Simple Tricks & Nonsense delivered roughly 50 complex VFX shots for Approaching the Unknown. The journey to Mars begins with a photoreal aesthetic, compositing together multi layer 5K motion control miniature photography shot at Trumbull Studios. As the film progresses, space evolves into a hyper real, visceral cosmic landscape created from an extraordinary amount of practical cloud tank elements. The arrival and entry into the Martian atmosphere was all CG.