Visual effects studio Cinesite produced this crazy-good mock commercial as a way to show off its creature animation skills. And one hell of a creature it is—a marauding beast who takes umbrage at being awoken from its cave by some astronauts, who take a serious beating for their transgressions. Except one guy gets away … or does he?

The spot was written and directed by animator Alvise Avati. Read more about it here. Credits are below. Via Disco Chicken. CREDITS Client: Cinesite Writer, Director: Alvise Avati Producer: Eamonn Butler Visual Effects Supervisor: Richard Clarke Art Direction: Jean-David Solon Concept Art: Andrea de Martis Modelling, Rigging: Grahame Curtis, Royston Willcocks, Richard Boyle Animation: Alvise Avati, Eamonn Butler, Peter Clayton, Tom O'Flaherty, Adam Bailey Texture Artists: Nicolette Newman, Gary Newman Special Effects Animation: Andreas Vrhovsek, Luke Wilde Lighting, Compositing: Zave Jackson, Nikos Gatos, Jonathan Vuillemin, Dan Harrod, Joel Bodin Editorial: William Marshall-Wilkinson, Christopher Learmonth