Concept & Development Reel

Asked to explore physical and organic alternatives to digital, LED and devices, the team sought to develop concepts that felt seamless with the bleak world of 2049. Setting aside CG tools and sketchbooks, we turned to the physical textures of old school technology. The first weeks of the project were spent experimenting with the different visual effects that optical lenses, cine projectors, microfiche, card systems, etc. could produce. Even grapes and grapefruits, eyeballs and bone were dissected, magnified, photographed and scanned to create organic abstraction.

Marrying narrative content and textural layers in CG, the team designed and animated each specific storybeat, creating original interface and interaction systems that felt authentic and credible within the context of each specific scene.