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 - 2.6ghz PC with 1GB FSB800 DDR memory.  Another couple hours in Post (using Sony Vegas) to add a layer of flash to the volume lights when they shine into the camera, and a layer of changing light spectrum. Finally, adding sound FX by recording my PC fan tweaked in Sound Forge.  Wella - another happy client!