Erik Wernquist is recognized , and rightly blamed , for unleashing the animated sensationCrazy Frogto an unsuspicious world in 2009 . A frenetic frog zipping through cityscape has become an iconic visual of that time ( how was that 14 years ago ! ? ) , but Wernquist ’s late venture is a far cry from his premature whimsical endeavour .
In his new short film , titled ONE REVOLUTION PER MINUTE , Wernquist paints a immensely different canvas : a breathtaking depiction of humanity ’s compass into space and what our future beyond Earth might reckon like . This film , survive just over six minutes , showcases the Swedish vitalizer ’s conversion from Crazy Frog ’s warp cityscape to intricate panoramas of outer space .
The photographic film seamlessly hook up with whimsy with Platonism as it takes us aboard the SSPO Esperanta . For sports fan of classic science fiction , the Esperanta is reminiscent of the colossal turn out outer space station seen in movies like 2001 : A Space Odyssey . These station , by their design , apply centrifugal force to simulate gravity , a feat that Wernquist captures with both scientific truth and poetic license . Wernquist order he made the short flick to explore his “ fascination with unreal gravitational force in space . ”
A clip from ONE REVOLUTION PER MINUTE.Gif: Erik Wernquist/Gizmodo
The fictitious planetary artificial satellite , with a radius of about 1,476 feet ( 450 meters ) , spins at one gyration per moment , beget an artificial gravity of about 0.5 g along its main deck , as Wernquist explain on his YouTube page .
Throughout the film , the Esperanta appears as more than just a space station — it ’s a opulence liner of the stars . Viewers are treat to scenes of the station in orbit around Earth , the Moon , Mars , Saturn , and Neptune . As the film run to a close , a surprisal spacecraft arrive , exact the Esperanta on an adventure beyond our solar system .
With Esperanta , Wernquist “ want to make a leisure time - like environs , such as a hotel or sail ship , and explore what the opinion could be like onboard when the orbiter visits some of the worlds in our solar system , ” he write . Fascinated with the resultant light and shadows , he kept most of the hokey lighting off and only allowed innate light to illumine the interior . Wernquist save : “ As this made the topographic point seem quite desolate , I found it interesting to suppose someone being onboard , alone … ”
Inside , walls get alert with mirrored musing , a sprawling swimming pool take the floor , and wine glasses sit down with deceptive steadiness on dining tables . The watcher are consistently reminded of the space place ’s rotation through ever - changing shadows and perpetually shifting exterior views .
For those left hungriness for more of Wernquist ’s unique storytelling and ocular mastery , his portfolio contains jewel like his 2014 scifi short filmWanderers , the music video for Jamie XX ’s “ Gosh ” ( which briefly feature rotating distance stations around Mars ) , and the surrealisticA Warm Place , which depicts spookily marvelous and perplexingly empty apartment buildings .
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