The Moon Is a Pearl

What it is

A full moon hangs over a dark sea, with its rippling reflection below. The camera withdraws and light unfurls across mother-of-pearl: the sea is held inside a monumental oyster, hinged and opened to about 76 degrees, and the moon is the pearl resting in it, reflected in the black water. The layered shell halves, the iridescent nacre with its growth rings, the contact shadows and the ray-traced pearl reflection are all computed in the shader, and every animated part completes whole cycles, so the 12 seconds loop exactly. The film has no settings.

Reuse it in your own idea

• Reveal clip: the pull-back from moon to oyster is a ready-made "it was something else" moment.
• Seamless loop: it returns to the moon at the end, so it repeats for any length.
• Calm night background: hold the first seconds as a still moon over the sea.

Which part is reusable

src/moon-pearl.js is the ingredient your AI reuses. demo.js is only the example scene around it, and uses the demo harness only for the demo.

Good to know

• The film is finished: it has no settings. To change colours or timing, edit the shader.
• It is composed for a 4:5 portrait frame.
• Its length is fixed at 12 seconds; repeat the loop to fill a longer clip.