In this short film, we were inspired by the Elysia viridis sea slug, which actually derives its energy through photosynthesis instead of purely through digestion. From the slug’s algal food it preserves the living plastids which continue to photosynthesize within its body. If humans were to adopt this symbiogenetic way of being, how would the human change? How would our city landscapes evolve? What does it mean to be intertwined in a photosynthesizing environment?

These concepts were woven into a narrative, exploring what shapes would manifest when living forms and environments merge, and we elaborated on this through the New Weird genre. To represent these multiple scales we studied multiple methods of film making. We explored materials through making, forms through digital modeling, and atmosphere through lighting and custom lenses. Ultimately, we combined these components to represent the layering and intermingling of species and the continuity between all.