The primary character in the trailer. Very quick and relaxed concepts, I could see her in my mind fairly well. Blur came back with some edits that would be easier to animate, but she still retained the overall 'vibe.'
Color keys. There was a dusk intro transitioned into night but offered nothing to the story.
There was also no zombie deer, it was going to be a BLUD PLAGUED ZED (revealed behind a deer which runs off). That's the original reason for the snow--contrast!
The deer was super fun to work on.
For a bit the deer was going to be really 'peeled.' BLUR thought the asymmetry might read funky on screen and I think they were right.
Another quick version of the same deer.
The original 'blood plague' script. Based on an friends idea, the idea was to trick viewers into not knowing this was a SoD teaser until the end.
The original 'deer' script. After being asked to changes to make it a deer zombie at the end, I only had an hour to edit and re-submit it. Still surprised it became the shooting script!
I was super happy and impressed with what Blur made. It was a ton of fun and some of my favorite work meetings of my career.
A bit back in 2020 I was lucky enough to work with the team at BLUR for the State of Decay 3 announcement teaser. It was a super quick project to set up, just a couple days on the Undead Labs side. Originally a fifteen to thirty second teaser, the trailer grew into something larger. I had a ton of fun making this with Justin Denton and the team at BLUR, some of my favorite meetings of my career. Super happy with how this turned out.
