NASA Turns Scenes From The Film Gravity Into Real Life
#1: All Of The Lights
Gravity is a 3D science-fiction thriller and space drama film.It was directed, co-written, co-produced and co-edited by Alfonso Cuarón.
#2: Put The Box Back In It's Place
And stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts involved in the mid-orbit destruction of a space shuttle and their attempt to return to Earth.
#3: The Scenery Is Magnificent
It has grossed more than US$700 million worldwide, making it the eighth highest-grossing film of 2013 and sixty-second most successful film released.
#4: Trying To Get Back Safely
Despite being set in space, the film uses motifs from shipwreck and wilderness survival stories about psychological change and resilience in the aftermath of catastrophe.
#5: Peeking At You
Cuarón uses Stone to illustrate clarity of mind, persistence, training, and improvisation in the face of isolation and the mortal consequences of a relentless Murphy's Law.
#6: Box
The film incorporates spiritual themes in terms of Ryan's daughter's accidental death, the will to survive in the face of overwhelming odds, and the impossibility of rescue. Calamities occur but only the surviving astronauts see them.
#7: Trying To The Spaceship Back Together
The impact of scenes is heightened by alternating between objective and subjective perspectives, the warm face of the Earth and the depths of dark space, the chaos and predictability of the debris field, and silence of the vacuum of space with the sound of the score.
#8: A Beautiful Opening Shot
The film uses very long, uninterrupted shots throughout to draw the audience into the action but contrasts these with claustrophobic shots within space suits and capsules.
#9: Film Crew
Gravity had a production budget of $100 million and was filmed digitally on multiple Arri Alexa camera.
#10: Looks Like A Tornado Is Happening
Human evolution and the resilience of life may also be seen as key themes of Gravity.
#11: Reflection
Cuarón and company created the entire film as animation first, working with sound effects, music, and lighting then he had to translate that onto film. It took 4.5 years to make.
#12: Green Light
In order to captures Cuaron vision of the movie, they had to create new technology.
#13: Oh Man That Is Bright
Rejected strategies for filming "microgravity" included using wires and flying in the vomit comet.
#14: Getting Footage From The Inside Of The Spaceship
Sandra Bullock trained to mimic movement in microgravity and she got advice from the ISS.
#15: As The Sun Raises...
The film although not entirely accurate of life in space has received approval from astronauts.
