CG Intro, A modern reflection of a point from One Million Years B.C.

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I decided that the short film required a introductory senescence, to set the audience up with the notion that the creatures they are about to witness are not from earth and are from our solar system. 

Gerry Anderson's Fireball XL5
I ideally would prefer to have made this scene with practical effects, going down the route of kit-bashing model space crafts together to create a "Gerry Anderson like" craft that would tap into nostalgia for adults but engaging children in  plausible future machines that spark imagination.
However due to the fact that I do not have time to make the two models and a space scenery as well as martian terrain I decided to opt for something in CGI.



One Million Years B.C 1966
This also plays on a idea I had from watching Ray's 1966 remake of One Million Years B.C. under Hammer Film. Ray used a real Lizard and Spider to highlight the flaws of using such animals as "prehistoric creatures" compared to the more "realistic" and aesthetically entertaining approach with stop-motion animation. It was common, until the 1960s and 70s, to glue horns and fins onto lizards and crocodiles and turn them into prehistoric animals, these would be "directed" to preform certain actions and were often subjected to dangerous and cruel situations.

Modern audiences today can pick up the traits of CGI on organic subjects very quickly, due to the constant bombardment of the use of the medium: unless it is cleverly hidden within its environment or by using high end software and technology to create a photo-real quality, Stop-motion still has a charm to it that most people often confuse for CG because of the aim to get that flawless look. 

With my plan for the CG intro I hope it will fool audiences into believing they are going to watch another CG film, but once the stop-motion side of the film begins to run, I hope it causes people to question whether they are in fact watching a CGI or Stop-motion. This intro is also a reflection of Ray's version of the lunar landing in 1964s First Men in the Moon.

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