Elastic, the Emmy-winning studio, visualizes a sentient security unit’s rebellion in Murderbot opening titles with a striking split-world concept. One realm is cold and grid-bound, reflecting factory-set obedience. Then comes rupture: an explosion of neon skies, toy-like terrain, and surreal color—a dreamscape of messy autonomy. Created in Cinema 4D and rendered using Redshift, with compositing and finishing touches in After Effects, the three-minute sequence contrasts rigid control with playful freedom. Glass shards mark Murderbot’s forced return to duty. Showrunners wanted levity; Elastic delivered rubbery physics and neurodivergent whimsy.After three months of work, their message is clear: liberation is chaotic, vivid, flawed—and briefly, beautifully real.
Design & Animation Studio: Elastic Creative Director: Hazel Baird Design & Animation: Roughcollie Design: Mike Zeng, Ethem Cem Modeling: Joe Paniagua, Jose Limon Storyboard Artist: Lance Slaton Color Management: Andrew Young Producer: Mitchell Fraser Executive Producer: Kate Berry Head of Production: Paul Makowski Managing Director: Eve Kornblum
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Elastic, the Emmy-winning studio, visualizes a sentient security unit’s rebellion in Murderbot opening titles with a striking split-world concept. One realm is cold and grid-bound, reflecting factory-set obedience. Then comes rupture: an explosion of neon skies, toy-like terrain, and surreal color—a dreamscape of messy autonomy.
Created in Cinema 4D and rendered using Redshift, with compositing and finishing touches in After Effects, the three-minute sequence contrasts rigid control with playful freedom. Glass shards mark Murderbot’s forced return to duty. 
Showrunners wanted levity; Elastic delivered rubbery physics and neurodivergent whimsy.
After three months of work, their message is clear: liberation is chaotic, vivid, flawed—and briefly, beautifully real.
Design & Animation Studio: Elastic
Creative Director: Hazel Baird
Design & Animation: Roughcollie
Design: Mike Zeng, Ethem Cem
Modeling: Joe Paniagua, Jose Limon
Storyboard Artist: Lance Slaton
Color Management: Andrew Young
Producer: Mitchell Fraser
Executive Producer: Kate Berry
Head of Production: Paul Makowski
Managing Director: Eve Kornblum