'We wanted to convey as broad a taste of the cornucopia of life, natural beauty, and human achievement as we could,' according to Aronofsky, who created, directed and produced 'Postcard From Earth.' It was lensed with a newly developed camera and opens this fall at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
The anticipated Las Vegas Sphere — whose construction is expected to cost $2.175 billion when completed — features a 160,000-square-foot, 16K-by-16K wraparound LED display, custom spatial audio system and 4D capabilities enabled through haptic seats and environmental effects. Viewing this wraparound high-resolution display creates a remarkable sense of being there and has been wowing those who have experienced the demonstration.
“I see Sphere as a great opportunity to pluck people from the bling and thrum of the Vegas strip in all its human constructed madness and immerse them as fully as possible in the wonder, awe and beauty of the natural world,” Aronofsky writes of the potential he envisions and why he created, what he describes as a “sci-fi journey deep into our future as our descendants reflect on our shared home.
Oscar-nominated cinematographer Matty Libatique, a longtime collaborator with Aronofsky, served as director of photography, and Andrew Shulkind was Sphere director of photography for the Big Sky camera. This was also the first production to use Big Sky, a bespoke camera system developed at Sphere Studios . The single-lens camera has a 316-megapixel, 3-inch x 3-inch HDR image sensor that Sphere Studios says can capture 18K x 18K images up to 120 frames per second.
“The camera is incredibly high resolution with a huge field of view. That’s a positive for obvious reasons, but it provides countless challenges too,” notes Aronofsky. “Like anything there are some things that Sphere works particularly well with and others that present new problems to solve. As different artists play with it, I’m sure they’ll find innovative ways to use it and affect audiences in different ways.
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