This is a CGI exercise in photorealism. The piece was done at Gnomon Studios with a crew of students from the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in association with MeniThings Productions. Credits Direction, Camera, Lighting ARISTOMENIS TSIRBAS Produced by ALEX ALVAREZ, DARRIN KRUMWEIDE & ARISTOMENIS TSIRBAS Visual Effects WAYNE HOLLINGSWORTH Environment Model, Texture & Setup STEFANO FARCI & ADAD MORALES Car & Mothership Models GUILHERME RAMBELLI UFO Scout Model JOSE TRUJILLO Hand Model, Texture & Rig TIFFANY YUNG Smoke VFX, Flock model & Animation BERK HAKGUDER Mothership Texture JEFF LUND & TIFFANY YUNG UFO Scout Texture CHIKA SAITO Additional Modeling BEN SARTORY Mothership Concept LEONARDO KRAIDEN UFO Scout Concept YURI BLAGOVESCHENSKIY Created at GNOMON STUDIOS MENITHINGS PRODUCTIONS, LLC Artist team from THE GNOMON SCHOOL OF VISUAL EFFECTS www.GNOMONSCHOOL.com C 2012 Aristomenis Tsirbas & MeniThings Productions www.MeniThings.com