IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
Added 2021-01-29 23:35:09 +0000 UTCWATCH THE VIDEO: https://vimeo.com/506259327/6e110a85ed
PASSWORD: blink
When we look up at night, the universe seems pretty quiet. Not a lot going on. But that perspective is an illusion; in reality, there are millions of world-shattering events happening every instant across the cosmos. This short film explores just how much is going on every moment in our ridiculously enormous universe.
In the fraction of a second it takes to blink your eyes, thousands of stars will be born, hundreds will explode and die, millions of planets will form, and our universe will expand by half a million kilometers in diameter.
And these numbers only account for the observable universe -- not for what could be happening beyond, where some scientists believe there could be an infinite expanse of space.
Think next time you blink.
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THANK YOU patrons for choosing this topic and supporting this short film! I've spent many weeks developing new visual techniques and I think they paid off. Your support helped me make it through this experimental phase. I hope you find it as mind-blowing as I have.
Please note that some of the statistics in this video are wild estimations, and in some cases could be off by orders of magnitude. For a list of sources see below.
Song and art downloads coming next week.
Special thanks to:
Franck Marchis, Avi Loeb, Juan Benet, Morrison Waud, Rowdy Jansen, & Tim Stupak
I plan to make this video public on YouTube on Feb. 9th, and will include all patrons whose rewards include credits in the video description then.
Peace and love,
melodysheep
Comments
I am literally in tears because it's too beautiful
Cecilia Maiorana
2021-04-07 11:29:10 +0000 UTCThe ethereal tone of your music is wonderful. Sound design is top notch as always. Fantastic video and I look forward to future ones! :D
Chaos Penguin
2021-02-07 23:26:01 +0000 UTCI really loved the bombastic regular beat drops that made me want to blink along :-)
Ilja Kocken
2021-02-03 21:06:24 +0000 UTCThat's how I explain the amusing and sometimes amazing art of flipping channels to other people. 1+ 1+ 1+ 1+ 1+ 1- 1+ 1- 1+ 1+ 1+ 1+ now I'm a content creator in real time.
2021-02-03 01:43:13 +0000 UTCI goes both ways -- sometimes I have a track I edit to, sometimes I have a rough edit that I sculpt a music track for. But for either case, there is a constant interplay between the edit and the music, each one evolving to fit the dynamics of the other.
John Boswell
2021-02-02 18:08:34 +0000 UTCI love it! Super interesting facts β₯β₯ But as a fellow music producer - do you "hear" the music to your video production as you go along or do you have tracks ready beforehand? I assume you design the visuals before creating the music, yeah?
2021-02-02 07:28:32 +0000 UTCMakes me feel so small (which is a good thing). Awesome work!
2021-02-02 06:23:21 +0000 UTCAbsolutely beautiful.
2021-02-01 22:36:32 +0000 UTCAwesome nebula shots! Love it.
2021-02-01 20:14:19 +0000 UTCVery impressive work! Your CGI shots are always amazing!
2021-02-01 18:59:33 +0000 UTCI think you should collab with Marshmellow
2021-02-01 17:56:55 +0000 UTCAmazing, as always. Love the music and how it reinforces the awe and wonder of the universe. Perfect unison of art and science. Keep doing amazing things!
John Maier
2021-02-01 17:01:19 +0000 UTCJust watched, such incredible video, really makes you think about your blink.
Leto
2021-02-01 12:57:30 +0000 UTCOh heck! It's already out? You work fast! Now I got something to look forward to when I wake up!
Leto
2021-02-01 05:24:12 +0000 UTCGah! I knew I would screw up something. Thanks for pointing this out, I will get it fixed. Good eye.
John Boswell
2021-01-30 21:47:36 +0000 UTCThere's only so many times I can say great work! :) But I'll probably say it every time you create something new!
Dan Thomas
2021-01-30 18:43:46 +0000 UTCGreat video! I noticed that the video states "[The Sun will] produce 961,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 watts of energy" (9.61 * 10 ^ 23 W), but according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun, the Sun produces 3.846 * 10 ^ 26 W. In the blink of an eye, that's 3.846 * 10 ^ 26 W * 0.25 s = 9.615 * 10 ^ 25 J So I think the number in the video needs two more zeros, and it should be joules, not watts.
2021-01-30 07:03:35 +0000 UTCBeautiful as always. Your stuff is my gospel music.
Jeff Munn
2021-01-30 06:40:37 +0000 UTCAs always I am impressed but not surprised by the quality of your work!
2021-01-30 03:39:36 +0000 UTCFreaking amazing, mind blown.
B.J. Tomiko
2021-01-30 02:34:01 +0000 UTCAppropriately short given the subject but still amazing!
2021-01-30 01:40:49 +0000 UTCThis is just what I needed. I'm in the last year of a physics degree and was feeling quite disillusioned in general with it, doubting everything. But this? Yeah this is why it's all worth it. Isn't it a beautiful universe that we live in? Thank you! As always
2021-01-30 01:35:34 +0000 UTCMind-blowing as ALWAYS!
2021-01-30 01:26:02 +0000 UTCEffing beautiful!
2021-01-30 00:36:46 +0000 UTCGorgeous as always! And the music is stunning! The parallels to life beyond are cool and your style really cuts through :D love it!
2021-01-30 00:34:13 +0000 UTCGoddamn John I loved this thank you
Eric Malette
2021-01-30 00:20:05 +0000 UTCThe production value of your videos is incredible keep up the amazing work
TacticalNewt
2021-01-29 23:46:14 +0000 UTCAmazing as always. Loved how the soundtrack at the end started to sound a bit like the Life Beyond 2 soundtrack. Not sure if it was intentional, but it kinda makes you think about all the other things that take place among potential alien life/societies during those 0.25 seconds.
Bradley Gallant
2021-01-29 23:45:02 +0000 UTCamazing idea and awesome video
2021-01-29 23:43:33 +0000 UTCGreat work!
Dharamjit
2021-01-29 23:43:07 +0000 UTC*Proceeds to blink as much as possible*
Augustine Alvarado
2021-01-29 23:43:01 +0000 UTCSo goodπ₯
2021-01-29 23:41:02 +0000 UTCFantastic work
NightDocs
2021-01-29 23:39:58 +0000 UTCYay! Thanks Sheep! Letβs get some popcorns and have fun.
Zann
2021-01-29 23:36:59 +0000 UTC
