SAR reader Joe sent me this:
Wow wow wow! Stop what you’re doing, you got to watch this! Holy hell, this is good. The filmmaker, Ryan J Thompson, is only 22 years old, too! Incredible work, especially the VFX.
And you know what he shot it with? Sony a7S with Sony FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 lens and the Samyang FE 50mm f1.4 lens!!
http://tomantosfilms.com/8738/making-of-exploration-short-film/
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I certainly admire the young man’s ability, but I think it fair to say most of it wasn’t shot on a Sony A7S!
I do hope he obtained the correct licences and permissions for the use of the clips and soundtrack too, otherwise he might be looking at a big bill…
You didn’t read the interview, did you? 🙂
I confess that I didn’t. I presume that he answers my concerns there, so all’s good.
To be honest, the one thing articles like this always suggest to me is that successful people should always maintain a high level of humility, as there is an endless stream of people with talent who can match or surpass their achievements.
I wish the young man well.
I think commentators should maintain a high level of humility too…. and not try to be so quick to be negative and drag down the good work of others.
Please tell me where in any of my posts did I ‘drag down the good work of others’?
I think you’ll find what I said was quite the opposite with regard to this filmmaker.
Haha, this reply makes me laugh and annoyed at the same time. Annoyed because this happens so often that people don’t read articles or comments before replying on forums, etc… Anyway, yes he had permission from NASA for the contest, the score is original, and he did use the A7S exclusively.
And I suppose I should be annoyed that you didn’t read my post properly, to wit, most of the film was not shot on an A7S; most of it was news footage and clips courtesy of NASA. I have no doubt the parts he added were created as suggested.
Furthermore, the original exhortation was to ‘watch the film’, not to read the text.
I had no great interest it and there was no other particular motive to do so.
By the way, it’s ‘content’, not ‘contest’.
“By the way, it’s ‘content’, not ‘contest'”
Stll didn’t read I suppose? 🙂
This video was a submission for the Cinespace 2015 NASA Imagery Competition.
In the context of his post, my correction was entirely appropriate.
The fact that there was a contest run by NASA is neither here nor there.
To interpret it any other way would imply that the filmmaker wanted to run a competition that needed NASA resources!
Nice! For a school project.
Cool!
Wow… especially this one which shows the VFX breakdown https://youtu.be/w9AqR7UnVgI
fantastic
People here must be willing to believe anything
” filmed entirely with Aaron Sony A7S”
Every event and every second of this film occurred long before the A7S existed…so we are of course expected to believe this kid somehow has perfected time travel…or even more unbelievable would be that NASA actually gave him permision to use this footage.
Admin..if this footage is not authorized you may be taking a risk by reposting it.
Barry, there is no law against linking to another post. Admin did not download and publish from different server.
Nasa images are public domain. Paid for by tax dollars. Permission is only required for advertisement associated with a retail product.
Barry, do you have anything good to say about this production?
“Good job Ryan”… It’s that easy.
I’m sorry but you’re the epitome of why I hate people on the internet, most of the time.
Maybe you should have done a little research and figured out more about this project before you opened your mouth and made assumptions, which are incorrect by the way.
First off, no one ever says it was filmed entirely with the Sony A7s. Ryan stated in a reply comment to a question on the YouTube page for this project that of the shots that HE personally recored himself, he used the A7s – no other camera.
He also noted that the stuff that is NASA’s material and property was used legally and with permission because this is part of a contest that NASA is putting on, and part of the requirements for the contest is that you use 10% of NASA’s imagery.
Second off, he actually did film quite a bit of this himself because he used a green screen for most scenes and then visually added in effects later on. This is all shown in an VFX breakdown video that he also released.
In any case, it’s an amazing project with outstanding cohesiveness and remarkable editing and effects. However, you failed to see this and congratulate Ryan for his effort and achievement – instead you chose to comment out of your ass and try to knock him down.
Next time, don’t worry so much about what or where or who or anything that, in the long run, doesn’t matter. See the ART for what the ART is, and let it be. Isn’t that why we are all actually here to begin with? Because we care about ART?
For what it is its above average. However It seems to be about 90% propaganda, 8% vfx and maybe 2% a7S…
Nice video which could be used by NASA to get more support for their future space programs…. Because since the 70s, they did not go further than Moon and even there they did not build any extraterrestrial base ;)…. Where are the space ships we were seeing in Cosmos 1999, Star Trek… , the flying delorean?
Instead of that we just fight to keep control on oil fields and fill the tank of smoky vehicles :p and planes till the day they will pin down because of no more oil….
Really amazing ! THAT is good work. And this speech by JFK is, in my opinion, the most motivating ever. We’d really need someone to speak like that nowadays and motivate people to look in the same direction and try to build a better future.
Um, sure a few portions may have been shot on the A7, but most of it is just clips from Nasa footage. A nice video, but the title is a bit misleading.