[L4D SFM] Crash Course Fanmade Trailer

For some reason I always pick the ideas with helicopter crashes...
I really had fun animating this trailer, however no actual full length animation for Crash Course is in the making. I saw the opportunity to animate the cut audio from the No Mercy finale.
Swamp Fever's still in the making, I think I bit off more than I can chew when it comes to my animated projects.
Fixed Chopper Pilot by Derpity Ellis
Enhnaced L4D1 Pistol by Tonkano
Posable Chopper by Shreddy
Animation by me
Assets from L4D1/2 and Steam workshop
Enhanced L4D items by Bloocobait
Cigarette Pack by Spicy_Apples
Created in Source Filmmaker & Premiere Pro

[@WowSuchGaming]

That is fantastic dude!

[@hellhounds04]

Glad u liked it! U should also check out Better Safe than Sorry too! :)

[@ArcKanosie]

Nice

[@Homelander_real1]

Hello

[@ChaseGall340]

If the game had these cutscenes then we wouldn’t have the reason on how the survivors survived from on crash to another

[@ablixsaspirill4822]

I know the voice actor for bill wasn’t there to record his lines for this dlc but you made him sound like he woke up and was having a war flashback.

[@Awfulfeature]

Wait Crash Course was a DLC? What am I missing

[@Hammered4u]

@@Awfulfeature it was a pretty bad decision as far as chapter wise. But yes, it's a dlc no less

[@Your_Host]

@@Awfulfeature for l4d1 it was but for l4d2 on xbox the l4d1 and the passing campaigns were paid dlc
on pc their not

[@TM__1566]

@@Awfulfeature Crash Course used to be a DLC for L4D1, but Bill was the only one without new lines since Valve had trouble contacting with his voice actor
In L4D2 it also became a DLC alongside the L4D1 maps and Cold Stream

[@susragejr477]

@@Awfulfeature Yeah but every dlc campaign is a free part of the pc versions of l4d1 and 2

[@ThatDevilBrony]

Gotta admit: For a life-threatening crash, the reactions were pretty damn funny

[@UnFunnyMan844]

Louis swinging his legs everywhere while screaming lol

[@KS.Inc3019]

He’s so dramatic LMAO

[@ThatDevilBrony]

@@KS.Inc3019 I mean if *I* was possibly falling to my doom in a failing helicopter, I'd *probably* be a bit terrified too lmao

[@KS.Inc3019]

Same, I’m such a wuss

[@lambda-m1676]

HUHU HWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Youmanmerc5]

"I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS SHIT"
*every survivor goes silent*
"I hate helicopter"
*everyone panic*
Probably the most funniest scene

[@Salted_Strafes]

Man i miss jim french brother

[@zayyanhakim747]

0:27 this is it

[@auditor5715]

Funny how only zoeys trying to hold onto something instead of panicking

[@alexanderglex4600]

"I hate helicopters" then the realization the pilot is dead and bill doesnt know how to fly

[@RobloxGamer6422]

@@alexanderglex4600 also he's a Nam Vet he should know how to Fly a heli

[@davenllyodn.ignacio3265]

''Zoey, what the hell, you shot the pilot''
''Nick, What the hell, you shot the pilot''

[@Awfulfeature]

Ironically enough they didn’t get along.

[@jaydencardona7263]

Mabey if dark carnival happened before the passing then mabey Zoey and Nick could get along

[@pauldee7504]

​@@jaydencardona7263 They kind of got along when Nick learned of Bill's passing, he at least regretted his early behaviour towards the og survivors and apologized in the end.

[@Jimmeeehhh]

Well he wasn't doing a very good job when he became a _zombie_ now was he?

[@OmegaChase1002]

I like how Bill assures Zoey she did the right thing.

[@notfreeman1776]

honestly now i want a mod that makes Bill say that at the start of crash course

[@lordmarte8641]

Shame there's so not much of L4D Content on the web, we really need more of these!

[@RobloxGamer6422]

your right!

[@hellhounds04]

Just so nothing gets mixed up: there is no actual Crash Course animation in the making. :( Sorry
My intentions were to make a cinematic intro to the campaign using the cut chopper pilot audio from the No Mercy finale.

[@LeSuperFishe]

I am forwarding this to derpity ellis on account of using his model im sure he would love this craft you made its top tier

[@hellhounds04]

​@@LeSuperFishe Oh yes, Derpity Ellis already knows! I've been working close with him and spoke directly with him for this short animation! :) Really good lad

[@LeSuperFishe]

@@hellhounds04 ah well let him know i said i miss him and beejie mention my name he will know :3

[@PatrickStar906]

No problem!not Even mad!

[@Tismdylan]

@@hellhounds04 just curious could you do some for other l4d (possibly l4d2 as well) cinematics it would be really cool to see since your work is already flawless

[@Arisato-Yuki]

"I didn't sign up for this shit"
Translation "Zoey I'm a veteran not a damn pilot I never learned how to fly these things"

[@icewlf_animations2035]

0:30 literally my favorite part XD

[@danderich2768]

I hate helicopter

[@ajaxytnewbie8556]

Literally about to crash
Francis: I H A T E H E L I C O P T E R S
0:30

[@YourBoiShadow69]

I just love how the boys are just screaming while Zoey just holding on to something to be safe

[@MrLim-wq2gn]

at 0:30

[@eliottdeletraz97]

0:27 i think he ment that at the army, he didn't learn to pilot an helicopter.
I love that there is a silent before the guys screaming like cartoons characters

[@noggy3133]

Yeah he was just boots on the ground.

[@AlyJss]

God tier animation right here! Great work!!

[@lain.of.the.wired1]

Bill:
I CAN'T HOLD ON!!!
Zoey:
*w h a t ?*

[@DangerMouseYT35]

Bill: I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS SH1T!

[@syahzoro04]

@@DangerMouseYT35Francis: I hate helicopters 😑…
Bill, Louis and Francis: *panic attack*

[@Dimitri9511]

"That's funny, Francis, why don't you take your mustache, and your little vest and your chaps find yourself a parade?"

[@dillmen101]

Honestly this should be added onto the game as a end credits for No Mercy showing what happens next and the next campaign to do it’s just genius, the animation quality is good enough to be Valve material

[@DerpityEllis]

awesome c:

[@DerpityEllis]

@deniz elizade why not both?

[@pepeu557]

I love the fact that Francis makes fun of Zoey the entire campaign because of this rofl

[@PerfectAlibi1]

"Hey Zoey! Pretend they're all helicopter pilots!" 😉
"Zombie, Francis! HE! WAS! A! ZOMBIE!!!" 😡

[@ifitsnotbrokedontfixit24435]

"Hey Zoey, here's the pilot, in case you wanna shoot him again."

[@pepeu557]

@@ifitsnotbrokedontfixit24435 He was a zombie, Francis! 😡

[@SeanGabrielRTala]

I swear I would be Francis in this situation. I am way to pushy

[@RazorRex]

Francis: I hate helicopters
*Beeping goes off*
Everyone starts screaming
LOL

[@alexandr2892]

Is it really sfm? God, the facial animations are amazing. Zoey is just beautiful.

[@Grzysweet89]

That "You did good, kid" made me smile -v-

[@SUNKENSATURN]

Holy shit, the animation?? This is EVERYTHING, I love how expressive everyone is, & the reactions feel genuine. Thank you for this, because it made my night.

[@seawarshark6674]

This feels like a canon animation from Valve. Nice job on the lighting man!

[@DEATH_IS_REAL.]

Nobody:
Francis:I hate helicopters
My most favorite thing he has to say in this.

[@joseph_1283]

Zoey makes a trigger discipline I like that. Its a nice detail. Nice

[@ameliahosp4933]

0:10 When your pilot suddenly cough and turns out he got positive of the corona virus....

[@kanderion5685]

Its hilarious how francis keeps nagging zoey about the whole "shooting the helicopter pilot" thing through the whole campaign.

[@matt391]

I'd love to see more trailers based on the intros of the other campaigns, this is amazing! Great work! Always love to see how passionate the L4D community still is

[@lego5377]

i like how bill only started screaming as they spiraled to the ground but not when the alarms gone off and up until then he was just emotionless

[@KorotasGeckoGamingCorner]

This sorta reminds me about how there were supposedly intro cinematics explaining how the survivors got into their current predicament before each campaign started, at some point in L4D's development

[@yourefatmom6159]

The closet we can get to that is the l4d trailer be a sort of intro for the no mercy campaign

[@cripplefromwuhan5150]

you are painfully underrated, animations this good are so hard to find especially sfm's

[@Salithin]

The swamp fever dialogue and crash course dialogue parallel eachother perfectly. Everyone is pissed with nick for shooting the helicopter pilot and Everyone is fine with Zoey shooting their helicopter pilot

[@UnFunnyMan844]

I like how the campaigns your starting on are related to a helicopter crash like swamp fever

[@cyonruiz7598]

"I didn't sign up for this shit!"
-Bill Overbeck

[@HermitKen]

In Nick's scene with a helicopter pilot. I'd just imagine Nick not liking the pilot at all and shoots him.

[@mcbadrobotvoice8155]

Pilots license....revoked
*DUN DUN DUNNN*

[@xerxesjacalan1168]

Francis: I hate helicopters. XD

[@tapygaming8384]

Everyone: WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE THE HELICOPTER IS GONNA CRASH
Francis: i hate helicopters

[@mothman7786]

Interesting detail that the rest of the survivors would've been sleeping on the helicopter (except Zoey, who doesn't have a seat).
We don't get to think about it much but after a whole night of running for their lives enduring deep scratches, of course they'd drift off the moment they get to safety. Short video with a lot of nice details!

[@Blu_Turtles]

This was pretty frickin' funny. My favorite shot has to be 0:18 with how Bills' fingers has trouble moving on the glass, and the exaggeration and follow through were done very well

[@thenightking5715]

Its Nice and Detailed that when Zoey had the Colt and had an Click After Picking the Gun up

[@BrodySweetman]

WOW you are really good at this.

[@andrewparker699]

I fricking love this animation man, now I want an intro sfm for every campaign, even if they're under a minute I would still watch them

[@standardidiot8533]

That's the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. The timing of Francis saying "I hate helicopters" is perfect.

[@ambatukam850]

Bill was having a Vietnam flashback when the helicopter was about to crash

[@chatscatman_1570]

He was like: "Pilot is dead, crashing. Again..."

[@BobBob-up8fz]

"I CAN'T HOLD ON!"
... "wat?"
"I didn't sign up for *this* sh/t".
xD

[@DRB-il2pg]

this masterpiece can make an old man cry

[@Piddel]

I am amazed. I am looking at my screen mouth open and think to myself "how the hell have I never heard of this guy before" - your animations are just breathtaking!

[@MergelMD]

This is the cleanest sfm animation I've ever seen and this looks like it's the official cutscene of the game after the no mercy campaign, really good job and amazing work man!

[@Sphire2501]

Zoey be like: oh hell nah

[@tord5168]

honestly out of all of the l4d animations this was the best one

[@ninjaman3418ify]

Bro, this animation is so smooth, and I love the attention to detail of Zoey pulling back the hammer of the 1911 (I have one myself, and I don't see many animations that do that.) Holy shit I love this

[@ajreza7024]

I missed L4D this game is God

[@LPCheddar]

This is gold. Tone was fantastic.

[@ArrowSkye]

God this makes me want a full-fledged campaign-driven animation of L4D in SFM.
It's so good, dammit.

[@excitedcat9517]

“Crashing will be the easiest thing they do today!” 🤣 that line made me laugh way too much

[@RobloxGamer6422]

that line is actually in the game

[@LeRealModeusFan]

Bill might be Vietnam Veteran but he's not a pilot so that's why he not signed up for this.

[@johnrobertoloroso4246]

Francis: I Hate Helicopter?
Francis:... Stupid Helicopter.

[@lucassinclair8885]

They took the "Crash course" to a whole new level 💀

[@Sabin-Sinister]

Even tho left 4 dead and left 4 dead 2, are amazing games small details like this make the game phenomenal

[@6am604]

That 3 seconds of silent when bill said he doesnt know how to fly a helicopter.

[@Pluvillion]

And of course, the only person to believe her is Bill (even if the other two only realized it when they were in the military base). I love it.

[@eddietrooper9056]

DAAAAAAAAM!!!! that's sooo awesome. BTW Bill doesn't smoke lucky strikes but Marlboro red.

[@MiniDien]

This really make me want a cinematic for each campaign intro.

[@letsbyfriends056]

The way Louis scream

[@clownist1615]

AWESOME!

[@Ghost_12012]

Poor pilot...

[@ambulance5631]

this is super good broksi

[@mmchannel2173]

I got jealous laughing of Bill Francis and Louis scream

[@Marlin-ez]

Bro, that's just awesome, so well made

[@blutazathot7916]

I thoug this was from valve it was an AWESOME animation
Imagine this potential in the orange youtube

[@jorda7429]

awww i'm just wanna hear "pilot license revoke dun dun dunnnn"

[@Mikedropp]

Although it was never confirmed that the pilot was bit before hand there were signs like when your on the rooftop the pilot says there been an incident I'm going to take a few more minutes or something like that. Good attention to detail and amazing animation

[@helwrecht1637]

Man, your animation has gotten so good!

[@Rxn_valii143]

This is actually hella funny-

[@BriefCasey795]

Very nice animation. I only kind of wish the rest of the unused dialogue for the pilot was used, but I can tell how this animation was supposed to be to the point and a bit fast paced. Excellent work with it.

[@sansation2337]

This looks Valve-made.. damn.
i'm never gonna top this

[@shenlong919]

MAN! This is so damn good! We need anime like this! AMAZING!

[@richmonddongumayao5778]

I like when the boys just screaming while the helicopter fall off.

[@junweipulsatingpredator3456]

wonderful animation

[@FrancisL4D]

Really makes you realize how funny a l4d animated series would be.

[@GIV90522]

So god damn funny Francis: I hate helicopters. (And all panic screaming)

[@IhavePorsche922Gt3Rs]

The way they screaming is killing me...

[@reapershadow1656]

I like a Little Detail While Helicopter Doors are Open before it Crash

[@PinkPotatoification]

i'm gonna tear that bell down and.. smash it so I know when u upload gg

[@Someorangething]

This is Amazing!

[@darkflamemaster6541]

This animation are some beautifully smooth, this deserves millions of views

[@tf2dove]

That animation style is super satisfying.

[@Juniversal]

Great work man. Really impressive animation and looks like you got a lot of quality content. Subbed.

[@justasimplegamer129]

0:30 Louis' panic.
VERY MATCHING WITH THE AUDIO

[@marsh_taking_a_bath]

I love this!!!

[@anniedaynoww]

These shots are absolutely fantastic

[@Animamers]

THE THUMBNAIL IS JUST AMAZING

[@xanebanger]

this is really cool!

[@easyyo6784]

that was incredible well done!

[@SeanNH94]

Your videos keep getting better and better

[@ESCalation]

Awsome!

[@TheForgottenTeller]

Francis: I hate helicopters
Everyone start panicking

[@FeniXMinerva]

The animation is pure perfection. 👌