"Death From Above" Winner at Bucharest Fest

"Death from Above" - Award Winner

Many congratulations to the makers of "Death From Above", which has won "Best Trailer" at the Bucharest Short Cut Cinefest.

It's a well-deserved award for a film which was a finalist in the TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival on April 30th, and also won Best Trailer at the Halicarnassus Film Festival.

Death From Above
Death From Above was directed by 2nd year animation student Jordan Coles, and produced by Callum Wylie. You can see the list of winners at the Bucharest Short Cut Cinefest here.

Death From Above - Official Teaser Trailer [HD] from Callum Wylie on Vimeo.

Death From Above
Death From Above was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, in which students collaborate together on short film projects.  Six students created Escape Studios' very first animated horror trailer.

The short film was animated in Maya, rendered in Unreal Engine 4, and edited in Adobe Premiere and After Effects.  Directed by Jordan Coles, and produced by Callum Wylie, the project was edited by Daniel Brand-Sinyinza, and the CG supervisor was Edoardo Sartori. Storyboarding was by Niki Valera and Tequila Mason.

Covid-19
The project was completed entirely during the Lockdown. The Death From Above team worked from home, completing the project using their personal computers.

Rendering
Rendering was done in Unreal Engine, overseen by CG Supervisor Edoardo Sartori.

IMDB and Official site
You can find Death From Above at the IMDB . You can see more about "Death From Above" at the official site, and at the IMDB. You can also find it here at the Rookies, and see the list of winners at the Bucharest Short Cut Cinefest here.

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