ONE REVOLUTION PER MINUTE - a short film by Erik Wernquist
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- ONE REVOLUTION PER MINUTE is a short film I made to explore my fascination with artificial gravity in space.
It takes place aboard the "SSPO Esperanta" - a planetary orbiter that spins around itself at a rate of one revolution per minute (1 RPM). With a radius of 450 meters, the spin generates artificial gravity with an effect of approximately 0.5 g along its main deck.
With the "Esperanta" I wanted to create a leisure-like environment, such as a hotel or cruise ship, and explore what the views could be like onboard when the orbiter visits some of the worlds in our solar system. I was also particularly interested in how light and shadows from the sun play around in the interior as it spins around.
For those reasons, I decided to keep all artificial lights off - with the exception of some emergency lights to avoid complete darkness - and to only let natural light illuminate the interiors. As this made the place appear quite desolate, I found it interesting to imagine someone being onboard, alone…
CREDITS:
Written, produced and directed by - ERIK WERNQUIST
Music by - CRISTIAN SANDQUIST
Live action photography by - CHRISTINE LEUHUSEN
The Passenger performed by - LARS KNUBB
P.A. Voice performed by - HANNA MELLIN
Visuals by - ERIK WERNQUIST
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The visuals of this short film were made in Maxon Cinema 4D with Otoy Octane Render and composited in Adobe After Effects.
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Memoria brought me here. Realy cool work.
Memoria brought me here, cool work dude
From a funny video about PS2 video games, to a documentary in which a man shares his regrets about a viral character he created, to a voyage in our solar system that has the vibes of an Odyssey.
Memoria took us on an unexpected trip to splendor and gravity. And, to say the least, I wouldn't mind seeing more of your work Erik Wernquist.
Hey are you talking about Memoria the 2021 film or something else? I'd love to check out whatever Wernquist creates
@@olympioalexander8151 I'm talking about Memoria the youtuber. @MemoriaMatters
Her video is about some old PS2 games. At start. I ended up here.
@@olympioalexander8151 I think they are talking about this youtuber and this video: ua-cam.com/video/d_0Ccnjbs8w/v-deo.html
@@olympioalexander8151 @MemoriaMatters
@@olympioalexander8151 the guy's talking about a youtuber who linked Wernquist's channel in her video's description
I love the big wall of mirrors at the beginning that's reflecting earth.
the way they're framed like paintings, its as if saying "what work of art could we hang here that's more beautiful than the view outside?"
and then they say "in case of vertigo please avoid looking at the windows" *proceeds to build some mirrors*
The funny thing about the mirrors is that they don't seem to be ray traced, and thus aren't reflecting light unto other surfaces. In my mind they look more like windows. Makes me wonder if my mind is playing tricks on me... Looking closer there are diffused light on the floor that could be reflections, I don't know, it just have a feeling like something is missing. It's a magnificently beautiful short regardless!
@@l00kns33 the modelling and composition is on-point however. i felt like they made a scifi scene seem relatably practical to some degree
This is real art!
Born too late to be a pioneer, born too early to be an explorer. I envy the generations that will get to experience these vistas first hand. Remember us that are lost, and make it worth your while.
We are the pioneers and explorers! Only those doomed to wallow in depression think otherwise!
No, we are the first generation
@@L5Resident yes and no. What I mean is that my generation is way too late to be the first movers, and way too early to enjoy the full potential of it. I'm gen X (in my forties now). My dad saw the live Moon landing on TV. I'll be lucky to see Mars being set foot on by humans in my lifetime...
@@NIL0SI hope we will can delay aging in the next few years
Truer words were never spoken...
This is truly such a stunning piece of artwork! You transported me to a place and time that I wish so badly I could live in. You took me to Kim Stanley Robinson's future, to James S. A. Corey's future, or something dreamed up by Isaac Asimov. This was an absolute joy to watch. Thank you!
Thank you very much!
Arthur C Clarke, perhaps with help from Kubrick. 2001 A Space Odyssey... but dragged up to date for 2023 for sure 🙂 Love it ❤
@@ErikWernquist_DigitalArtist It's truly remarkable... if you'd like to use any of my more ambient electronic compositions in your work, please let me know :) ua-cam.com/video/ic6QvSDtjyA/v-deo.html
I though the reveal was gonna be that the passanger was Isaac Asimov and this was actually a window into his imagination.
Art speaks where words are unable to explain.
That last shot literally took my breath away. Absolute perfection.
The last shot with the light hit hard, great work as always!
Incredible juxtaposition. Humans have been taking in the beauty of the galaxy since antiquity. The scene of an elder looking into the night is a very old scene. It certainly gives a unique feeling to see
@@hunnyjar8937 The whole video felt sad or depressing to me.
All that volume, no lights, no people, no motion, the music, the hollow echo of the safety audio, then the single older person on that huge station.
Like there was one person left to mark the final passing of humanity.
@@MonkeyJedi99 two reasons why I disagree:
1, the loneliness part. I think it's left open for the viewer to interpret life into the lobbies and halls and cabins, what the passengers are like and what the atmosphere would be if the ship were filled. It's like looking at a lush planet, visibly living from space, but not seeing what creatures inhabit the planet.
2, animation limitations. While this guy is absurdly good, animating people (or in this case, I BELIEVE, layering video of a person onto the animation) is difficult from what I hear. In wanderers, models were simple, far away, or 60% of the shot in the case of the girl on Saturn. Having an old man with a high class demeanor gives for slow, simple movements and allows more resources for other things.
@@MonkeyJedi99 no, it's the best way to truly enjoy the beauty of the universe, not being distracted by anybody.
@@goldeneagle8259 I STARTED my previous comment with "The whole video felt sad or depressing to me."
That makes my assessment subjective, not objective or scientific.
I cannot BE wrong when I am expressing my feelings about a thing.
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You, however state your assessment as an absolute. And all it takes is my disagreeing with you to make your whole premise fall down.
hunnyjar8937 expressed a counter-opinion AS opinion. So I had no rebuttal for their comment.
Wow. I love that opening line - "sights I'd like to see, from places I'll never be". How perfectly that line summarises what follows. Beautiful film.
Imagine swimming at the Moonlight, imagine walking through a little forest while spotting the Hellas Planitia at your zenith, imagine appreciating two butterflies at the immensity of Jupiter, imagine the tales that the blue Neptune will inspire you. We shall fight for this future. We shall see the stars in the final void. Thanks for this beautiful work, this is art, I hope we can reach this, somewhere, someday.
"Wanderers" is my favorite short by a mile. Glad to see you return!
This is the most amazing space station visualization since 2001: A Space Odyssey! I particularly liked the long distance shot of the station orbiting Neptune at 5:20. After absorbing a sense of the huge mass and scale of the station from the inside, it shook me to see how small and frail it looks against the backdrop of the planet. All the works of mankind are tiny compared to the vastness of space.
YES. The quiet serenity-- The grand scale... and, yet... the sense... that our most epic accomplishments, are still, just tiny glints in the endless sea of stars... Powerful stuff.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains.
@@patrickreadjohnson_moonwatcheryep, it’s quite daunting to think they predict by 2347 humanity will achieve Type 1. Yes, the K scale is hypothetical but it just seems so far off.
This.
Made me cry.
Erik Wernquist deserves a Oscar for this work
We need more visionaires like you. Stunning artwok.
This is stunningly beautiful. Thank you, Tom Scott, for sending me here so I can also watch the galaxy in motion...
Amazing! I will dream good tonight.
I’d be puking my guts out aboard this thing but, Wow! That was Beautiful. I haven’t felt that captivated by a short movie since Astartes.
Actually at 1 RPM, there are normally few inner ear problems.
memoria brought me here. really enjoy the work. crazy frog was one of my first CDs as a kid. glad to see youre still creating cool stuff
I only came across your work less than half an hour ago. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Seeing Armstrong land on the moon when I was 11, reading O'Neills book on space colonies.. I was so excited about the future possibilities, and hoped that one day I might be amongst those exploring Mars, and maybe eventually retire to a home in an O'Neil Island Three at L5. I am retired now, and, needless to say, sad at how things panned out. Thank you so much for creating examples of the future that may yet come to pass, but that I will never live to see. It's beautiful, and uplifting. You've made an old lady very happy!
Absolutely incredible work! I'd pay real money to have this put into a realtime renderer like Unreal Engine and made playable in VR. I wouldn't need any gameplay, just enjoying different rooms on the ship would be indescribable I'd imagine!
I know that the VR rendered environment wouldn't look as real as the one in this video, but if the detail can be reduced to the point of rendering in Unreal, it would be a hell of a place to visit.
Amazing
Feel like it will happen soon and so dizzying, simply dizzying...Wonderful.
Wow!! What's awaiting us ahead.. reality is way more fascinating than fiction. We will be amazed.
Just wow. You are and always have been my favourite creator on this platform. No one else manages to evoke this strange urge to explore like you do
The most zen experience I have had all month. Just like when I take long walks, the inner wanderer reaches out and takes the reins, taking me to places that I have yet to explore, to discover new sights and find opportunities to experience. But when I watch this it, the wanderer takes my imagination instead, to places much more wonderful to behold.
i cam here from Tom Scott
Great work, this is amazing!!
did he mention this short film in one of his videos?
i'd like to know which video that was!
He has a weekly newletter where he links any videos he likes alot. Im not sure if he still runs it considering his retirement from yt@@DinoBoiRex
@@DinoBoiRex it was from his newsletter
@@dungeon_memelord623 ah i see, thanks! 👍
Simply beautiful. More please.❤
Came from Tom Scott's newsletter. Incredible short film. Props to the creators.
Makes me nostalgic of a world I will never know . Beautiful
Been so looking forward to this and it did not disappoint. Was completely transported for every second of the 6:22 running time. A real masterpiece.
Extraordinary job Erik, astonishing visuals and editing! The music really perfectly fits and gives an almost nostalgic feeling from a voyage we'll never see. Thank you for this short journey!
The sound design shines here
Helt och totalt underbart🙂
I hope you received an award for this, because you definitely deserve it! Above and beyond job!!!
I’m glad to be part of the generation that will pave the way for things like these. Hopefully.
Love this so much
beautiful and well thought out
thank you UA-cam for recommending this video.
it is breathtaking.
It is short but impactful of what might be the futur in space for us humans.
Omg! ❤ I can't wait for see in VR! 😮
just found this jewel of imagination, creativity, knowledge of physics and design and been flabbergasted that there was a video i didn't know i missed so hardly in the universe of UA-cam until now!
Fantastic pacing and the overall sense of rhythm is perfect! I bet it's easy for any one of us to imagine being that older person experiencing all of that cosmic wonder.
Beautifully done. Thank you.
I love the background effect at 3:08, imagine watching this in a true IMAX theater. Nice work.
Watched this many times over since yesterday... What a masterpiece!!! 😮😃 Showed it to someone else... Better than in any movie, is interstellar travel displayed in detail here... Really, this is awesomely done Erik...
The opening line says it all. Thank you.
Oh my god. The final scene, the moment the man turns off the light. Literally gave me chills.
You have put to visuals what the greats of sci-fi and futurism have done with word and pen to inspire thousands and millions around the world and across many ages, of a brighter and hopeful future. This, just like them is an awe inspiring vision of the future and the beauty of the cosmos, outstanding job! Outstanding!
Outstanding work, Erik.
That's wonderful 😊 😊😊
How magnificent and fantastically beautiful everything is!
This is among the most beautiful short films I’ve ever seen in my life! Breathtakingly unforgettable soundtrack, hauntingly stunning environment and vistas. Subscribed! And thank you so much for sharing this work of Art 👏.
I loved the depiction of Saturn rotating in the windows. What a beautiful space opera with such majestic music.
This is mesmerizing, perfect 👍🏻 thanks a million for the ride.
Very beautifully conceived & presented both visually & audibly.
Wonderful work!!! So very glad to see you continuing to post such epic centerpieces!
This is amazing. I love this.
Among work, really breathtaking.
The level of detail and the perfect natural light is absolutely incredible. Carl Sagan would've liked it as well, pretty sure.
Just speechless. Beautiful, beautiful work.
Award winning @Erik Wernquist ! thanks for sharing my enthusiasm for the amazing Creation we live in!
this is perfect.
That was great! 😮
we love erik
This is incredible!
another masterpiece from the creator of the future 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You just scratched an itch I've had for years! Thank you!
Hauntingly beautiful…perhaps one day humanity will achieve this…what I wouldn’t give to be there.
Once again its absolutely stunning Erik.
Excellent !
This is beautiful!
Every so often I come back to watch Wanderers, its so inspiring.
Your work is truly amazing.
That scene with the mirrors would've turned my computer to slag. Truly awesome
"All that glass just waiting to break." Carl Urban -Star Trek. That's what I'm thinking. Sure, beautiful, great visualization and fantastic presentment.
Could be transparent aluminum - or bulletproof glass, but at 14000kph I doubt it would much matter.
@@proadmin1 Transparent aluminum is Alon and it too will break (I've worked with it in the recent past). It's strong in certain ways and brittle in others. Glass is both heavy and brittle. No need to stop there. Glass and Alon are hydrogen poor, thus will not block radiation much, which is a real problem. These things can be built. I prefer the O'Neil Cylinder. More space, less glass, more secure. I'm not against glass, but it's not a great material for space, no matter how much we want it.
I love the narration. I thought you had Marina Sirtis from Star Trek doing it for a minute! That voice gave it a very nice nostalgic touch. Way to go everyone involved
Erik, thank you fou the journey. I will definitely be here in my next life.
Thank you for making this, your short films have been a strong motivating force for me. I will doubtlessly replay this one endlessly
Such a beautiful film! Bravo!
5:53 is one of my greatest fears: Although humanity has the ability to travel to other planets, we're still confined by social customs where business suits are still required to look professional...
Loved the bending swimming pool scene. Mind bent with it.
Måste bara säga at jag är väldigt imponerad. Riktigt bra gjort Erik! Precis i min smak för hur en bra Science Fiction ska börja :)
PLEASE MAKE MORE!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Erik, as always. Marvelous Images and implacable execution. (Wanderers still brings me to tears every time i watch it for inspiration, and your version of "Gosh" is something that I have yet found anything comparable to in storytelling) Thank you!
Thanks, Tom scott, for recommending this in the newsletter. This is an amazing video.
I was watching this while taking my breakfast this morning. It changed completely my daily prospective, something that I apply every day but it doesn’t naturally belong to me. It brought me directly to my inner me, the explorer and the discoverer. And it brought an inner peace that changed literally my day.
Thank you for this unexpected trip
Thank you... I find your films incredibly inspirational. They have a poetry to them.
Beautiful - always wonderous work - very inspiring & uplifting!!!
another wonderful video
I love this so much! I'll come back here every now and then to enjoy this piece of art again
Top tier dream destination, i wish i live long enough to see one.
Magnificent Erik. Well done.
That attention to detail makes me think of Kubrick. Erik, we need you to make a full length sci-fi space film!
You inspire us unendingly :) i dont know how many times went back to watch Wanderers both when feeling down and both when im happy. And now you got us even more and further
Quit taking my breath away, so beautiful.
Beautiful! Thank you!
Born too late to be a pioneer, born too early to be an explorer.
idk bro have you seen how fast we're moving with space technology rn unless ur old already theres still a chance keep hope
Wow, you had a beautiful vision with this. And you executed it very well. Nice job
Wow! Science, Fiction and Emotion. 🤩👏👏👏👏
This is stunningly beautiful. I was left feeling sad when it was over, because I'll never get to experience what this is actually like. I envy future generations that will one day get to see our solar system like this.