Codename 'Noodles'. Using Cinema 4D and Arnold Renderer to stretch out the stars in the night sky to create animated time-lapse style star trails! 

00:00 – Intro

00:23 – Scene intro

00:48 – Creating the Sky

01:22 – Creating the Stars

01:50 – Creating the Star Trails

03:10 – Adding a Material

03:25 – Adding an Arnold-tag and refining the shape

(The Arnold-tag can be replaced with a Sweep-Nurbs if you're using a different renderer)

03:59 – Adding variation to the stars with the Utility-shader

05:42 – Controlling the length with a MoSpline

06:35 – Animating the star-trails with he MoSpline

08:28 – Final thoughts and alternatives for other render engines