Teleportation effects

To complete the abduction sequence, the actor needed to teleport. For this we needed a beam up and a beam in effect in the two locations the teleport was to take place.

A simple fade effect starts the teleport sequence. By simply key-framing the opacity of the actor, I was able to create a smooth disappearing and appearing effect. However, the fade looked too simple, and it wasn't completely obvious that it was a teleportation effect.

Because the fading effect was not substantial enough for the teleport, I needed to create a glow effect, similar to the beaming effect used in many sci-fi works such as Star Trek. To create this effect I simply added an elipse that was the correct colour, and gave it a feathered effect, that would expand and retract as the victim was teleported.

The final result was a blue light that would engulf and release the photographer as they were absorbed by the beam and teleported onto the storage deck of the space ship.