Animated Sci-fi short film 'Laniakea'

The action takes place in the future, when superluminal speeds allow for travel to any point in the universe. People are hoping to find extraterrestrial life, but as of yet no one has succeeding in finding anything. One day, a lonely man finds a message in a monolith that has been drifting in space. It helps him to find a portal that leads to the home planet of those who made the monolith. He finds a giant structure, a building. But ...This place is breathing on its own. Where has everyone gone?

Soundtrack and other tracks that were considered for this video, can be found in this playlist:

In my social media you can find more, backstage, sketches, process of making Laniakea:

Special thanks to my University and Proshina Anna who helped me with a rendering.

The inscription on the monolith is a Vulcan language from Star Trek. I didn't have time to design my own language at that time, I'll create a unique language for the second part, and will try to replace it in the re-edition.

0:00 Monolith
0:42 Title
0:52 Portal
1:23 Alien's home planet
1:36 Giant construction
2:22 Inside in the construction
3:00 Museum
3:40 Hall with capsules
4:05 Path to the answer
4:45 Answer
5:16 Friend support
5:41 Credits

[DimaTaran]

Laniakea 2 is coming!

The second part is going to be much better. We will find out the main question of the first part: where is alien life?

[publiclyshamed]

“Two possibilities exist... Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” - Arthur C. Clarke

[pablodicosta]

In less than 6 minutes you made something more interesting than latest Hollywood scifi movies

[piddy]

I love the space dog astronaut suit. Glad to see our 4 legged friends will still be at our side as we explore the cosmos in search of alien life forms

[fangugel]

Thank you. Enjoyed the visuals and music.

[renowolf]

I could be wrong but that looked more like a 'world ship'. It carried the history of their civilization and probably left a clue to access it. They gave up too soon. OK, I'm a Sci-Fi fan and I absolutely loved it so I'm making my attempt to GET MORE!! This is outstanding work. Hats off to the ENTIRE crew.

[imagin]

You. .who created this ! You did it, you stimulate my MIND

valence • design • concépt • music

[joshhayl]

🔵 The enormity of the architecture is, ....
....awe-inspiring!

[johnnieveight]

It’s a real shame these brilliant short movies and not turned into full movies, I’m pulled into these short movies.

[calliecalliej.]

This is brilliant visually and story-wise. I was hypnotized!

[Yes-njmg]

BUT HE DIDN'T WAKE THEM UP! HE DIDN'T GUESS AT THE NATURE OF THE CAPSULES! HOW MANY CENTURIES HAVE THEY WAITED FOR HIM AND HE HAS NO CLUE! WE NEED THE SECOND PART! PLEASE!

[humphrey.b]

Simply jaw-dropping! The scale, visuals, score, pace, everything.

You can literally freeze every single shot and analyze it for days.

[mayleespann]

I’ve watched several sci-fi shorts in the past couple of days, and this is the first I’ve commented on. This is absolutely beautiful animation. It will live in my mind for a long time.

[djinnisequoia]

The artwork in this film is stunningly beautiful. I love the re-imagined spacesuit. Sleek and beautiful. I would like to see more!

[cliveeariss]

A feel of Blade Runner two, this is pure class, with feeling, and emotion.

[tomgarges]

I liked the dog. Makes sense that man would explore with a dog also in spacesuit.

[FilthyFloor]

What I like:
The music
The SFX
Grandiose structures and architecture
The Bladerunner-esque feeling

What I dislike:
The "telling" - you don't need to tell so much, just show.
The animations on man walking


I would love to see this reworked with more hands on deck to do this, because the feeling and the architecture is splendid.

[terminus]

"And yet my friend, we are here... All alone... All over again! '

Fantastic closing line and really evocative! Great presentation, superb visual design!

Loved this! 👍

[raymondthumper]

It's interesting to see so many inspirations through this short film, the monolith concept from 2001, some of the early structures looking like Chris Foss spaceships, the vaulted pyramid structures like in Blade Runner, the hint at a possible Matrix concept holding all the remaining beings, the floating objects like the aliens out of AI, the portal jumps like in Babylon 5, even the vastness of the megastructures making me think of the Krell from Forbidden Planet.
So many ideas pulled together nicely for a stunning piece of work, I know I went back and watched it in full screen, so much better.

[kevincrady]

The visuals are so gorgeous and epic! I'd love to see this on the big screen in a franchise about a vast cinematic universe.