Planet Heartbeat

By Chen KANG, Youyi YANG, Anning WANG, 

Video & Animation

A translucent crystal is discovered on Mars, with internal pulses similar to human heartbeats. Researcher Lin detects a "heartbeat rhythm" in the audio and believes it to be an undefined form of life. Due to ethical controversies, the international organisation prohibits further research and returns the crystal to Mars. Lin secretly places a golden record inscribed with Earth's heartbeat sounds into the return capsule. As the probe ascends, the pulses serve humanity's gentle farewell to cosmic life and an interstellar greeting that reveals our existence. 

Our work demonstrates humans' awe, respect and reflection on the unknown life forms in the universe. We used Jimeng and runway as a video generator. We first divided the plot into storyboards and debugged for key frames to ensure consistency. Then we generated and fine-tuned other frames in sequence.