Alien: Out of the Shadows: Under the Skin

The 1st trailer we were tasked with developing was to be both unsettling and shocking. We decided that the action should be in the form of recovered classified film footage that appears to have been leaked. We wanted to drop the viewer directly in to the scene making them both uncomfortable and slightly disorientated.

The trailer shows what seems to be a routine medical examination of a patient but with a shocking outcome. The footage is cut before we see any gore, but we do get a glimpse the horrific form under the victim’s skin. The entire scene was digitally created. A wire frame walk through was used to establish the camera angles and the pace of the trailer. This tied in with the creation of a completely original soundscape based around the medical machinery to build the tension for the final scene. The footage was then released through various forms of social media and on sci-fi forums and generated fantastic viewer feedback and responses.

Creative director: James Jackson
Motion graphics director: Bart Reszelski,
Art directors: James Jackson, Bart Reszelski
Graphic designer, editor: James Jackson
CGI, animator, compositor: Andrzej Stareński
Sound designer: Sefi Carmel

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