Model Scale and Destruction
A carefully crafted miniature village serves as the centerpiece of this sequence. Placed within a flooded tank, it captures the devastation left behind by the tornado. The tornado itself was constructed using hollow PU foam, allowing internal lighting to create glowing flashes and dynamic visual effects.

Scanning and Integration
The physical model was 3D scanned to integrate seamlessly into the animated sequences, blending practical craftsmanship with digital enhancement.

A Quiet Settlement at the Brink of Chaos.

The miniature village symbolizes the fading memory of childhood, where safety and warmth once felt real now seem illusory. Crafted from 1:87 scale model train houses, it carries echoes of nostalgia, dwarfed by its isolation and forlornness. In the video, the village appears tiny and lost, perched on barren stumps in an endless void.

As a former home, it is stripped of meaning. With the absence—or nonexistence—of those who once believed in it, its significance dissolves into insignificance. In the apocalypse, there is no meaning; those who might impart it are either gone or consumed by their struggle to survive.

Following the storyboard sketch of a tornado, I built one using PU foam and similar materials on top of an aluminum framework.