Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs Explorers (cinematic)

Caves & Cliffs: Explorers is an animated short, made to promote and serve as a prequel to the map of the same name, telling the story of the Collapse.

Summary

The video opens on a rainy night in the Minecraft:village, where the Engineer is hard at work in their lab. A nearby seismometer in their laboratory begins to go off, concerning the Engineer. Meanwhile under the town, several miners are working to harvest copper ore in the Minecraft:mineshaft featured in the map. As many miners work to distribute raw copper into minecarts with chests, an earthquake suddenly catches everyone off guard, knocking a miner off a bridge and holding on for dear life.

While trying to save themself, the Minecraft:minecart falls off, scattering its contents as people throughout the mine try to evacuate. It eventually falls into a Minecraft:canyon, nearly hitting two miners trying to stay clear of Minecraft:lava. Unfortunately, a third miner ends up falling in alongside it. Back on the surface, the Engineer hurries out of their house, horrified to see the village collapsing into a sinkhole. An iron golem tries to help, carrying several villagers in a panic as others flee, however it too falls into a hole and tosses the villagers away to higher ground. Bracing for impact, the iron golem appears to fall right on top of a miner.

As the dust settles, Minecraft:Steve and Minecraft:Alex appear, horrified at what had transpired. Looking up from the dark, several survivors try to compose themselves, ending on a shot of the town as it appears in the map, the Mayor looking outward.

Credits

Director

• Vilim Muršić

Producer

• Vilim Muršić
• Rafael Fritsche
• Florian Funke

Lead Animation

• Felipe Franco
• Quinton Dean Chan

Animation

• Gabriel Moura
• Irma Gallo
• Sultan Taha

Layout

• Irma Gallo

Storyboard

• Vilim Muršić

Rigging

• Tyler Philcox
• Alex Bruijniks

FX

• Tyler Philcox
• Marvin Schürz

Lighting

• Alex Bruijniks

Compositing

• Alex Bruijniks

Editing

• Ekain Agirre

Sound Design

• Thomas Pichler

Voice

• Lucas Webley
• Deneen Melody

Trivia

• Among the equipment in the Engineer's laboratory is a Minecraft:camera.
• Although effectively the protagonist of the video, the Engineer is absent from the map itself. However, its model can be found unused, with a speech bubble referencing a sculk sensor, suggesting it was cut due to its delay.

Gallery

• File:C&CE Prologue.png
• File:Engineer's Lab.png
• File:All looks fine.png
• File:Engineer senses danger.png
• File:Danger is building up.png
• File:Danger is building up 2.png
• File:C&CE blue miner.png
• File:Iron Miner.png
• File:Copper Miner.png
• File:Toss the copper around.png
• File:Ores go to the cart.png
• File:Departing minecarts.png
• File:Arriving minecart.png
• File:Opening minecart before.png
• File:Collapse begins.png
• File:Clutching onto mineshaft ledge.png
• File:Evacuation begins.png
• File:The chest falls.png
• File:Lost ores fall.png
• File:Nearly crushed by chest.png
• File:Just barely missed it.png
• File:Miner falls.png
• File:Crawling out of ravine.png
• File:Engineer rushes out.png
• File:Engineer watches on.png
• File:The Great Collapse.png
• File:Iron golem does its best.png
• File:Shattering path.png
• File:Shattering path 2.png
• File:Miners miners and more miners.png
• File:Just beside us.png
• File:Iron golem throws villagers.png
• File:Iron golem falls.png
• File:Iron golem falls 2.png
• File:Iron golem falls 3.png
• File:Steve and Alex C&CE.png
• File:In need of explorers.png

See also

• Minecraft:SpongeBob SquarePants – Musical, another short created by Spark Universe