Fantastic Voyage | Immediate Ideas [1]

Brief

To expand our understanding of what it means to do CG art, (specifically, it's flexibility as a medium, across multiple fields).... 'Fantastic Voyage' asks us to create a complete 3D animation, using all that we've learnt up to this point, to explain one of three potential scientific scenarios (as briefed to us by Dr Klappa, a lecturer from 'The University of Kent', and- incidentally- the projects client).
As inspired by the 1966 sci-fi film, we're to create weird and wonderful landscapes that in today's context only exist to a certain degree in photos... the like of which are restricted physically, and cannot allow us some insight into this world.
Thus, the cgi group are stepping forward the absence of photographic evidence, to help visualize these processes more clearer, and in an interesting way.

Mitosis
My choice of 'Mitosis' will be delving into the route of cell division. 

First Impressions

Often in Biology we had to draw from a slide (as seen above) exact across on paper. 

There's this feel of being involved in this world, isolated inwards (as shown by the black, light fall-off point of the microscope's lens). 

Also there's a feel of precision, and an inability to see the whole picture. A glance into an unseen world. Something that I found fascinating back in year 11, and A-levels. 

The audience therefore, would most probably be children who are already excited in the subject, as opposed to a video for kids who genuinely aren't interested. 

I could say this would be older students, therefore, and though in most circumstances you can get a range of people with a strong interest in the subject regardless to age... in your later years those students will be making active decisions to pursue this subject further.
From the sounds of things, students often enjoy the practical side of science, but can feel condescended or embarrassed when 'adults' try to hard too associate with them.  Something to keep in mind.

I mentioned of an artist I'd heard of years back called Rus Khasanov whose video's often exploring the way liquids/solvents react to one another.

There's this feel of awesomeness, as evident in his work... but also in regards to the reality of biology, beyond that of a textbook, into something that is everywhere around us.
During briefing, for example, Dr Peter Klappa's revealed an example of such fascination. The eagerness and light in their eyes, only enforces the need to capture this fascination visually, in the work I'm producing about something so fundamental to life.

Upon discussing these ideas with Jordan, he showed me this video from 'The Tree of Life' (2011) :

A 15 minute film sequence that manages to convey the monumental task of the birth of life, without any means of text or wording.
Having this in mind could prove quite helpful when attempting to format this concept, on screen.

Additionally, Norman McLaren came up in conversation. Bright colours, and a potentially more minimalist approach.

Concerning the concept itself... I considered contrasting this expectations, typical of in-class work (i.e. textbooks, and experiments in a classroom context) alongside the actuality of science- as shown visually. So, for example, having a an exam question:

1- How does Mitosis occur in animal cells? [8 Marks]

And a video, showing this  'answer' in action. 

The shots can mainly be birds eye to replicate the view from  the microscope.

Next comes the idea of vignetting.

How to cut off the image without distancing the viewer from the content. 

I'd considered ways of showing this text alongside the imagery. By minimising the majestic, much like Khasanov does in some of his animated gifs. 

Alternatively it could be used as a transition of sorts, or even a way of drawing people into that world.

Visual