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CGI 3D Animated Planet Unknown Short Film by Shawn Wang. Featured on www.cgmeetup.ne...
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 planetunknownfi...
Shawn Wang www.shawnwangvf...
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[@GreySlasher63]

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

[@charlesmangum3108]

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

[@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

[@thelonecabbage7834]

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

[@mikoonblitz5966]

Wall-E and eve:

[@rukmanik9471]

same

[@vizthex]

ikr

[@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.

[@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!

[@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!!

[@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.

[@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

[@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?

[@JoyAndAgony]

Wall-e 2 is looking promising.

[@grayeaglej]

Psychotic Muffin Yush Muffin you are correct :D

[@drdoofus4696]

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

[@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.

[@chubbyBunny94]

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

[@tribot_leader]

Stephen M same

[@fusionsigh]

That make me third then

[@Only1Osunde]

Me too, this is wall e

[@chiarettazoe1448]

😂😂🤣 same

[@Marlin1704mj]

Jajaja me too

[@mari.be.86]

Cool, very nice job, I would like to see some continue :)

[@triumph2992]

Watch Wall-E then

[@SaireandGreg]

Mari B. Assowiekesiesiiswowow

[@daniamer9814]

Bravo Kilo Same this was a nearley story of Wall-e.

[@rustyfever]

Mari B. I agree

[@rupdip2212]

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

[@dylhilen5707]

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

[@andystilp8089]

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

[@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

[@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. . . :)

[@sorentothesky]

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

[@zimvgiguolivich1937]

rip-off???🤔🤔🤔

[@sorentothesky]

@@zimvgiguolivich1937 maybe very inspired

[@Bruhmoment-nd8cq]

says the dude with a wall-e profile pic

[@sorentothesky]

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

[@noradennis4361]

@@sorentothesky I agree. Inspired by it.

[@deepakdonde9199]

This is the best thing I saw on KZbin 😘😘😘😘

[@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

[@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

[@jimmyfiddlesticks337]

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

[@HiHiHaHa]

stranger planet with cuties machines

[@skrr--]

HiHiHaHa

[@creestly8903]

@obvious A.l LOL

[@mikerobertson8682]

w a l l - e

[@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 🤣

[@bruteaxe9817]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@bradyloewen671]

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

[@nonotchris8095]

this animation is FILLED with DEJAVU drifting

[@RandomRyan]

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

[@EdgyPickle]

Wall-E 2 looks amazing

[@wyattcusick5824]

Planet Unknown battle grounds

[@connorscaff1201]

No

[@xmipa401adridamar5]

Yes

[@3818반김우종]

Red zone?

[@saturnkhoi5699]

NO

[@the_autism_one4104]

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

[@DiegoMozas]

Oh shit, this is in my opinion one of the BEST films in this channel. You did a really good job, I love It 😅

[@Stive_exhibition]

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

[@MikeKojoteStone]

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.

[@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.

[@emilesteenkamp4809]

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

[@777Mikos]

That Moon in the end, neat!)

A Shawn Wang cannot be unseen.

[@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 ^_^

[@salad5067]

Wall E's cousin

[@joall3166]

I want to see "planet unknown 2" :v

[@areclipse8665]

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

[@lv_m7026]

Positive, natural. Details... like it. Would like to see more. It worths to make a big story from it.

[@arthurfacredyn]

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

[@cameronmcallister7606]

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

[@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

[@bunzeebear2973]

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

[@Bart-Did-it]

WALL-E and Eve had kids 😉 A brilliant animation indeed .

[@thisiscoolyo]

A friend in need is a friend indeed

[@reke9942]

Guys i actually slow clapped for this one. Really well done Shawn Wang.

[@lacgames8904]

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

[@jcchile69]

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

[@namimi2006]

I love how cute those robots are

[@vernexe8293]

In my opinion this should be a award winning animation

[@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)

[@josealba3387]

This was really good to look at and a very fine story it brought a smile from me. thanks

[@Rogueplayz-co1zg]

I’d love to see a part two to this!

[@Zanechr]

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

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Me too 😢😢😢

[@Nikolai_Thee_Clown]

The clouds were gorgeous

[@allanstark4219]

In the top 10 list of best ever!!

[@sologuy8063]

Allan Stark cool

[@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

[@nibiru6]

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

[@gabrielmilton2683]

The orange one is a deja vu master

[@goandlearn5481]

This short film very love touched film , and finished part very fantastic. I love it😘😘😘

[@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.

[@ballisticmissile7079]

Pixar would like to purchase this for 8-billion dollars

[@mr_moon4152]

Its like Wall.E

[@smokeyplane3285]

Finally, one of these has context.

[@B.Mega.D]

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

[@AX_Hunterz_06]

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

[@dodgeman4360]

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

[@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

[@finleyfeist147]

this is amazing and adorable...but one small thing...at the end there's a large moon that looks exactly like our moon....this is mars, it has phobos and demos

[@andredoumad]

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

[@snakemansnakes1]

Excellent animation Very good

[@joaovictordejesuslucena2750]

Eu sou apaixonado pelas suas animações ❤

[@cookieoppressor9700]

CinemaSins voice: "Introducing: better Wall-E"

[@mikerusby]

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

[@41divad]

Alt world

[@yametekudasai3973]

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

[@trihard6989]

These people are so good at making animations

[@emergencyfood2776]

They don’t make the animations they just publish them

[@stacyalmira3502]

Nice,, machine for life ♥★

[@apall2764]

Love these beautiful animations!

[@jansensoh7921]

Such expression on a faceless robot wow Thumbs up

[@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 :)

[@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.

[@amphitheremajesticon4928]

3:06 almost like how the dinosaurs went out.

[@ChatterGaming]

You've haven't seen my planet yet 😏

[@xiodesium5206]

Wall E: Give me the plant now

[@Wurmze]

Name a more adorable duo I dare you

[@creestly8903]

The name iw Wall-E 2

[@creestly8903]

is

[@kylerluo4544]

Luv those two

[@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

[@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

[@andreisabe]

I liked the animation, the characters had their own personaity and we got attached to them pretty quicly, can't avoid the ressemblance with wall-e, but it's ok. However, the story, and this is my personal opinion and intended in a constructive way, was pretty weak. It didn't have a good character development nor an interesting enviromental argument. I recommend you to pay more attention to what you say, the storytelling behind the animation than the animation itself. Cheer up an keep up the good work. Greetings.

[@EnderBuildersEnderBuilders]

Wall-e 2 looks great.

[@bruhbruh6568]

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