music_space
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From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 04-26-2021 02:16 PM
   
Here's an exceptional opportunity to see the station and the station's way of life. "16 Sunrises" is a feature around Thomas Pesquet (ESA) first mission in 2017, as a member of Expeditions 50 and 51. As I understand, he and crewmates Peggy Whitson (NASA) and Oleg Novitsky (Roscosmos) got some training at cinematography, and it shows (in 6K resolution to boot). With respect to framing and camera movements, the artistry of the onboard, EVA and Earth images is exceptional. Like many on this forum, I've always had great pleasure watching galore clips from the ISS, mostly on YouTube, but this thing is at another level, a genuine act of cinematography in orbit. It is not a fiction, of course, but it's certainly more than a documentary. For instance, the movie's editing at times cleverly dissociates images and sounds, and aggregates together events which happened at different times. The sound mix is exceptional: you always feel the sound ambiance of the different modules. The whole thing makes you experience the crewmates' beat we so often read about: people working mostly alone, with community events here and there. Like similar works, this one follows chronology from training through pre-launch activities, launch, mission and return to Earth, but, again, with beautiful camera work and showing many details which I had never seen before. Actually, through the movie, there are so many things I hadn't known or seen before, which doesn't happen often given this writer's long-time interest in astronautical history. The narrative arc is held together with a few readings from Antoine de Saint-Exupery, who wrote so beautifully about the meditative solitude of the early aviator versus the strong sense of community among these trailblazers. The movie is a French one ("16 levers de soleil" is the original title) but so much of it is spoken in English (Pesquet's is excellent), and the subtitles are so well crafted that this is in no way a hindrance. Several astronauts and cosmonauts are seen through "16 Sunrises," in addition to spationaute Thomas Pesquet: NASA crewmates Jack Fischer, Peggy Whitson and Robert Kimbrough. From Roscosmos: Sergueï Ryjikov, Fiodor Iourtchikhine, Oleg Novitski and Andreï Borissenko I have seen it offered on Amazon and iTunes, probably elsewhere too. Enjoy! |
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