"Death From Above" Wins "Best Adventure"

"Death from Above" Wins "Best Adventure"

Many congratulations to the makers of "Death From Above", which has won an award for "Best Adventure" at the Animafantasia Film Festival.

This is the latest award for "Death From Above" which has also won "Best Trailer" at the Bucharest Short Cut Cinefest, and Best Trailer at the Halicarnassus Film Festival.  Death From Above was directed by Jordan Coles, produced by Callum Wylie, and edited by Daniel Brand-Sinyinza. 

Death From Above
Death From Above was directed by Jordan Coles, and produced by Callum Wylie. 

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 largely using their own personal computers and resources.

Rendering
Rendering was done in Unreal Engine, and 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.

Festival Success

Three festival awards

This is the third festival award for "Death From Above" which has also won "Best Trailer" at the Bucharest Short Cut Cinefest, and Best Trailer at the Halicarnassus Film Festival.  

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