Blob Society Deserves to Die in Animated Short - IT'S PAYBACK TIME

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Today's animated short film is called "It's Payback Time," and it features a society of blob-shaped beings that have been hit with a nightmarish epidemic that is causing them to explode in a mess of blue goo. The characters are terrified beyond belief, and no one knows how to stop it. One thing is for sure is that they really do all deserve to die. 

Their world is in the grip of a lethal outbreak. A mysterious blue substance is leading to catastrophic destruction. Who is behind it all?

The short was directed by Chris Bovill and John Allison for Nexus, and it is an ad for UK's arm of Stand Up 2 Cancer, which is a fundraising effort to help find a cure for the disease.

Their world is in the grip of a lethal outbreak. A mysterious blue substance is leading to catastrophic destruction. Who is behind it all? Credits: Client: Channel 4 Television / CRUK Product: Stand Up to Cancer Title: ‘Payback Time’ Length: 120”, 90”cd, 60”cd, 40”cd, 20”cd Agency: 4Creative Creative Directors: Chris Bovill / John Allison Creative: Pablo Gonzalez de la Pena Agency Producer: Shananne Lane Group Business Director: Olivia Browne Business Director: Kuba Wieczorek Group Marketing Manager: Charlie Palmer Marketing Manager: Daisy Mount Production Company: Nexus Director: Smith & Foulkes ECD: Chris O’Reilly Producer: Tracey Cooper Production Manager: Fernanda Garcia Lopez Technical Director: Dave Walker Art Director: Daniel Burgess Design: Renaud Futterer Character Modeler: Sohrab Esfehani Character Modeler: Denis Bodart Modeler: Margherita Balestri Animator: Dominic Griffths Animator: Sergei Shabarov Rigger & Animator: Paul Tempelman Animator: Benoit Lecailtel Matte Painter: Adam Willis Matte Painter: Yohann Auroux Texture Artist: Camille Fourniols Texture Artist: Alex Veux Texture Artist: Roxane Martinez L&R: Michal Firkowski L&R: Denis Bodart L&R: Francois Mancone L&R: Camille Fourniols L&R: Jeremi Boutelet Compositor: Elliott Kajdan Compositor: Rob Ward VFX: Claire Pegorier VFX: Thanos Topouzis Editor: Paul Hardcastle @ TRIM Grade: Mike Skrgatic @ Time Based Arts Sound Design & Mix: Anthony Moore, Dan Beckwith & Tom Joyce @ Factory Sound Producer: Lou Allen @ Factory Music Production: Company: SIREN Music Producer: Sean Atherton & Sian Rogers Music Composed by: Alex Baranowski Music Production Company: SIREN Music Producer: Sean Atherton & Sian Rogers Music Composed by: Alex Baranowski Live Action Production Company: 4Creative Live Action Director: Keith McCarthy Live action Producer: Shananne Lane Director of Photography: Christopher Sabogal Live Action VFX: MPC Live Action Grading: George K @ MPC