Invaders Film (the making of SFX and props)

"Not suitable for young children or elves!

On Christmas Eve, a small UFO struggling find his place in the universe follows his two mischievous friend’s down to earth, whilst trying to impress and gain their acceptance he inadvertently changes Christmas forever.

Inspired by early Amblin films as well as other 80's, genre classics.

[Radonatos]

I recently saw the short and at first wasn't really sure whether it was all CGI or partly real props. "Nice cookie textures, and a convincing fluid simulation with that milk" I was thinking. I got a little supicious when there seemed to be just too much little detail in the scenery, things you wouldn't normally waste too much design effort and render time on. Seems like I was was wrong for the most part, probably because I'm lacking the creative ingenuity to conceive how impressive effects can be done with simple means (like the flour-stencils for for something I thought would only be possible with the "geometric precision of CGI").
Thanks a lot for this little insight, I think proving me wrong is a proof-of-quality for your work ;)