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	File:Into_the_dark.png\|Steve and Alex walk into the city		File:Into_the_dark.png\|Steve and Alex walk into the city.
	File:Come_down.png\|Steve and Alex find the place abandoned		File:Come_down.png\|Steve and Alex find the place abandoned.
	File:There's_no_one_around.png\|Steve inspects candles		File:There's_no_one_around.png\|Steve inspects candles.
	File:An_ancient_city.png\|The ancient city		File:An_ancient_city.png\|The ancient city
	File:Riches_to_be_found.png\|Alex handing Steve leggings		File:Riches_to_be_found.png\|Alex handing Steve leggings

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	*{{EffectLink\|id=Darkness\|Dark Narrator}}		*{{EffectLink\|id=Darkness\|Video narrators#Cinematic narrators\|Dark Narrator}}
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	*{{EntityLink\|Warden}}\|colwidth=20em}}		*{{EntityLink\|Warden}}\|colwidth=20em}}

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{{Infobox video
|imagearea={{YouTube|0cpQC5jVMDg}}
|date=* October 15, 2022 (Minecraft Live)
* October 20, 2022 (YouTube)
|type=[[Minecraft:Mojang cinematic]]
|production=* [[Minecraft:Element Animation]]
* [[Minecraft:Bram Stout Productions]]<ref>{{Citation|url=https://bramstout.nl/en/work/minecraft-live-2022-a-wardens-song/|title=Minecraft Live 2022: A Warden’s Song|author=|website=Bram Stout Productions|date=}}</ref>
|length=2:09
|prev=[[Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs: The Musical]]
|next=[[Minecraft:A Tale of Two Friends]]}}
'''A Warden's Song''', also known as '''The Warden's Lament''', is an animated horror music video released during [[Minecraft:Minecraft Live 2022]], featuring [[Minecraft:Steve]] and [[Minecraft:Alex]] evading a [[Minecraft:warden]].

== Summary ==
<onlyinclude>Steve and Alex are exploring a [[Minecraft:cave]], stumbling upon an [[Minecraft:ancient city]], while a narrator sings. As they stress that no one is around, Steve inspects a [[Minecraft:candle]]. Alex reaches inside a [[Minecraft:chest]], grabbing a pair of [[Minecraft:iron leggings]] enchanted with [[Minecraft:swift sneak]]. Alex then finds an [[Minecraft:echo shard]], which Steve then takes from them, then dropping it, before Alex catches it in midair right in front of a [[Minecraft:sculk sensor]]. Steve accidentally closes the chest, setting the sensors off until they all summon the warden. The narrator confirms the warden has no eyes, but can still sense you in the dark, as Steve and Alex try to hide from it. However, it sniffs them.

Steve and Alex run away in a hurry alongside a swarm of [[Minecraft:bats]], but Steve trips onto a [[Minecraft:sculk]] block. However, a bat flies right into the warden, giving Steve ample time to escape. Steve and Alex think they're safe, but then the warden unleashes its sonic boom. Somehow, they manage to dodge it, then eye an exit from the cave, sealing it off with [[Minecraft:dirt]], [[Minecraft:planks]], and [[Minecraft:cobblestone]]. However, the warden is able to tunnel through.</onlyinclude>

=== Characters ===
{{columns-list|*{{EntityLink|Alex}}
*{{EntityLink|Bat}}
*{{EffectLink|id=Darkness|Dark Narrator}}
*{{EntityLink|Steve}}
*{{EntityLink|Warden}}|colwidth=20em}}

== Quotes ==

=== External ===
{{Quote|The deep dark is home to ancient cities, sculk blocks, and the warden. The key to navigating the completely quiet biome is stealth, silence, and more silence. That’s why we decided to go down there and sing our hearts out! Speaking of which, what’s that beating sound? Is it getting louder?|YouTube description}}{{Quote|Element Animation produced a song together with an animated music video about the Warden, a monster in the popular video game Minecraft, for the Minecraft Live 2022 event. I was hired by Element Animation to work on the lighting, do all of the compositing, and due to time constraints at the end manage the last two weeks of production, making sure it got finished on time. Additionally, I created the rigs, smoke effects, and a special grain algorithm used in the video.|Bram Stout Productions' involvement}}

=== Transcript/Lyrics ===
{{Collapse|content=Steve and Alex walk into an ancient city, before pulling out torches

'''Dark Narrator''': "Come down, to the dark! There's NO ONE around!"

'''Bats''': ''squeak''

'''Dark Narrator''': "An ancient city, with riches to be found!"

Alex hands Steve swift sneak enchanted leggings

'''Steve''': ''step step step''

'''Dark Narrator''': "But, don't make a peep..."

Alex picks up an echo shard

'''Echo shard''': ''glimmers''

'''Dark Narrator''': "...and be light, on your feet..."

Steve appears from under Alex and snatches the shard from them, only to lose grasp and drop it

'''Dark Narrator''': "...cause if ''you'' make a sound..."

Alex grabs the echo shard from Steve

'''Dark Narrator''': "...there's ''something'' you'll meet."

'''Chest''': ''accidentally shut by Steve''

'''Sculk sensor''': ''clicks''

Many sculk sensors are set off, rattling

'''Sculk shrieker''': ''shrieks''

The lights dim, as Steve and Alex hurdle together

'''Warden''': ''growls as it emerges from ground''

'''Dark Narrator''': "The Warden ''will'' rise, it has no eyes..."

'''Sculk sensor''': ''clicks in response to Steve and Alex backing away''

'''Dark Narrator''': "...but can sense you in the dark..."

'''Sculk sensor''': ''click in response to Steve and Alex fleeing in terror''

'''Dark Narrator''': "...and ''hunt'' you as you ''hide''..."

'''Sculk''': ''smushes against Alex''

'''Dark Narrator''': "''OH NO'', it's too late..."

'''Warden''': ''makes footsteps as it approaches Steve and Alex''

'''Dark Narrator''': "You've sealed your fate. It just needs a whiff..."

'''Warden''': ''sniff sniff''

'''Dark Narrator''': "...and it can find you, in one sniff!"

'''Warden''': ''sniffs again, confused as Steve and Alex are gone''

'''Steve and Alex''': ''step, step''

'''Warden''': ''sniff''

'''Dark Narrator''': "YOU ''STEAL'', AND YOU ''ROAM''!"

'''Warden''': ''roars''

'''Bats''': ''squeak''

'''Sculk sensor''': ''click click''

'''Dark Narrator''': "INVADING ITS ''HOME''!"

'''Bats''': ''squeak''

'''Dark Narrator''': "CAAAuusing a COMMOTION!"

Steve falls down on the ground, cornered

'''Bat'': ''squeak''

A bat flies into the Warden's face, and the Warden tries to swat it away

'''Dark Narrator''': "Get OUT of this catacomb!"

'''Bat''': ''dies''

'''Dark Narrator''': "Souls BEEaat in its chest!"

'''Warden''': ''sonic boom''

'''Steve and Alex''': ''dodge sonic boom, hitting the ground''

'''Dark Narrator''': "There's no time to rest!"

'''Bats''': ''squeak''

'''Sculk sensors''': ''click click''

'''Dark Narrator''': "And ''you've'' been a bad guest..."

'''Steve and Alex''': ''begin placing dirt, planks, and cobblestone''

'''Dark Narrator''': "So run, you cacophonous ''pest''!"

The screen fades away, but then the Warden phases through the wall created by Steve and Alex

'''Warden''': ''shifting''

'''Dark Narrator''': "Come down, to the dark..."}}

== Gallery ==

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:Into_the_dark.png|Steve and Alex walk into the city.
File:Come_down.png|Steve and Alex find the place abandoned.
File:There's_no_one_around.png|Steve inspects candles.
File:An_ancient_city.png|The ancient city.
File:Riches_to_be_found.png|Alex handing Steve leggings.
File:Don't_make_a_peep.png|Steve trying to be quiet.
File:Be_light.png|Alex holding an echo shard.
File:On_your_feet.png|Steve emerging from under Alex.
File:Cause_if_you.png|Steve dropping the echo shard.
File:Make_a_sound.png|Alex grabbing the echo shard again.
File:There's_something_you'll_meet.png|Sculk sensors clicking.
</gallery>

=== Development images ===
<gallery>
File:AWS-example-1.png|A reference image for lighting from the 1992 {{Wikipedia|Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film)|''Dracula''}} film.
File:AWS-example-2.png|Another from {{Wikipedia|Inferno (1980 film)|''Inferno''}}.
File:AWS-example-3.png|Another from {{Wikipedia|Blade Runner|''Blade Runner''}}.
File:AWS-example-4.png|Another from the 1989 {{Wikipedia|Batman (1989 film)|''Batman''}}.
File:AWS-example-5.png|An example of these techniques being used in a previous ''Minecraft'' project, ''[[Minecraft:The Wild Update Where Will You Wander?]]''.
File:AWS-concept-1.png|Concept art of the [[Minecraft:fog]] in the ancient city, designed to slowly recede as the characters discover the area.
File:AWS-concept-2.jpg|Concept art of the city center.
File:AWS-concept-3.png|Concept art of Steve and Alex roaming the city, with minimal smoke.
File:AWS-concept-4.png|Steve behind a pillar.
File:AWS-concept-5.png|Alex in [[Minecraft:iron armor]].
File:AWS-concept-6.jpg|Plan for lighting conditions.
File:AWS-concept-7.jpg|Shot by Joel Houghton.
File:AWS-concept-8.png|Plan for lighting on a closeup.
File:AWS-concept-9.jpg|Alex in darkness while Steve looks at their shoulder.
File:AWS-concept-10.png|Plan for the warden's lighting.
File:AWS-concept-11.jpg|The same shot, complete.
File:WardenEscape_Smoke.mp4|Smoke in the video.
File:AWS-concept-12.jpg|Alex without color correcting.
File:AWS-concept-13.jpg|The warden without halation.
File:AWS-concept-14.jpg|The warden with halation.
File:WardenEscape_Grain.mp4|The grain used for one of the shots in the video.
File:WardenEscape_Alex.mp4|Demonstration of the Alex rig.
File:WardenEscape_Steve.mp4|Demonstration of the rigging in Steve's beard.
File:WardenEscape_Warden.mp4|Demonstration of the rigging in the warden's ribs.
File:WardenEscape_sizzle_reel.mp4|Sizzle reel of the video.
</gallery>

== References ==
<references />

== Navigation ==
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	=== Screenshots ===		=== Screenshots ===
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Into_the_dark.png\|Steve and Alex walk into the city.		File:Into_the_dark.png\|Steve and Alex walk into the city
	File:Come_down.png\|Steve and Alex find the place abandoned.		File:Come_down.png\|Steve and Alex find the place abandoned
	File:There's_no_one_around.png\|Steve inspects candles.		File:There's_no_one_around.png\|Steve inspects candles
	File:An_ancient_city.png\|The ancient city.		File:An_ancient_city.png\|The ancient city
	File:Riches_to_be_found.png\|Alex handing Steve leggings.		File:Riches_to_be_found.png\|Alex handing Steve leggings
	File:Don't_make_a_peep.png\|Steve trying to be quiet.		File:Don't_make_a_peep.png\|Steve trying to be quiet
	File:Be_light.png\|Alex holding an echo shard.		File:Be_light.png\|Alex holding an echo shard
	File:On_your_feet.png\|Steve emerging from under Alex.		File:On_your_feet.png\|Steve emerging from under Alex
	File:Cause_if_you.png\|Steve dropping the echo shard.		File:Cause_if_you.png\|Steve dropping the echo shard
	File:Make_a_sound.png\|Alex grabbing the echo shard again.		File:Make_a_sound.png\|Alex grabbing the echo shard again
	File:There's_something_you'll_meet.png\|Sculk sensors clicking.		File:There's_something_you'll_meet.png\|Sculk sensors clicking
	</gallery>		</gallery>

	=== Development images ===		=== Development images ===
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:AWS-example-1.png\|A reference image for lighting from the 1992 {{Wikipedia\|Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film)\|''Dracula''}} film.		File:AWS-example-1.png\|A reference image for lighting from the 1992 {{Wikipedia\|Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film)\|''Dracula''}} film
	File:AWS-example-2.png\|Another from {{Wikipedia\|Inferno (1980 film)\|''Inferno''}}.		File:AWS-example-2.png\|Another from {{Wikipedia\|Inferno (1980 film)\|''Inferno''}}
	File:AWS-example-3.png\|Another from {{Wikipedia\|Blade Runner\|''Blade Runner''}}.		File:AWS-example-3.png\|Another from {{Wikipedia\|Blade Runner\|''Blade Runner''}}
	File:AWS-example-4.png\|Another from the 1989 {{Wikipedia\|Batman (1989 film)\|''Batman''}}.		File:AWS-example-4.png\|Another from the 1989 {{Wikipedia\|Batman (1989 film)\|''Batman''}}
	File:AWS-example-5.png\|An example of these techniques being used in a previous ''Minecraft'' project, ''[[Minecraft:The Wild Update Where Will You Wander?]]''.		File:AWS-example-5.png\|An example of these techniques being used in a previous ''Minecraft'' project, ''[[Minecraft:The Wild Update Where Will You Wander?]]''
	File:AWS-concept-1.png\|Concept art of the [[Minecraft:fog]] in the ancient city, designed to slowly recede as the characters discover the area.		File:AWS-concept-1.png\|Concept art of the [[Minecraft:fog]] in the ancient city, designed to slowly recede as the characters discover the area
	File:AWS-concept-2.jpg\|Concept art of the city center.		File:AWS-concept-2.jpg\|Concept art of the city center
	File:AWS-concept-3.png\|Concept art of Steve and Alex roaming the city, with minimal smoke.		File:AWS-concept-3.png\|Concept art of Steve and Alex roaming the city, with minimal smoke
	File:AWS-concept-4.png\|Steve behind a pillar.		File:AWS-concept-4.png\|Steve behind a pillar
	File:AWS-concept-5.png\|Alex in [[Minecraft:iron armor]].		File:AWS-concept-5.png\|Alex in [[Minecraft:iron armor]]
	File:AWS-concept-6.jpg\|Plan for lighting conditions.		File:AWS-concept-6.jpg\|Plan for lighting conditions
	File:AWS-concept-7.jpg\|Shot by Joel Houghton.		File:AWS-concept-7.jpg\|Shot by Joel Houghton
	File:AWS-concept-8.png\|Plan for lighting on a closeup.		File:AWS-concept-8.png\|Plan for lighting on a closeup
	File:AWS-concept-9.jpg\|Alex in darkness while Steve looks at their shoulder.		File:AWS-concept-9.jpg\|Alex in darkness while Steve looks at their shoulder
	File:AWS-concept-10.png\|Plan for the warden's lighting.		File:AWS-concept-10.png\|Plan for the warden's lighting
	File:AWS-concept-11.jpg\|The same shot, complete.		File:AWS-concept-11.jpg\|The same shot, complete
	File:WardenEscape_Smoke.mp4\|Smoke in the video.		File:WardenEscape_Smoke.mp4\|Smoke in the video
	File:AWS-concept-12.jpg\|Alex without color correcting.		File:AWS-concept-12.jpg\|Alex without color correcting
	File:AWS-concept-13.jpg\|The warden without halation.		File:AWS-concept-13.jpg\|The warden without halation
	File:AWS-concept-14.jpg\|The warden with halation.		File:AWS-concept-14.jpg\|The warden with halation
	File:WardenEscape_Grain.mp4\|The grain used for one of the shots in the video.		File:WardenEscape_Grain.mp4\|The grain used for one of the shots in the video
	File:WardenEscape_Alex.mp4\|Demonstration of the Alex rig.		File:WardenEscape_Alex.mp4\|Demonstration of the Alex rig
	File:WardenEscape_Steve.mp4\|Demonstration of the rigging in Steve's beard.		File:WardenEscape_Steve.mp4\|Demonstration of the rigging in Steve's beard
	File:WardenEscape_Warden.mp4\|Demonstration of the rigging in the warden's ribs.		File:WardenEscape_Warden.mp4\|Demonstration of the rigging in the warden's ribs
	File:WardenEscape_sizzle_reel.mp4\|Sizzle reel of the video.		File:WardenEscape_sizzle_reel.mp4\|Sizzle reel of the video
	</gallery>		</gallery>