Katedra

The film was animated and rendered in 3ds Max, painted in Photoshop, composited with After Effects, and edited with Softimage DS. It was rendered and composited in 1.5K resolution for further transfer to 35mm film or HDTV. The work was done over 14 months between October 1999 and March 2002. [Production details presented at the 2002 SIGGRAPH conference]

Most takes show the system to consist of three bodies: the planet with the cathedral, the white sun, and the big object that eclipses the sun. The reappearance of light in the cathedral comes from the movement of the big object, and the sun remains stationary relative to the cathedral throughout the movie. Still, in two takes shadows of the cathedral columns/and or rays of lights appear to move relative to the cathedral, as if the sun moved very quickly relative to the cathedral.

Featured in The Animation Show (2003)