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1. Liquid Skies- Teaser 1
1 month ago
Email: annisnaeem@gmail.com
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Directed by: Annis Naeem
Written, Produced, Animated, Illustrated, Sound Design, Edited by: Annis Naeem
annisnaeem.com

Music credits:
Two Fingers - Fool's Rhythm
Written by Amon Tobin
Published by Just Isn't Music
(P) Ninja Tune 2010
Licensed courtesy of Ninja Tune

Special thanks to the Actors: Denise Diaz & Mariana Prieto, for taking out their time during their own finals at school for this.


Liquid Skies is the story of an astronaut hurtling across the universe--past suns you and I may never glimpse, yet fighting battles we may all face ourselves one day.

This is my student short film at Art Center College of Design. It is my first big attempt at animating or doing something at this scale and finish. This is part of a broader story that I am working on, following an astronaut across the suns of many galaxies. I hope to share it with the world in the next year.
More information on this is available on my website.

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  • alberto mielgo plus 1 month ago
    amazing
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thanks Alberto!
  • Hyperplinks 4 weeks ago
    frikken epic work dude! it's been shared at hyperplinks.com
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  • Ben Mauro 1 month ago
    Nice one Annis! Lets see the next one! :)
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    haha! Thanks Ben! I really appreciate it. And the next one is coming soon. It's in the concept-art phases: and I'd love for you to contribute if you'd like ;)
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  • Kris 1 month ago
    awesome! visuals and music fit together very well! great atmosphere you create ;)
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thank you very very much Kris! That means a lot.
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  • Frank Hong 1 month ago
    aww! sick stuff! camera projections! I get homeworld feel from it.
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thanks Frank!
  • sedproject 1 month ago
    Homeworld indeed :) Lovely atmosphere!
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  • Pause Fest pro 1 month ago
    Love it
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thank you so much. I checked out your vimeo page... So much stunning stuff- I am very flattered! Thanks!
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  • Adrien Deggan plus 1 month ago
    Wow, amazing job Annis!
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Adrien! Long time, buddy. Thank you!
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  • Daren Afshar 1 month ago
    Impressive.
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thanks Daren :)
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  • Suchan Bajracharya 1 month ago
    Sound is just blasting. Cool imagination :)
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thanks Suchan.
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  • Sebastian Gutenberg 1 month ago
    great stuff!
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thanks Sebastian!
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  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thanks Laura! Next one is definitely coming in a few months.. working on it now :)
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  • Rickard Bengtsson plus 1 month ago
    cool stuff
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    thanks man
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  • Julien Schleiffer 1 month ago
    I love the color palette and the designs of your shots!
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    glad you liked it Julien. Thanks!
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  • for minute and a half I was there!
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    haha! glad I could help int he illusion
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  • Adrian Wilson plus 1 month ago
    Brillant... WHat dod u use to color Correct ?
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    thanks Adrian. I painted these by hand in photoshop so I would just go back and forth between after-effects and photoshop to make changes.I had them laid out in order on a sheet so I could see all the colors as a "colorscript" to see how one interacts with the next and then made adjustments that way too. There is also a Looks plugin for After Effects which is extremely helpful for color correcting too once I was fully done with photoshop.
  • Adrian Wilson plus 1 month ago
    Thanks man. Ive been trying to Learn After effects. im trying to get the use red giant magic bullet. i didnt go to school for this but im getting the hang of it. U got some good work tho
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  • Amazing work! the atmosphere is awesome too... great work dude!
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thank you, Tony.
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  • Mathew Foscarini plus 1 month ago
    Amazing style!
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thanks Matthew
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  • Romain Briolet 1 month ago
    Explosive ! Great work !
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thanks buddy!
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  • foad Ghorbani 1 month ago
    Love it! Great Work!
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thank you Ghorbani.
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  • Vladimir Tomin 1 month ago
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111

    Featured: i-olly.com/?p=1476
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thanks for the feature vladimir!
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  • Hava 1 month ago
    When it feels like Homeworld, its definitely good!
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Hah. I have yet to play that video-game... I shall play it very soon.
  • sedproject 1 month ago
    Try Homeworld 2 ;)
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  • 7Leguas 1 month ago
    +1.000.000
    I need more of this!!!
    Really great work lad.
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thank you! There is good news: the band has asked 3 more minutes more as well. Not sure if I will do it yet, but it is very likely!!
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  • Asadul Islam 1 month ago
    beautiful work.
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  • Addict[mo]tion 1 month ago
    This is amazing, very impressive !

    Posted on addictmotion.com/2012/liquid-skies.html
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thanks Addict! And thanks for posting it up on the site.
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  • JM CUELLAR 1 month ago
    I Love it!!!
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thank you JM.
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  • Valentino Hesse 1 month ago
    WOW Nice...
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thanks Valentino!
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  • Kira Weinberg 1 month ago
    Wow that was really spectacular, can't wait to see more!
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    more is definitely coming in a few months. working on the long version now. thank you, Kira.
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  • LSZ1987 1 month ago
    Good work, really good!
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  • Harry Hitchens 1 month ago
    Love the arial shots, not seen this done much before and it really gives a new perspective on scale. good work
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  • Huda Abdul Aziz 1 month ago
    very very nice illustrations, love the air vehicles. awesome work bringing it all to life :)
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  • Ro'Shine 1 month ago
    Very dope!
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  • jason 1 month ago
    WOW that was insanely good. The only thing that took me out of it was the text. Just to give an honest opinion. it took me out of it and started to make me think it was a trailer. Even if it is a trailer, i'd leave the text out. As a stand alone piece it BLEW MY MIND. i'm sharing it with all my friends. CHEERS! =)
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thanks Jason! I get what you mean about the text... The assignment in class was to create a "trailer" with text in it somehow and conveying a message of some sort. It also helped in some transitions to other scenes and gave you a little bit of room to breathe. However, the final finished, longer short video I am working on will not have any text in between like this. So look out for that :)
  • jason 1 month ago
    oh cool. i totally get it, that's awesome. in that case i dub it. TOTAL WIN. =) super happy you take constructive criticism so well, that's gonna serve you to the outer reaches of deep space. So badass, i'll definitely be on the radar for the longer short! cheers!
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  • krawanzmann 1 month ago
    now that was a badass song!!
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Definitely! I love Amon Tobin/Two Fingers
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  • Rob Munday 1 month ago
    Stylish work - added to our channel - vimeo.com/channels/wearedn
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thanks!
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  • Andre Lopes 1 month ago
    Amazing !! freaked out with the depth field and fx's, published on yourmachinima
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thank you
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  • sameer ketkar 1 month ago
    ammazin
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    thanks man
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  • Brad Young 1 month ago
    Love it
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    thanks!
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  • slfr 1 month ago
    H
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  • slfr 1 month ago
    رمش الليل
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  • slfr 1 month ago
    رمش الليل
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  • I can see why this is in staff picks! Well done man great work
    Best joe
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    Thanks Joe
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  • i q 1 month ago
    This is the shit! Amazing!
  • Annis Naeem plus 1 month ago
    thanks!
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  • Joe Moya plus 1 month ago
    Interesting style
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  • David Goldberg 1 month ago
    That is on some ole classic Chris Foss sci-fi illustration business updated for the 21st century. And Amon Tobin getting crunk? Nice selection.
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  • NS Smith 1 month ago
    Sweet stuff! "Liquid" is totally edible mind candy. : )
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  • Elija El-Silasi plus 1 month ago
    #myFists: they a'bleedin'.

    #loveit.
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  • Johnny 1 month ago
    Truly amazing, the sound track is best played at high volume, totally agree. (ツ)
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  • René Hänsel 1 month ago
    damn fucking gorgeous work. I love the details of the outer worlds and the ships. great.
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  • andregames 1 month ago
    Sensacional!
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  • syahrir Ego 1 month ago
    Cool man
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  • Mario Lavezzi 1 month ago
    Talent at work..nough said
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  • editnelson 1 month ago
    Really nice great job
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  • Bradley Duncan 1 month ago
    The video is really well coordinated with the music. Great job!
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  • jp 5.79 plus 1 month ago
    awesome!
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  • Reinaldo P. A. 1 month ago
    Great work. I think you've created wonderful worlds that have allot of potential! congratulations on the original job.
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  • Atilla Lifeson 1 month ago
    I will never be able to make this like you did it, I bend my head down. But I have to criticize some things...

    In my opinion the song doesn't fit to the happenings on the screen. And I have a reason for that: The song you've chosen has an aggressive aura. But in the video there is no violent action going on. More than that there is an opening scene with a girl watching into the sky because of the amazing traffic skyline. And here comes the next question: Why is she looking fascinated in the sky? Is she not accustomed by the view? Does this mean she's not from that time? Too many unexplained questions and it's just the first scene. And right here the sound disturbs this amazing view -> Confusing.

    You have done such great VFX work, it's really amazing. And the illustrations blow the capacity of my mind. But unfortunately you have no storytelling in your clip. If I dont have read your description I would have never understand in wich talking point the story should be go.

    I mean you say it yourself: You want to tell people a story about an astronaut. Then tell it. I think he is your protagonist and because of that he sould have been seen in at least one scene.

    Ok, you might put a lot of effort in this video. I appreciate that. Seriously. But although your astronaut doesn't appears you still could have do the postproduction better than this.

    My opinion: Never align the video to the music if you want to tell a story with a red line. Because this will interrupt that line. You matched the video to the song by doing some pausing and reversing on points where the song also pauses and reverses.

    The sound of a movie, a clip, or just a little scene is the most important thing in moving pictures. The sound gives some depth to the happenings on the screen. Your song just messed up all your creative and amazing future ideas.

    I think if you just have chosen a title like this it would have been much better.

    youtube.com/watch?v=VVGb7JU4TSU&feature=related

    Yeah you are right. You couldn't just take this song and place it in the timeline of your editing program. You don't have the rights for that. But then you have to make it on your own or choose some free licensed stuff.

    The selection of the sound is one of the most important things in Movies. Your topic is fascinating. It's about planets, stars and the space. So it should also has a fascinating soundtrack in the back.

    Sorry for this criticism. I don't want to hurt your feelings. I just found out, that all the poeple on vimeo just do comments like ''Awesome'', ''Great'', ''Superb'' and things like that. But that's wrong.

    Everyone of us want to get better. And if people would do more construcive critics then all of us would become even better.

    Please feel free to criticize all my upcoming videos in the future. That would be a pleasure for me.

    Anyway... amazing artworks. Fascinating and hijacking... hijacking to other spaces.

    (Sorry for my bad English)

    Greets from Germany.
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  • Daniel Weaver 1 month ago
    This video blew my mind, it's so damn incredible. Beautiful matte paintings. I guess you projected them in 3d? That is something I am in the process of learning at the moment.

    Every shot in this fills with wonder, and a part I feel works especially well is the music. It's so unexpected. I have to disagree with the guy who commented above ^. I think the music gives it a sense of determination and danger. As if maybe the guy is fed p and escaping the world he hates (or something :))
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  • cbnewham 1 month ago
    Atilla Lifeson: she is looking up at the flying cars having got out due to the traffic jam and she is thinking "why the hell didn't I pay the extra thousand and buy one of those!"

    BTW, the music fits. Nice use of static 2D artwork to give the impression of 3D.
  • Atilla Lifeson 1 month ago
    I apologize for my opinion.
  • William Trowbridge 1 month ago
    Don't apologize for your opinion...just don't write a novel about it!
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  • impressive impressive material and light control, watched in amazement
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  • Miguel Galarza 1 month ago
    Love the clouds, makes you fill in there too!
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  • Zurich Peace Police 1 month ago
    Love it, the feel of it is bang on, excellent work.
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  • kenia lima 1 month ago
    very impressive!!! well done :)
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