcher is continually rewarded for slaying monsters, fulfilling contracts, and engaging in moments that demand brutality. Yet what intrigues me is the possibility, offered by the open world, to pause this relentless trajectory and detach from the narrative’s urgency. In these pauses, the game’s atmosphere reveals unexpected beauty, suspending the chaos and allowing for moments of contemplation and poetic introspection. This tension between maximalist exertion and poetic stillness is the core of this 60-second composition, which visually interrogates how these extremes might relate and coexist.