Fear or love? Which prevails? What is the price for ultimate safety? "Nothing Safer" is the story of Joe and Irene, a married couple collaborating on a revolutionary new Personal Protective Device, guaranteed to protect the user from all known and unknown threats. Joe and Irene are in the final stages of testing the PPD when a new threat develops - one they didn't anticipate. One they can't defend against.



  • Title: "Nothing Safer"
  • Genre: Science Fiction
  • Runtime: 13 minutes
  • Format: HD (shot with Panavized Sony-F900), 23.976 fps and Super-8 (upconverted)
  • Output Format: HD and 35mm release print, 5.1 surround sound
  • Total cuts in the film: 235


  • Total number of VFX shots: 200
  • Total number of greenscreen shots: 125
  • Shot dimensions: 1920x1080

Types of VFX elements (see the sequence details section for more info):

  • Photoreal 3D CG sets with live-action integration
  • Particle systems explosions
  • Facial morphs
  • 2D screen graphics and text
  • CG ocean water, soap bubbles
  • Time remapping


August 24th, 2005: New animatic still frames posted here and here. First pass of title sequence completed.

August 23rd, 2005: First public showing of "Nothing Safer" work-in-progress at the Apple Store in Santa Monica, CA.

August 9th, 2005: Pages for the BA, DE, OC and PF Sequences uploaded. Matchmoves for SE_005, BA_061, BA_065 and SE_002 done, ready for testing at HD rez.

August 5th, 2005: New pages uploaded to the web site. 2nd revision of the Pod textures completed.

July 31st, 2005 : HD conform approximately 70% completed. First revision of the Pod textures completed. "Nothing Safer" website uploaded to Web, about 50% completed. "Nothing Safer" movie poster completed. First round of keys for all greenscreens completed.

March 1st, 2005: Edit completed. HD assets digitized.

December 12th, 2004: Principal photography at the Panavision Woodland Hills stages completed.

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