The Ancient City

(CG video created by Krss in 2001)



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soundtrack: Kitaro ~ Heaven and Earth
story: not mine
disclaimer: The soundtrack song does not belong to me, nor am I making any profit from this video.

info: This is an entirely computer-generated video my husband and I made in 2001. We created (almost) everything from scratch, animated it and filmed it to ilustrate a scene from a story I was supposed to co-write with someone. The things I can claim ownership of are the actual graphic generation, animation and direction; the story itself belongs to someone else and the music is by Kitaro. This means I don't hold copyright on this video, but it is in all other respects mine. It can be seen as a fanvid made from nothing for a story that never was to be.

The ice city was a city of pale-skinned, athletic Ancients. It was located deep within the Earth, translucent and beautiful, and was organized as an amphitheater around a glass sphere of nine levels, corresponding to the elements, where the Ancients met. The people were organized in guilds associated with nine colors, which divided the city into regions. The eruption of light from the sphere is the magic shield with which the Ancients protected the Earth.

What you can look for in the vid:
* the city's colors and translucent houses
* the element symbols embedded in the sphere floors
* the elevators between city levels
* the walkways between city and sphere
* the elevators inside the sphere
* the guy (Jack) who starts walking exactly when the woman looks over the city, goes up a walkway, on an elevator inside the sphere, and ends up at the magic shield in time to kneel
* the woman (Ryal)
* the men training above the sphere.