Remember the name Alex Roman… I know nothing about this guy on a personal level, but you’ll want to remember. His movie, called “The Third & The Seventh“, is probably the most inspiring piece of 3D animation and compositing I’ve seen yet at least where fine art is concerned (i.e. Hollywood not applicable). Watch it in full-screen HD if you can. The level of realism is pretty amazing. There is really nothing here to suggest this isn’t real photography and video, but it’s all CG.
The most amazing thing about this project is that he evidently completed the entire project by himself! That’s 12 minutes worth of animated models, dynamic lighting, photo-real textures, compositing and post-production… even the freakin music production. Pretty impressive!