As Craig has offered to do some effects, here are some early sample images and test clips.

NANITES

So far only Chris and I have nanite effects (is this correct? anyone else?) I'm still developing these, so please drop me a line if you have any ideas. I can animate all of these in post for a consistant look if you guys want to.

PRESENTATION

This is something Jim, Kirby and I have discussed very briefly. It would be a visual "PowerPoint of the Future" explaination of how the nanites work. i'm still developing this, so any ideas...

COMPUTERS

To give this film some consistency, I think it might be fun to standardize on at least a few "futuristic" items, which I think should include computers. The machines that we'll be using five years in the future will be slimmer and more powerful than the ones of today. I've included samples of three of these below.

LAPTOP

This is just a cutting board from the dollar store, but it comes in a few different colours and is the right size and shape. What I would do would be to composite a screen onto it in post (see the Palmtop sample below). This will be what the CHRISTINA character uses to check her photos in my piece "EARLY_ADOPTER".


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PALMTOP

This is a smaller cutting board with an LED mounted in it. Again, very simple, yet effective.

HANDTOP

This is just a piece of clear plastic I picked up at Active Surplus. The visual test below is VERY ROUGH but should give you an idea as to what is possible. This will be what the ROY character uses to show off his photos in my piece, "EARLY_ADOPTER".

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