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VIVID SCIENCE / A VISUAL LANGUAGE

Small worlds. Big ideas.

Make the invisible feel alive. Bold colour, curious characters and changes of scale turn complex science into a story you can follow.

VS / 01 CHARACTER · COLOUR · CAUSE & EFFECT
A coral character discovers a smaller teal world, an original Vivid Science style study
A LITTLE CURIOSITY GOES A LONG WAY. ↗

Colour has a job to do.

01 02 03 04 05
DEPTH / WORLD / SIGNAL / FOCUS / LIGHT

01 / THE SCREENING ROOM

A world in motion.

ENGLISH VOICE · ORIGINAL MUSIC & SOUND · OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Read the English transcript

02 / THE VISUAL LANGUAGE

Let the explanation act.

Every shape, expression and camera move helps the viewer understand what happens next.

01 / CHARACTER

A face with a purpose.

Look. Prepare. Act. React. Clear silhouettes, readable eyes and delayed gestures turn a mechanism into a performance.

02 / COLOUR

Bright, with hierarchy.

Deep indigo holds the world. Teal sets the field. Coral pulls attention. Broad highlights explain the shape.

03 / SCALE

Keep one visual thread.

Carry a familiar object into the next view. Let a close-up reveal a cause, and a pullback reveal its consequence.

03 / TRY THE CHANGE OF SCALE

Follow the same little world.

A scale change works when the viewer keeps their bearings. Follow the cream-coloured subject from its surroundings into a close view.

INTERACTIVE STYLE STUDY · NO AUDIO

The same illustrated world at two magnifications 1×

04 / YOUR NEXT FILM

Start with a question.

Hidden processes. Tiny systems. Big connections. Give the story something to show, and the characters something to do.

01

Bring your subject.

Describe the audience, the question and the change you want them to understand.

02

Build a new cast and world.

Write original scenes and narration. Let factual sources guide the visual metaphors.

03

Watch, listen, refine.

Check the whole film, including transitions, speech clarity and the timing of every interaction.

A BRIEF FOR YOUR AGENT

Open Codex Film Studio in your Agent and ask it to create a Vivid Science film about your topic in an independent project.

Includes a style guide, drawing primitives, empty inputs and frame-analysis tools. New story scenes and sound are authored for each film.

05 / PRODUCTION NOTES

The craft beneath the colour.

One shared timeline.

Narration sets the pace. Gaze, contact, camera and sound land on the same named events.

Sound gives action weight.

Build a musical motif, changing instrumentation, an environment bed and precise action cues. Leave room for the voice.

Review what the viewer sees.

Inspect consecutive frames and full motion. Frame diagnostics, visual review and listening answer different questions.

06 / ROOTS & REFERENCES

Learn the language. Tell a new story.

Original vector worlds informed by the craft of science animation. Each film keeps its own research, characters and creative decisions.

Visual reference · Kurzgesagt ↗ Method inspiration · lemo-opuscar ↗ Film credits & research ↗ Package provenance ↗