"Cotopaxi - Descent"

[@mac1701a]

Strong 'alien' vibes from that one

[@ndotl]

See: Prometheus (2012) Movie CLIP #1 - Landing HD Not in the above clip is the ship with the ringed planet on its right.

[@UnknownDino]

@@ndotl Well he has actually worked on Prometheus 2012

[@callummacalister]

"Cotopaxi" was the name of the ship found in the desert in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"!

[@mattnachazel3525]

I was looking for this statement to scratch the itch in my brain; "Where do I know that name?" Thank you!

[@bozhijak]

"But how did it get here? Beats the shit out of me." 💯

[@davidsandy5917]

Cotopaxi is the name of a volcano if I am not mistaken.

[@jasonaris5316]

The Cotopaxi was actually a real ship lost in the 1920’s I think in the Bermuda Triangle She was found after the filming of close encounters and was still a bit of a mystery when that was filmed

[@miket2120]

I love the way the light shifts from panel to panel on the planetary base. Gives a wonderful sense of movement and realism. The fact that the shots are lingering on the ship, the clouds and the planet really lets you see the environment.

[@kevinmaloney2391]

Steve I have loved your work since Robojocks! This is fantastic. Your spacecraft and ground vehicles concepts are top rate and its great to see them in action.

[@feonjun]

A lot new filmmakers forgot or never learned to appreciate space, spaceships and the right music. This sequence is what scifi movie is all about, which is why I never understood why JJ Abram cover up 99.999% of the screen with lens flares.

[@Destructor111]

Beautiful modelling, design, scenery, lighting and cinematography. A strong Alien/Prometheus vibe. My only gripe is the way the ship moves. The direction of its thrust seems to have nothing to do with its direction of motion. I think there was a ship named "Cotopaxi" in The Expanse, so I was primed to expect newtonian physics.

[@NothingIsKnown00]

IMHO there is no better start of a story than a ship drifting through deep space, stumbling onto remains from a civilization from eons and eons ago. It's a story that could take you anywhere - philosophy, hard sci fi, body horror...

[@jimparsons6803]

Nice graphics and choice of music too.

[@spacesergeant101]

That ship has no business flying in an atmosphere.

[@STRIDER_503]

This is sci-fi, nothing obeys *_OUR_* reality in a sci-fi world.

[@joshuasmith3249]

I mean, was it really flying, or falling in style? It never actually seemed to level out or gain any altitude, which I thought was interesting

[@LoreathanCGI]

Nice one!

[@randorfja]

There must have been a fierce head wind too.

[@davecrupel2817]

They weren't flying particularly fast. So i can forgive some bulky structuring & sloppy aerodynamics, If that's what you're getting at.

[@zbdot73]

Very good. To enhance the exhaust effect & sell the changing course of the ship the exhaust particles need to be slightly flexible when the ship turns, they look too rigid. Also right before the wide establishing shot of the tunnel you should insert a shot where the camera is positioned planet surface level and the ship flies overhead, the camera tilts down revealing the tunnel entrance wall, then cut to the pre-existing wide shot of the tunnel. This will help make the sequence more dynamic.

[@WinfredLee-ir3ib]

Love the ship design and sound track is like the music on the Black Hole 1990 love it .

[@Cromwell4747]

Wow, that was great!

[@KiskeyaLife]

Great job! But I forgot for a moment this is just an animation show reel, and got actually invested in this as a story. Where are they going? Whats down there? You left me hangin', dude!

[@rickt9793]

The scene is very pretty but has a lot of technical problems. First, the ship should be entering backwards (you need to slow down from orbital velocities). Once they are in the atmosphere they can rotate around with engines to the rear. With atmospheric drag the engines do need to be firing. When the ship is entering the shaft either the engines should be down to control descent velocity or the ship should shift to belly engines for a vertical descent.

[@TomTennisco]

Love it! Great composition and illustration of scale! I want to see this movie now!!

[@ronjon7942]

That was FUN!

[@armoredsaint6639]

All the technical experts in this make-believe universe.!

[@quangobaud]

That was fascinating and original. 🔥

[@kevinhealy8436]

I would love to know about your cloud and landscape materials! They are amazing!

[@jroberts6675]

This feels epic

[@monostripezebras]

love it and would like to see more.. like full short movie.

[@shawnmelchor6568]

Very nice ❤

[@jerichoburg7065]

Very cool!

[@omullis]

Why is the ship under constant acceleration (engines burning continuously)? This doesn't make sense, nor does the "nose down" maneuver to enter the ring structure.

[@miket2120]

It's a common thing in sci-fi vessels: engines gotta be on all the time. I've only seen realistic engine use in a few movies or series. Alien comes to mind when the Nostromo executes a short burn to move away from it's refinery structure. 2001: A Space Odyssey has no engines running. It's all a visual thing, to give visual interest to the vessel. That or they have to keep the engines running because those advanced engines are really cranky and finicky and they're afraid they won't start back up again if they shut them down.

[@kennethcollins7665]

Because it’s no longer in space, but in an atmosphere. You need thrust to overcome drag. Face it, that design is not very aerodynamic. It’s not going to glide very well.

[@jeanfrancoisriemer1770]

@@kennethcollins7665 If it is in an atmosphere then it should glow in plasma from the entering heat... anyway the animation is non-realistic BS... sorry

[@kennethcollins7665]

@@jeanfrancoisriemer1770, you’re right. As bulky as that thing is, the whole ship should be glowing red from friction. However I was just addressing the question asked. I didn’t feel like writing a dissertation. I didn’t make the video, so you don’t have to apologize to me. I don’t think it’s realistic either.

[@kbwaldron]

Should have been thrusting in other direction to initiate reentry, then no thrust until after aero-braking.

[@Sir_Gugharde_Wuglis]

Not sci fi, this is magic.

[@mckenziecreative]

Beautiful!

[@alanday5255]

VERY WELL DONE!

[@rvsnj82615]

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

[@Ruihuang_art]

love it

[@renetrograde]

fuckin love a good spaceship

[@aethertech]

OK, that was cool.

[@marks7502]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ! ? nice job

[@schadowsshade7870]

This does look amazing However I would prefer the Ship being flipped: When entering an atmosphere from orbit you have to slow down not accelerate further

[@mohamed-amenyussuf1185]

What software did you use for the matte painting?

[@mickeyberry4903]

Cotopaxi? That is the name of the Ship found in the desert in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

[@WUZLE]

Grand Cannon ready to fire.

[@Dargonhuman]

Title: "Descent" Music: "Great Ascent" Me: "Confusion"

[@STRIDER_503]

Was hoping the camera would pan towards the deeper end of that "hole" but good animation nonetheless 👏👏👏👏👏

[@АйбулатИсхаков]

For greater scientificality the ship's thrusters should be reversed

[@liangcherry]

Wow💯

[@aluminum4078]

very star war style. Coool👍

[@IanCthrwd]

Where?….Looks like in the style of Alien

[@aluminum4078]

@@IanCthrwd music. a bit like the scene of director krennic landing

[@jimkenealy6448]

the thrusters / engine emissions would appear different in space vs in atmosphere. Further, as the ship descends those thrusters would have been throttled down otherwise it would have kept accelerating. very elegant rendering.

[@josephwarra5043]

Koool!

[@Emiltecknar]

damn i see this is from the command and conquer tiberium cinematic

[@mackjsm7105]

Looks great.. but I would get rid of the lens flares!

[@stevegee58]

Why are the rocket engines firing the whole time when the ship is supposedly slowing for reentry?

[@MrAbrandao]

The problems with traditional Sci-fi are that : first they are stuck with rocket propulsion sistems.. second they fail to consider fisic laws... you see if the ship is descending, why propulsion is on? if entering the tunel why had first?

[@mikhailryzhov9419]

Shouldn't it be slowing down on re-entry? The thrusters should be pointing forward.

[@Chumblybum]

So it's going to dive straight into that pit with engines still running?

[@mountainadventures7346]

Guys? We found the entrance to their sewer pipe!😂

[@TheBigExclusive]

Great work. My one suggestion is to slow down the camera and the movement. Make it 25% to 50% slower so we can appreciate the details and the audience can take it all in. Let the suspense slowly build up. .

[@jsimonlarochelle]

Nice graphic but as is often the case in movies the ship's maneuver violates basic laws of physics and space flight. A ship moving in orbit around a planet is moving very fast and would either leave orbit or burn in the atmosphere using its reactors as depicted in this nice graphic animation. A real spaceship would need to brake to fall in the planet's gravitational field. The reactors would fire in the direction the ship is moving to break. It would certainly not use its reactors to move down in the planet's atmosphere towards the surface by pushing the ship forward. A spaceship is not a plane.

[@tnbn55]

Is this near LV-426?

[@SpideyVids]

Where are we - Titan?

[@TheAxxon]

Love how it slows down with full throttle. Animation great, physics.. not so well

[@Sci-Fi_Ai_DimArt]

Blender?

[@davecrupel2817]

0:19 Prometheus inspired you to animate this, didnt it. 😏

[@userbosco]

...we have entered the toilet

[@Herlander25]

cool

[@skrape99]

Aggravatingly dumb, impressive visually.

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[@chakaling]

I can tell everybody will die except a girl and a cat.

[@MrLuumpy]

Why are the engine always running? Thats not how it works.

[@mdfaysal3985]

What movie scene it is...????

[@ndotl]

Opening is similar to Prometheus by Ridley Scott.

[@ndotl]

See: Prometheus (2012) Movie CLIP #1 - Landing HD Not in the above clip is the ship with the ringed planet on its right.

[@ndotl]

@jamesrowden303 But it is similar to the landing scene in the movie Prometheus.

[@Shadowkey392]

Fantastic work, but that ship design isn’t appropriate for atmospheric flight as depicted.

[@juanlu3958]

cotopaxi??????

[@OlegDemidovich1997]

Avatar 3 + alien

[@Volcolak83]

not bad, but need to fix phisics of movement

[@securityrobot]

The design of the spaceship is atrocious.

[@just_one_opinion]

You know to de orbit you have to slow down right? so your 3d thing is pointed the wrong way. Looks very pretty though. Cheers.

[@RussianVIP]

УРА!!!