User:Zeal/Sandbox/Cinematic Narrative History/World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

This page serves to document the narratives told by official Warcraft cinematics, so that they may be consumed outside the game and long after the game is gone. This includes full CGI, pre-rendered, animated and (significant) real-time forms of cutscenes, trailers, advertisements, and other cinematics that include a unique narrative, but excludes actual gameplay.

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Where the official YouTube channel has deleted/privated a video, an unofficial source should be used and the official link retained as a dead entry.

As YouTube video titles are typically promotional and/or descriptive in nature, more consistent and accurate labelling should be used where apparent (e.g. patch, zone, quest, etc.), with original parts of video titles included only where appropriate.

The videos are ordered to achieve a cohesive and roughly chronological narrative first, and by original publication date second.

Terminology

Render type

Real-time

Rendered in real-time as a scene within the game's engine

Pre-rendered

Rendered outside the game, but may use parts of the game's engine or assets

Full CGI

Fully rendered outside the game without the use of the game's engine or assets

Animated

Key-frame animation, typically in a 2D hand-drawn style

Cinematic type

Cutscene

A cinematic that appears during a break in gameplay

Trailer

Used to promote a game feature or event

Advertisement

Used to promote the sale of the game's products/services

Music video

A cinematic developed specifically for a song

Other

A cinematic that doesn't fit into any single one of the other categories

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World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

This section concerns content related to Mists of Pandaria.

#	Video	Label	Render type	Cinematic type	Date
1		Introduction – Why Do We Fight?	Full CGI	Cinematic	2012
2		Introduction follow-up – Bottoms Up	Full CGI	Cinematic	2012
3		Reveal	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2011
4		The Burdens of Shaohao:
4.1		Prelude – The Vision	Animated	Cinematic	2013
4.2		Part 1 – Doubt	Animated	Cinematic	2013
4.3		Part 2 – Despair	Animated	Cinematic	2013
4.4		Part 3 – Fear	Animated	Cinematic	2013
4.5		Part 4 – Anger	Animated	Cinematic	2013
4.6		Part 5 – The Sundering	Animated	Cinematic	2013
5		The Wandering Isle:
5.1		Tushui/Huojin Pandaren introduction	Real-time	Cutscene	2012
5.2		[1-20] Risking It All	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2012
5.3		[1-20] A New Fate	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2012
6		The Jade Forest:
6.1		[10-35] The King's Command	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2012
6.2		[10-35] The Art of War	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2012
6.3		[10-35] The Mission	Real-time	Cutscene	2012
6.4		[10-35] Into the Mists	Real-time	Cutscene	2012
6.5		[10-35] The Final Blow!	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2012
6.6		[10-35] Last Piece of the Puzzle	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2012
7		Kun-Lai Summit:  [20-35] A Witness to History	Real-time	Cutscene	2012
8		Patch 5.1 – Landfall:
8.1		[15-35] Lion's Landing	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2012
8.2		[15-35] Domination Point	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2012
9		Patch 5.2 – The Thunder King	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2013
10		Patch 5.4 – Siege of Orgrimmar:
10.1		Trailer	Pre-rendered	Trailer	2013
10.2		Siege of Orgrimmar:
10.2.1		Siegecrafter Blackfuse	Real-time	Cutscene	2013
10.2.2		Garrosh Hellscream finale (Horde)	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2013
10.2.3		Garrosh Hellscream finale (Alliance)	Pre-rendered	Cutscene	2013