Shot: A 3D special-effects composite created for "Into The Abyss" movie trailer, published by Sea Chest Books.
Tools: 3DSMAX, Sound Forge, Sony Vegas.
Turn-around: 1 week.   A couple of afternoons to build the model, setup the animation, and test-render the volumetric lights. After client approval, another 10 hours to render the frames at high resolution on a single Pentium 4. Another couple of hours compositing a layer of camera flash (using Sony Vegas Pro) keying on the 3d volumetric lights, plus a layer of color shift to simulate deep diving. Finally, a simple sound effect by recording my PC fan tweaked in Sound Forge.  Wella - another happy client! Just wish I had time to add some bubbles.