COG: Children of God is a short film that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world filled with robots and zombies. With technology getting more advanced, the only thing limiting humans is their lifespans. Filled with hubris, humans sought to play God, to achieve immortality by digitally porting their consciousness into robots.
The ‘God’ in the title refers to both actual God and humans. God created humans, and humans created robots, thus becoming gods to the robots. Cogs are parts of a whole, just as robots were created to serve something greater, humans too, are only a small part of the universe.
Most of the animation was created using motion capture technology, with a few hand keyframed clips at the end. This short film serves as a concept of a game that I may expand upon in the future, and an application of the skills I have studied.
BA (Hons) Games Animation 
Faye Mackrill | Games & Computer Arts
