I just watched the short film Ambition [1] from ESA, and I still have tears in my eyes.
The film is awesome. In few spots it could have profited from a tighter editing of the text (I lost suspension of disbelief twice), but overall the story is great - and what an ending!
In the making of [2], the simulation artist of the film Lukasz Sobisz said
“shooting myself in the foot a bit, I’m very surprised you need something like this at all now. Mankind sends a probe into space to catch a comet and land on it. And we need a great director, film and actors to convince people this is interesting.”
and I disagree with that notion: If you’re paid by the public, you should communicate your work so people can relate to it. The film succeeded spectacularly.
It is not just about interest. I had that before. It is about touching peoples hearts. A dry description alone cannot do this. But together, an idealistic project and art can reach something deep inside, inaccessible for everyday interaction. This is where magic happens.
I wish there were a german dubbed version to show my kids.
It’s been a long time since I watched something and all of a sudden felt tears rolling down my cheek. To the folks at ESA, the film crew, the editing team and the artists: Thank you.
Ambition The Film: This is where magic happens → http://t.co/l4rlq20y0B [3] —Thank you @ESA [4], @PlatigeImage [5], @LordMockingbird [6] and @AisFranciosi [7]
— A. Babenhauserheide (@ArneBab) October 25, 2014 [8]
@Scirens [9] @esa [4] It’s been a long time since I watched something and all of a sudden felt tears rolling down my cheek. Thank you.
— A. Babenhauserheide (@ArneBab) October 25, 2014 [10]
PS: EuGH just ruled that embedding does not affect copyright [11]. Thanks to this decision I am allowed to share the film with you.
Links:
[1] http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2014/10/Ambition_the_film
[2] http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2014/10/The_making_of_Ambition
[3] http://t.co/l4rlq20y0B
[4] https://twitter.com/esa
[5] https://twitter.com/PlatigeImage
[6] https://twitter.com/LordMockingbird
[7] https://twitter.com/AisFranciosi
[8] https://twitter.com/ArneBab/status/525957682352893952
[9] https://twitter.com/Scirens
[10] https://twitter.com/ArneBab/status/525948526673412097
[11] http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=143224&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=480769