Cat_Machina

Cat_Machina

This shot is an homage to the body replacement effect from the movie "Ex_Machina", but applied to a walking cat instead of a person. The robotic trunk has a photoreal attempt, with visible cogs inspired by brass clockwork. The perspex casing reveals the background and the no-more-hidden legs behind the mechanics. The shot was taken with a camera phone, and no effort was made to make it look more "cinematic"; on the contrary, the purpose of this short sequence was to show some natural footage, as someone had casually taken a video of their cat in the backyard, but it just happens to have some mechanical parts.