Preymaker Premieres Highly Anticipated 'Blue' at VIEW 2022
This article originally appeared in AWN / Animation World Network, October 18, 2022.
Today at The View Conference 2022 as part of Epic Game’s “Future of Animated Storytelling” presentation, Epic Games’ Karen Dufiho just premiered Preymaker’s Blue, the real-time animated short film created entirely in Unreal Engine. The film was created in the cloud by a team of artists collaborating from around the world, rendered using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, without the use of compositing.
In the film, Jules Reid is a bright, curious 12-year-old coming to grips with her mother’s mysterious disappearance a few years earlier. She ponders worlds and galaxies unseen, unknown and unimagined. While gazing up at the stars, she questions if their exploration is within reach. Then, one night she is startled awake by a mysterious disturbance in a nearby forest. There she discovers something magical that triggers a remarkable and, at times perilous, life-changing adventure. And, of course, there are some intergalactic villains along the way.
Blue is directed by Preymaker’s Robert Petrie and executive produced by Angus Kneale. It was partly funded with the support of an Epic MegaGrant.
“Blue was without a doubt the most challenging project I’ve been involved in, but it’s also the most proud I’ve ever been of anything I’ve worked on in the 22 years of being in this industry,” shared Petrie.