A short (11 seconds) CGI animation produced using Maxon's Cinema 4D. The video is set in the gardens of "The Old Steine" in the centre of Brighton, East Sussex, UK. It features the landmark "The Victoria Fountain" or "fish fountain", which features three entwined fish. The fountain was originally cast locally, by a business located near Foundry Street.


(Higher quality still renders from this scene can be seen here at flickr.com/photos/dominicspics/sets/72157611187995590/)

The fish appear to have nostrils. Is that right?

The public park is often frequented by winos / dossers (people with substance misuse or other mental health problems). The litter / trash features de-branded cheapest examples of Britain's legal drugs - tobacco, lager and cider - all of which coincidentally happen to be marketed (by different companies) in the same dark purplely blue coloured packaging.

Drinking is big business in the UK, and also a bit of a problem. There are attempts to criminalise drinking in public places (hence the sign in the video) and also somewhat lame initiatives such as putting the url's of drink advice websites [e.g. drinkaware.co.uk/] on drink packaging (hence the inclusion of the fictitious "get_ratarsed_responsibly.co.uk" on the can of lager). Scottish and Newcastle do not even admit to making Tennent's Super (the cheapest widely available lager - and the tipple of choice for street drinkers) on their website (scottish-newcastle.com/pages/AgeChecksn.aspx).

Two decades on, there are still famine problems in Africa. (Visit oxfam.org/ for more details and to see how you can help.)