We were tasked with the ambitious job of visually representing the monthly pain and discomfort of the menstrual cycle, not shying away from the realism and authenticity of the subject matter while imbuing it with conceptual imagery.

We came on board early on and closely collaborated from the pre-production stage all the way through to delivering the final films.

Through the course of the process a great deal of time was spent refining the look development and RnD of internal simulations.

For these sections we combined a number of in-house simulation tools developed in Houdini, bespoke animations and 2D elements to provide an enhanced level of realism.

We wanted to present thermal imagery as a visual language to communicate different anxieties associated with a menstrual cycle, which resulted in a lot of development. We decided early on to shoot all the imagery through a thermal camera.

We then used an in-house tool, developed in Nuke, to re-map the thermal values correctly with UVs. With this tool we could embellish 2D thermal shots with 3D objects and correctly re-colour it in 2D.

Additionally we developed a virtual production stage pipeline in Unreal for the serenity pools scenes. This assisted us in shooting the actors in a pool with correct reflections and light interactions.

We are proud to have worked on a film that illustrates an underrepresented subject matter with the level of accuracy and authenticity it required.