eternal cloud: behind the scenes

Eternal Cloud is a sci-fi story disguised as a start-up. It questions the humanity of our social networks' algorithms. Instead of placing emphasis on your demographic and social klout it asks, 'Are you good enough to enter?'

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About

Eternal Cloud takes place in the year 2045. The Earth is no longer habitable due to the extreme effects of global warming. Your options are to join a digital community or perish on Earth. To join Eternal Cloud, all we ask is ‘Have your actions on Earth made you a desirable candidate for our society?’ Why don't you login and see for yourself.

The impetus for the project stemmed from reading of Jaron Lanier, Elon Musk, Ray Kurzweil, and Neal Stephenson. Eve Weinberg focuses on storytelling on interactive platforms. Her work questions societal norms in the digital era - present and future.

PROCESS

Built in Javascript, ThreeJS, JQuery, Heroku, MongoDB, Pusher (web sockets). Assets created with Photoshop, AfterEffects, Illustrator, Cinema4D.

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STORYBOARDS
early sketches and script
SECOND ROUND
Digital sketches to map out 3D elements
MAKING OF
Building the elements
THREE JS
Coding :)
PRODUCTION
CURRENT BUILD
Final Images

CREDITS

Team



  • Directed by Eve Weinberg

  • Creative Development, Design, Lead Developer: Eve Weinberg

  • Development help: Or Fleisher, Franklin , Aaron Moraga Montoya

  • Production Director, Cinematography: Chris Hall

  • Writing: Chris Plehal and Eve Weinberg

  • Voice of the future: Amelia Winger Bearskin

  • Creative Guidance: Stefanie Bardin

  • Technical Guidance: Sam Slover, Craig Pickard, Kat Sullivan, Abishek Singh, Rubin Huang

  • Music: JukeDeck Algorithm

Eve Weinberg is an interactive motion graphics director, running Never odd or Even

eve@neveroddoreven.tv

Eve's Internet Based Work

Statement

Large companies are gathering, selling, and analyzing your data every day, brokering it as if it were currency. Those with big data have a greater impact on the priorities and driving forces of our society. These are for-profit companies with single-value mission statements that are not concerned with the greater good of humanity or the planet.
Interested in learning more? Here are a few more of our sources:


Facebook Algorithmic Factory, Jaron Lanier's book ‘Who owns the future’, Book: Infinite Realities, “Transcendent Man” documentary, http://kk.org/, Film: Her, TV: Black Mirror, Film: Elysium