Preymaker debuts new real-time short trailer for 'Blue' and tells us how they made it.
This article originally appeared on EPIC Games web site, June 29, 2022.
Today sees the trailer premiere of animated short Blue from cloud-native studio Preymaker, led by former Co-Founder of The Mill New York, Angus Kneale. Created with Unreal Engine’s real-time technology, executive produced by Angus Kneale and directed by Preymaker’s Rob Petrie, the project will be previewed during Animation Week.
Preymaker was established in 2020 by Angus, along with Melanie Wickham and Verity Grantham, both former colleagues from The Mill New York. Preymaker is a global team of award-winning creative artists, technologists and producers working exclusively in the cloud on everything from brand campaigns and immersive games to content for the metaverse. Its latest project, Blue, is a ground-breaking sci-fi short that takes real-time animation to the next level.
“Technology married strategically and imaginatively to creativity is what drives preymaker and is a key to the success of the company, its makers and clients,” says the company’s Chief Creative, Angus Kneale.
Taking a cloud-based approach
Recognizing that the cloud would play a vital role in production workflows in the coming years, the forward-thinking Preymaker team fortuitously opted for a cloud-based infrastructure right before the pandemic. When the world went into lockdown, the Preymaker team was already set up with a virtualized workflow, helping them carry on seamlessly. Not only does the studio’s cloud-first approach mean that it can access the best talent from around the world, it also enables them to iterate quickly with the technology available. What’s more, there’s no need to constantly push data-heavy assets from place to place.