“Curiosity landed at 10:32 p.m. PDT Aug. 5, (1:32 a.m. EDT Aug. 6) near the foot of a mountain three miles tall and 96 miles in diameter inside Gale Crater. During a nearly two-year prime mission, the rover will investigate whether the region ever offered conditions favorable for microbial life. Curiosity returned its first view of Mars, a wide-angle scene of rocky ground near the front of the rover….
Or was it something else?
What did the Mars Rover REALLY find?”
It was quite an experience for everyone. I had never used Adobe After Effects or Premiere, nor had I animated so many characters in one shot, nor had we ever done a full collaborative film ever. So it was a lot of new things we learned. I did three scenes of animation, some character design, and some coloring.
We ended up with fifth place [placing us high enough to get some prizes], and another SJSU film took first place.
Here is the film:
Here is one of the pencil tests I did:
The dialogue said by the Newsman/NASA scientist is Franz Kafka's By The Law:
"Vor dem Gesetz steht ein Türhüter. Zu diesem Türhüter kommt ein Mann vom Lande und bittet um Eintritt in das Gesetz. Aber der Türhüter sagt, dass er ihm jetzt den Eintritt nicht gewähren könne. Der Mann überlegt und fragt dann, ob er also später werde eintreten dürfen. „Es ist möglich“, sagt der Türhüter, „jetzt aber nicht.“
Before the Law stands a doorkeeper. A man from the country comes and prays for entrance to the law.
But the doorkeeper says that he cannot grant him entry. The man thinks it over and then asks if he can enter later. "It's possible," says the doorkeeper, "but not now."
