"Death From Above" Best Trailer at Golden Eagle Fest

Death From Above "Best Trailer" at Golden Eagle Film Awards

Many congratulations to the makers of "Death From Above", which has won "Best Trailer" at the Golden Eagle Film Awards. 

This is the latest festival award for "Death From Above", a teaser/trailer for an action adventure web series. 

The short was directed by Jordan Coles, and produced by Callum Wylie.  Cinematography was by Daniel Brand-Sinyinza.

Death From Above

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
Death From Above was completed during Lockdown 1.0 in March and April 2020. The 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.

Death From Above Credits

• Written and directed by Jordan Coles
• Story by Jordan Coles, Callum Wylie, Daniel Brand-Sinyinza, Edoardo Sartori, Niki Valera, Tequila Mason and Flynn Smith
• Produced by Callum Wylie.
• Edited by Jordan Coles and Daniel Brand-Sinyinza
• Director of Photography - Daniel Brand-Sinyinza​
• 3D Layout, Set Design and CG Supervisor - Edoardo Sartori
• Storyboards by Niki Valera, Tequila Mason
• Animation Lead - Callum Wylie
• Animation by Jordan Coles, Callum Wylie, Daniel Brand-Sinyinza, Edoardo Sartori, Niki Valera, Tequila Mason, Callum Wylie and Flynn Smith
• Voice Actors - Callum Wylie, Karlita Rojas Tarazon
• Website by Daniel Brand-Sinyinza
• Rigs by Gabriel Salas and Truong CG

Festival Success

"Death From Above" has won many festival awards: 

• Best Trailer at the Golden Eagle Film Awards
• Best Trailer at the Art Film Awards
• Best Trailer at the Sensus Film Festival.
• Best Adventure at the Animafantasia Film Festival
• Best Trailer at the Bucharest Short Cut Cinefest
• Best Trailer at the Halicarnassus Film Festival

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