A move mixing from matched live action, camera tumbles into the skull and flips over, to show the detail of the newborn's fontanels (holes in cranium to allow birth). A standard nurbs skull was extensively remodelled to produce the "mekon" look, and trims were performed to create the fontanels. A sequence of 6 layered shaders was used with transparency mapped to linear ramps to create the grooved, grey fringes of the fontanels. Click to go Back