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CGI 3D Animated Planet Unknown Short Film by Shawn Wang. Featured on www.cgmeetup.net/home/planet-u...
At the end of the 21st century mankind were facing global resource depletion. Space Rovers were sent out to find potential inhabitable planets.
Planet Unknown is a passion project from director Shawn Wang. Animated over eleven months it was the final project for Shawn’s course at the Communication University of China. The attention to detail is exceptional with jaw dropping renders. Both the pace of the film and the use of shots is impeccable.
Planet Unknown recently won Best Animated Short at the Burbank International Film Festival.
Software's: Cinema 4D, plugin TurbulenceFD and Octane for C4D were heavily used for most of the tasks. Houdini was used to fracture things. Then Zbrush for sculpting, Mari for texturing, After Effects for compositing, and Premiere for editing. Python and JavaScript were used for scripting in C4D, Mari and AE, which helped speed up the process a lot.
It took around 4 months to build the 3D assets. Then Shawn moved on to animatic previews. Each individual shot got more clear and problems to solve became more specific. Then the rest of the time were mainly focused on building scenes, keyframe animation, FX simulation, rendering and compositing.
Director biography: Shawn Wang is an animation director and 3D artist. Having a passion for CGI and storytelling, Shawn loves creating narrative visuals through all types of media.
Credits:
Written & Directed by: Shawn Wang
Modelling, Texturing, Animation,Compositing & Editing: Shawn Wang
Music & Sound Design by: Echoic Audio
Composer: Sam Foster
Sound Design by: Tom Gilbert, David Johnston
Special Thanks to: Evolutions
Re-recording Mixer: Will Norie
Executive Producer: Xinyuan Huang
Faculty Adviser: Yucheng Huang
Special Thanks to System Advisers: Sicong Wang, Jiawei Cao, Horizon Bian
Website planetunknownfilm.com
Shawn Wang www.shawnwangvfx.com
Echoic Audio www.echoicaudio.com
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[@GreySlasher63]

FINALLY a CGI where the things I get attached to Don’t die i love it

[@thelonecabbage7834]

I've never been so concerned for the well-being of two imaginary robots.

[@mikoonblitz5966]

Wall-E and eve:

[@rukmanik9471]

same

[@vizthex]

ikr

[@charlesmangum3108]

Seen this one numerous times, and I still LOVE it. Kind of makes you want to see a sequel.

[@djinnisequoia]

Outstanding!! The theme may be a familiar story, but the look, the action, the scenery are all really well done. Did you notice the robots get a little grungier with each misadventure? Cool touch. I love the sound effects, and the theme music is well-chosen. Great work.

[@CrimsonGrowlithe]

This is like if Wall-E and the portal 2 co-op bots made a baby.

[@alexcalo4619]

Amen.

[@arcticfoxguy]

OMG YES XD

[@normaramirez2405]

TheMarkipShow fak you

[@IdeX_69]

I'm a fan of portal 2 but the game is already failing like to get the game fixed

[@dannydonaldson6664]

And That baby hooked up with the pixar lamp and had a baby

[@stelo2792]

I love how you can pretty much convey an entire feature length film in under 10 minutes, that was awesome! :)

[@michaelsalas1217]

I like this

[@andystilp8089]

They have gotta make a sequel, preferably with lots of new space rovers.

[@petuniaclaragarryzera]

Nobody: Majority of people in the comment section: *Wall-E confirmed*

[@zimvgiguolivich1937]

rip-off???🤔🤔🤔

[@petuniaclaragarryzera]

@@zimvgiguolivich1937 maybe very inspired

[@Bruhmoment-nd8cq]

says the dude with a wall-e profile pic

[@petuniaclaragarryzera]

@@Bruhmoment-nd8cq that doesn't mean I think Johnny 5 is Wall-E, smh Like SHORT CIRCUIT CAME OUT BEFORE WALL-E 😭

[@noradennis4361]

@@petuniaclaragarryzera I agree. Inspired by it.

[@chubbyBunny94]

I came down to the comments expecting to see the words ' WALL-E'. It did not disappoint.

[@mrtristan6145]

Stephen M same

[@fusionsigh]

That make me third then

[@uhunamurekelvin519]

Me too, this is wall e

[@chiarettazoe1448]

😂😂🤣 same

[@Marlin1704mj]

Jajaja me too

[@KuDastardly]

Hehe, dude, that brown rover looks like he could be a One-eyed Wall-E!

[@dejan923]

ye :3

[@eanna3781]

Wall-e Prototype

[@bangband1]

I too thought he looked like Wall-E

[@bigrecipe7910]

one eyes willy

[@akinoffury2332]

pug head yes

[@areejqureshi2473]

This reminds me so much of Wall-E! My childhood memories are flooding back!❤️❤️❤️

[@jjhack3r]

You must not be very old lol

[@charlesthomas5956]

​@@jjhack3rWhat's wrong with not being very old?

[@Harrzack]

Stunning textures and aging on the machines. Their details on their speed-runs was equally amazing. With this level of talent, reality has a tough act to follow!

[@connorjohnson8590]

That ending made me cry a bit. The music did it. FANTASTIC mood set by that atmosphere. Great work!!

[@JoyAndAgony]

Wall-e 2 is looking promising.

[@grayeaglej]

Psychotic Muffin Yush Muffin you are correct :D

[@williamt1083]

The sad part of this story is that the moon is waay too close to the planet, and will eventually collide with it due to gravity. So good job, robots, you lured mankind to their second demise ^^

[@apex_blue]

Yeah, but in real life The moon is actually moving away from earth at a average speed of one inch per year.

[@Zero_Li24]

Wall-E wants to know your location

[@evegene4321]

Exactly what I thought as soon as I saw the thumbnail.

[@zimvgiguolivich1937]

rip-off???🤔🤔🤔

[@stormycode16plays59]

Zimvgig Uolivich far from it

[@PHONlEX]

GIVE ME THE PLANT.

[@stormycode16plays59]

Phoniex 🤣

[@timhofstetter5654]

That one showed really brilliant attention to detail, nice awareness of inertia, good sense of high-definition reality. Very easy to believe. Good show!

[@VualDaZart]

a cute orange robot with a plant... Wall E much?

[@blackbirdonrx5900]

I thought the same! :D

[@flashbanggaming1080]

Lostsoul45cal lol

[@ZNEIC1]

Maybe wall-e cousin? XD

[@VualDaZart]

Maybe

[@killcodexyz8875]

Lostsoul45cal your future wall-E #Merv

[@terryhaines8351]

I am so impressed by the fact that even though this was created by someone who probably does not speak my language (and I don't speak theirs), the ideas are easily understood. Wow.

[@mubarrkibrahim]

ي عمو اعمل لي سبكسكرايب في قناتي 🤗

[@niceguy2171]

Very cute little short, and the detail work is just incredible! Wish it was longer though..which is always a good sign it has caught ones interest.

[@zedress4836]

The ending didn't really matter cause who would want to live on a planet constantly being hit by asteroids lol

[@marshllogaming9705]

the asteroids brought live to that planet :)

[@caramelbun9851]

life*

[@jackemled]

The meteorites bring you free resources.

[@Mr2ops]

If you can get that far anyhow, I'm sure that an asteroid defense system would have been thought of long in advance

[@ericlarrieu-let5757]

Everybody would want to live in a world with unlimitited shooting stars to make wishes upon.

[@trihard6989]

These people are so good at making animations

[@emergencyfood2776]

They don’t make the animations they just publish them

[@TheSWIT64]

Did anyone else think “this should be a game”

[@seecretgamer777]

Ya actually, I did

[@JCarey1988]

Contact the animators and suggest it, I heartily agree.

[@BLOODMOON-ey5mv]

I do

[@makinot7122]

a movie beter

[@goldclaw4844]

yes

[@drdoofus4696]

I can't believe that this was posted 6 years ago. Easily the best animated short I've watched to date. Bravo!

[@wyattcusick5824]

Planet Unknown battle grounds

[@connorscaff1201]

No

[@xmipa401adridamar5]

Yes

[@user-ui5cw1zc6s]

Red zone?

[@saturnkhoi5699]

NO

[@the_autism_one4104]

where its 100 planets enter only one planet gets the winner winner astroid dinner

[@bradyloewen671]

"My battery is getting low and is getting dark " - Mars robot

[@rebel.360life8]

alternative title: Wall-E in a nutshell

[@bamethyst2148]

How the hell is this anything like wall e? You should look into brain transplanting.

[@rebel.360life8]

@@bamethyst2148 it just reminded me of Wall E you dont have to agree with it if you dont want to :(

[@bamethyst2148]

@@rebel.360life8 then how the hell is it wall e in a nutshell? In a nutshell means that this short film sums up the whole of wall e. Just because it has a robot doesn't mean it's a copy of wall e, dumbass.

[@rebel.360life8]

@@bamethyst2148 im not saying its a copy of wall-e i really do like this animation. it justs reminds me on wall-e since the robots are simular and they're looking for life on a planet. Also, shut the hell up.

[@bamethyst2148]

@@rebel.360life8 yeah that's great but I don't remember asking.

[@Firebrand55]

This is amongst the best emotional animation you'll see in YT....sound track is fantastic with a great story line. When that little green shoot shows up on the first Mars expedition, humanity is saved!!

[@svetrijmovlak1]

buaaahhaha

[@Wintervern]

I LOVED THIS! please make this into a series! i want a remote controld toy of these guys!

[@NativeVsColonial]

How old are you?

[@chickenmangaming1]

Can you sub me please he likely just finds the concept interesting.

[@dylhilen5707]

What a great twist at the end. Earth looks a little different to how I remember it :)

[@stivdardsi7801]

Я переживал за них и знал что у них все получится! Учитесь люди ;)

[@sanspixsell3216]

Да ты прав но подпишись на мой канал пожалуста уменя только 12 подпищиков😢😣

[@mrinking8070]

На помнила мультик валли)

[@feralbluee]

love this one - thanks for keeping the two little robots together and a bonus - the little seed is growing. . . :} 🌷🌱📟

[@ndorimanajanvier6720]

Ubugomebwayuda

[@feralbluee]

@@ndorimanajanvier6720 oookaaaay. . . :)

[@cameronmcallister7606]

"What is my purpose?" "To plant seeds" "Oh my God"

[@SubjektDelta]

Stuff like this needs to be in 4k!!! And why the heck would you want to plant a seed there when meteorites hit every 30 seconds?!

[@EllAntares]

its very unlikely from scientific PoV for a solid planet to have such meteor belt unless it was recent (under 50-100 years) catastrophe..large bodies naturally get rid of such belts . Uranus and alike do not count, first that's ice belt consisting from very thin powder, second, being 8 times larger than earth, it got same gravity force, because whole planet is "made" of ammonia snow

[@Private_Colceri]

+EllAntares You're exactly right. During the video I had actually guessed the planet was in the very early stages of becoming a life bearing one. Being that (This is still a theory, but generally the most accepted) Earth is generally theorized as to have gained water from a relentless shower of asteroids, in which at the end of the video it could be noted that there's steam rising from the debris and clouds forming. That's probably the best way to explain the asteroid belt around the planet. Though, I'd be significantly more concerned about how close / large the moon is and the likely scenario that planet becomes a tidal one. (An ocean planet with extreme water fluctuations, I.E tidal waves ripping the surface to shreds every few minutes. As far as my definition on the matter goes.)

[@asully3006]

awww stfu...

[@chuwitthaworn52]

builder6039 tffffffghjff

[@cameronmcallister7606]

A bit late, but despite the constant tidal surges, life would be sustainable on the poles (Assuming the moon as an equatorial orbit) as the surges would be unlikely to reach it.

[@mikestone6078]

I'd love if short films nowadays wouldn't just aim to be cute and have some action, but an actual story as well. I remember the days when a lack of CG technology made that a neccessity. The story was the only thing keeping the viewer engaged. Now, it's like ... 'who needs any story anyway'? Just being cute doesn't work out for humans and it doesn't work out for short films. I will have forgotten this one within two days max, because there's nothing to remember.

[@OdeeOz]

Robots that drift, and the Earth's Moon in the sky. How cute.

[@dante7430]

this is just like wall E sounds movement personality intensity story type

[@josejuarezferreira4977]

QQQWEASSDFR

[@rayanhalim]

hi

[@mr.greenslime4271]

Then its the next wall-E Wall-F

[@HiHiHaHa]

stranger planet with cuties machines

[@skrr--]

HiHiHaHa

[@creestly8903]

@obvious A.l LOL

[@mikerobertson8682]

w a l l - e

[@jimmyfiddlesticks337]

This reminds me of someone who past away a few days ago....rest in peace MR Opportunity.

[@dodgeman4360]

"Today's forecast is for sunshine and occasional meteor showers"....

[@jcchile69]

Spoiler: - whole world tech development started with a single bean - in the future, inter-robotical couples will be a normal thing 👍✨

[@omeybhosale9695]

Beautiful riveting story which kinda binds you in. Physics in animation was flawless. I think the reason I like this was because the mechanic robots shown some human qualities. I would love to watch a full time movie. Keep up the good work

[@Zanechr]

Good thing they were both safe, I was about to cry when they were about to get destroyed 😭❤️

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Me too 😢😢😢

[@dham99]

That 'unknown planet' is pretty much the young Earth. The Moon has already been formed by this time and our young planet was being bombarded for some time, most likely bringing life/water with it. That 'moon' will be vital in the planets seasons and currents in its oceans some day. So the process of what happened here on Earth repeats. Except this time we wont have to wait millions and millions of years for life to evolve. Pretty cool ^_^

[@ballisticmissile7079]

Pixar would like to purchase this for 8-billion dollars

[@kingmercyful7975]

So no one noticed that “Planet Unknown” was earth?

[@nap10001]

King Mercyful ya like that’s just the normal moon a bit closer to earth

[@rd3299]

Its a planet similar to Earth, in that it can support life and has a gravity close enough to Earth's. In real life, that is what space programs are looking for: a planet that can support life(as evidenced by the plant). The moon, like what the other commenter mentioned, is not our moon. The reason why it appears larger is because it is closer to that planet than ours is to our planet. This may be a hint about its own gravitational field, as well as the meteors, but it is similar enough to Earth that it was chosen to have these robots sent there.

[@kingmercyful7975]

Rajuan Dacio well, did you know the moon is gradually getting further from our planet? I’d imagine this is earth in the distant past, when the earth was still in development and these robots were alien probes with the same mission we have today.

[@rd3299]

@@kingmercyful7975 A bit odd given the premise of the video is that Earth as we know it has been spent so we dispatched robots like these two on search missions into space. What you are saying brings us to a way more complex premise which involves playing around with the space-time continuum. However, you've got the benefit of the doubt in that the video does not confirm nor deny any of our theories.

[@kingmercyful7975]

Rajuan Dacio I’m just having fun coming up with theories for this video, since it leaves so much to interpretation lol

[@Classixish]

that meteor storm was crazier than Missile Command!!

[@RandomRyan]

Whoever made this is good enough to make tv shows or movies

[@joall3166]

I want to see "planet unknown 2" :v

[@coyotenz5919]

Como quiciera que hubiera una película de eso ... Seria un éxito y tienen todo el potencial para hacerlo

[@frarerick89b27]

ya existe wally

[@vernexe8293]

In my opinion this should be a award winning animation

[@karaee]

3:17 me and my friend in redzone on PUBG

[@oxygenwasalie4623]

XD

[@creestly8903]

PUBGM

[@gamer_pro_kem0845]

What does the red zone do

[@jamil.alwsaif]

Hhhhhhhhhهههههههه

[@cakswanart12]

xD

[@EdgyPickle]

Wall-E 2 looks amazing

[@AX_Hunterz_06]

3:30 Whats the Weather today? -Sunny with Meteor showers ever 30 sec. like always.

[@nonotchris8095]

this animation is FILLED with DEJAVU drifting

[@UedersonThec]

I am 38 years old now but I feel like a 10 years old kid when watching cgi animations. Maybe this is because I was a Blender user in the past. My dream was work as a cgi professional :)

[@emilesteenkamp4809]

Love the two little Rovers. Amazing short film, any chance for a full length one ;)

[@albapineda4582]

It really matter if you have a friend till the end. Imagine, if the blue rover didn't help the orange one save the living plant, then it will be a hopeless planet.

[@Taylor-xh8uh]

He was built for the purpose of helping the orange one 😂

[@Stive_exhibition]

Finally this video shown that the beginning of life at the earth was not an accident,😳😳😳

[@yahyaalkazzaz4715]

Definitely deserve a movie!

[@peterg.j.macpherson2451]

when you realize said planet is actually Earth because the moon was in the final frame.

[@MarcosOliveira-pw3mb]

Sim, mas esse vídeo mostra o início da vida na terra. A lua está muito próxima, provavelmente 1 bilhão de anos atrás.

[@MrMichalMalek]

Noticed that too. However I'm not sure whether it's intentional, or the creator just used our moon as a general planetary object on the sky. After all this moon appears waaaaay too big.

[@cookieoppressor9700]

CinemaSins voice: "Introducing: better Wall-E"

[@arthurfacredyn]

this whole thing, made by one freaking person! wow!

[@bruhbruh6568]

Oh look! Its my Favorite movie coming back to life!

[@bluecorvettered1810]

A new planet to live on? Hope they have an accurate weather forecaster. You see the size of those raindrops?

[@gearhead743]

you did see the moon at the end, right?

[@nhetyson]

Ba dum tsss

[@777Mikos]

That Moon in the end, neat!)

[@user-gr6vg5oo1y]

Блин, переживал за этих роботов, как за себя 😯

[@smokeyplane3285]

Finally, one of these has context.

[@kkurp]

multiple things i didn't understand: seperate boxes for separate seeds: if they're in a resource crisis, shouldn't they have made the devices reusable instead of putting a seed in each device for 1-use-only? asteroids: the plant was clearly growing because it had an atmosphere to help it grow, so why such big asteroids? they would've burnt up. the use of seeds: if the device is calculating whether the seed has the things required for it or not, why not make them fixed values from an average calculation gathered from seeds instead of using the actual seed?

[@mannankarim2824]

maybe animator arent inteliggent like you

[@rupdip2212]

i loved the video especially the design of the robots they actually look like something that could be built in real life

[@yametekudasai3973]

The opening is beautiful! When i see that orange bot, evah! 🤖😂

[@bruteaxe9817]

Wow its been 5 or 6 years since i used watch your cg videos. Loved yor videos❤️

[@xiodesium5206]

Wall E: Give me the plant now

[@areclipse8665]

“HOPE” of finding a life is such an amazing thing 😊

[@hastingssaunders9661]

Alternate title: Robots test the habitability of a planet with beans

[@Teomaniac]

They shoulda just mined the asteroids, but then we wouldn’t get this amazing short film

[@lacgames8904]

Mesmo sendo animação isso mostra que o trabalho em equipe tem seu valor

[@bunzeebear2973]

Most robots seem to be the wall-E design and sound and attitude.

[@andredoumad]

wow wow wow so happy Shawn Wang exists --- !!! Never stop doing what you do !

[@TwoStageTrigger]

Mom can we watch wal-e? We have Wal-e at home. Wal-e at home......

[@Rohit-ld6rr]

Asteroid prone planet is perfect for us 😂😂

[@josejuarezferreira4977]

QWWASDDESSSSDDFVGGFR

[@bagelbramble7335]

Earth is asteroid-prone you buffoon

[@bagelbramble7335]

Earth is asteroid-prone you buffoon

[@Rogueplayz-co1zg]

I’d love to see a part two to this!

[@joshs7164]

Finally, Wall-E has a child

[@mikerusby]

the kinetic energy from those meteorites would be enormous, would just vapourise everyhitng in their paths :)

[@41divad]

Alt world

[@ceropowa8099]

As long as its like WallE , " Im loving it"

[@mr_moon4152]

Its like Wall.E

[@jamesbeemer7855]

There is movie out called “ wall e “ . That bases a romance off the same premise . Really worth it to watch .

[@namimi2006]

I love how cute those robots are

[@Jbudoso]

The problem is the planet don't have ozone layer to protect it self from small asteroids

[@Jbudoso]

Yes try to search ahahha

[@Jbudoso]

Small asteroids

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

i dont think a place where rocks constantly rain from the sky is a good choice for a place to live....

[@missseaweed2462]

Yep...

[@filipwisniewski-danecki740]

Why not? They are looking for a 'potential inhabitable planets' anyway...

[@maximusdecimusmeridius127]

what about living underground

[@kagiza4003]

Centaur Lord What about earth. We live here

[@maximusdecimusmeridius127]

NickTheCeratosaurus why cant humanity expand? when humanity wonders if there is other life out there where is it we look to. we look to the stars. i say we should at least have a little peek at the worlds that might hold life. mankind is constantly trying to expand, and at our current rate we may just run out of room on earth. and i dont want to ever have to share a bedroom again.

[@B.Mega.D]

Why? Why? WHY do we love robots so much...especially those on wheels or on tracks.

[@SomeoneFromAsia1]

That moosik in the beginning is amazing

[@WuJingyue]

The intro music sounds like a combination of the PUBG theme and the Universal theme

[@Sama-ut4mg]

Wtf man anyone remember f ing Wally

[@victoriagavins9186]

I know right

[@Sama-ut4mg]

Victoria Gavins yeah what the hell

[@lafamillegringoz3779]

Ph'g

[@ThePeterkilime]

La famille Gringoz r ree

[@caramelbun9851]

What about Wall-E?

[@SpyderMC]

Honestly I would have not been here if it were for my English teacher in the science fiction topic

[@pufferfish_overlord]

4:40 Me at 3AM searching for BEANS

[@petuniaclaragarryzera]

XD

[@GeumJu]

3:17 Two buggies driving into the circle while dodging through the red-zone. (Gameplay footage from PUBG. 2018, colourized video.)

[@9a_18_maximuslay6]

KIJAC The Dum Dum Slurp Slurp Master lol

[@mahanteshbannur7607]

NJ state 60hķ08ķ9lkku

[@lazarusmagellan2367]

that looks an awful lot like our moon.

[@Neznany]

I guess that is vision how the life appeared on the Earth.

[@ACoarseGuy]

0:57 Damn the Moon is freaking HUGE How has it not crashed into the planet yet?

[@ghislain2966]

Maybe it's the opposite : The actual planet is a moon orbiting around a big grey space rock ?

[@nhetyson]

This film isn't even 10 minutes long and people already started theorizing if that planet is Earth or not