Short sci-fi film using blender

Posting this out to the www. Made before I knew about cycles. Took a lot of effort and time to complete but learned loads along the way. Was really a vfx test as such to learn more about blender and compositing. Enjoy:

A very interesting piece. But the movements of the statues and the aliens feels stiff.

This was a VERY ambitious project filled with lots of effects and challenging shots!! I would have liked to see some better color correction of some of the scenes just to pull the 3D objects and the actors together a little more organically but overall you guys took on a big project and did an awesome job!! Question, were the optical flares done in blender or was another program used?

Hey folks cheers. Yeh it was my first attmpt at a grade too. I think because the materials and textures are not the best it leans more to the artificial. I do think if it was rendered in cycles the live action and animation/cg would come together better. Optical flares were AE.