Opening Sequence - THE HIGH FRONTIER

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  • Опубліковано 8 сер 2021
  • I had the great pleasure of being asked to create the opening sequence for the documentary feature “THE HIGH FRONTIER - The Untold Story of Gerard K. O’Neill”.
    And I’d never pass on the opportunity of visualizing space elevators, lunar cities, mass driver launch systems - not to mention a full Island Three O’Neill Colony.
    Find out more about the movie here: www.thehighfrontiermovie.com
    CREDITS:
    Opening Sequence by: Erik Wernquist
    Movie credits:
    Director/Editor: Ryan Stuit
    Executive Producer: Dylan Taylor
    Producer: Kyle Schember
    Producer/Writer: Will Henry
    Theme Music by: Shook
    In Association with Subtractive Inc.
    © The High Frontier Movie LLC
    www.erikwernquist.com
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  • @Mongler37
    @Mongler37 2 роки тому +92

    "It is the year 0079 of the Universal Century. A half-century has passed since Earth began moving its burgeoning population into gigantic orbiting space colonies. A new home for mankind, where people are born and raised... and die."

    • @domsquad4209
      @domsquad4209 Рік тому +9

      God, being a UC fan really makes this shit chill you on a whole different level. Especially if you've seen the colony drop bits from Narrative (say what you will about Narrative but it has possibly the most haunting depictions of the colony drop in thr franchise).

    • @Warsie
      @Warsie 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@domsquad4209narrative or the origin?

    • @domsquad4209
      @domsquad4209 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Warsie narrative though Origin is pretty intense too

    • @berandom2000
      @berandom2000 4 місяці тому +1

      “9 months ago, the cluster of colonies furthest from the Earth, called Side 3, proclaimed itself the Principality of Zeon and launched a war of independence against the Earth Federation. Initial fighting lasted over one month and saw both sides lose half their respective populations. People were horrified by the indescribable atrocities that had been committed in the name of independence. Eight months had passed since the rebellion began. They were at a stalemate.”

    • @LeortisBooks
      @LeortisBooks 2 місяці тому

      What is this from?

  • @liamholmes8487
    @liamholmes8487 2 роки тому +26

    Seeing the other O'Neill Cylinder through the windows of the first is just... *Chef's kiss*

  • @Laerei
    @Laerei 2 роки тому +113

    Excellent! My favorite video on whole UA-cam is your "Wanderers". After years of near silence, I wondered if you'd ever grace us with anything similar again. And here we are. You have stoked my wanderlust once more.

    • @DreadEnder
      @DreadEnder Рік тому

      Have you heard of melodysheep? They are just as good in their documentatary esc videos!

    • @ebonaparte3853
      @ebonaparte3853 11 місяців тому

      @@DreadEnderThey’re like movies. I feel like I’m in a movie theater when I watch those videos.

  • @shookmusic
    @shookmusic 5 місяців тому +21

    ❤ Huge honor to have my music in this incredible film. ❤

  • @Capt.Marco-Hawk-L.L.A.P
    @Capt.Marco-Hawk-L.L.A.P 2 роки тому +24

    I dream of waking up on a O'Neill Cylinder, Physicist Gerard K O'Neill had some great visions

  • @jasonp.1195
    @jasonp.1195 2 роки тому +45

    Those glorious O'Neill Colonies, and the original 1970's visualizations that brought them to life for me as a child, were a major component of what I hoped the future would include in the then mythical 21st century. I cannot recall having seen a more compelling version of those stations than the original artwork - until now. That was beautiful work.

    • @domsquad4209
      @domsquad4209 6 місяців тому

      And if you're a Gundam fan, O'Neill colonies are a lot more ominous

  • @dmanagable
    @dmanagable 2 роки тому +23

    Absolutely fantastic. This is like an issue of Omni Magazine from the early 80s brought to glorious life

  • @KevinThurman
    @KevinThurman 2 роки тому +15

    Holy cow! I wish I had an hour-loop video of this amazing visual! I feel like I was taken back to Epcot and Tomorrowland back when Disney cared about inspiring the future.

  • @UNSCPILOT
    @UNSCPILOT 2 роки тому +10

    I've probably watched this over a hundred times in a single day, mesmerized, an achiveable goal that most sci-fi entirely misses, yet is more possible and awe inspiring than can possibly be put to words.
    This is a future worth building, this is a Future worth protecting, something our ancestors could never have imagined, I hope to live long enough to see it become normal
    Let's reach for that *High Frontier*

  • @hbt5427
    @hbt5427 2 роки тому +14

    ANOTHER great Job from Erik Wernquist!
    It's so good that you brought new material here to youtube.
    I watched "Wanderers" so many times .... it's a masterpiece ...
    Thank You!

  • @ViperEye
    @ViperEye 2 роки тому +7

    Seeing this and Wanderers, i would *love* a hard sci-fi tv series about humanity's expansion into deep space, all of the the solar system and beyond. About the hardships, wonders and adventures of colonization. The establishment of new civilizations. In short, about a future that might be.
    Beautiful work. Inspiring and hopeful.

    • @THX__1138
      @THX__1138 2 роки тому +1

      He should be working on The ne show based on the book « Foundation », made by Apple

    • @wurstobiergamer5671
      @wurstobiergamer5671 2 роки тому +1

      I think you want to check out Isaac A Arthur (SFIA) here on youtube...

  • @Mike-tq9cg
    @Mike-tq9cg 2 роки тому +4

    Please keep making these. Wanderers was amazing, I need more.

  • @murtazaabbas01
    @murtazaabbas01 2 роки тому +5

    Your video is really beautiful… thank you!

  • @Shieldsindustries
    @Shieldsindustries 2 роки тому +6

    Just amazing! What an excellent way of inspiring future generations of space exploration!

    • @kq1564
      @kq1564 2 роки тому

      It really inspires me! I'm 16!

  • @JohnnyNiteTrain
    @JohnnyNiteTrain Рік тому +2

    O’Neill & Freeman Dyson were visionaries!!! Great video btw

  • @Femboi_Stilly
    @Femboi_Stilly 5 місяців тому +1

    This is the most beautiful animation I've ever seen in my entire life. Truly amazing and awe-inspiring work!

  • @rebeccamccarthy351
    @rebeccamccarthy351 2 роки тому +2

    I saw the documentary this weekend at Sci-fi London. This looked incredible on the big screen and really set the mood.

  • @JohnVance
    @JohnVance 4 місяці тому

    Some of the most realistic O'Neill cylinders I've ever seen! And you've even got them in a pair like they're supposed to be!

  • @arnaldoleon1
    @arnaldoleon1 Рік тому

    Just watched this documentary last night. Absolutely loved it. First saw an O'Neill cylinder when I was 10 and it blew my mind

  • @unbreakableldorado7723
    @unbreakableldorado7723 2 роки тому +3

    Omg this is insane! Keep up the amazing work!

  • @AgzamovAkhror
    @AgzamovAkhror 2 роки тому +5

    Wow, that’s amazing 😃

  • @theCadman_
    @theCadman_ 2 роки тому +2

    Brava! Brava! Thank your for your work! I can't wait to see what this next adventure is all about!

  • @annu__music
    @annu__music Рік тому +1

    I'm so pleasantly surprised to find that you worked with my dear friends on this! I knew a genius was behind those animations!!

  • @brianvassallomusic
    @brianvassallomusic 2 роки тому +2

    Beautiful. We have reached 2022, and instead of living on a planet where hunger and war have been eliminated. And where we might have already colonized a new world, instead, we are still stuck.

    • @rowshambow
      @rowshambow 2 роки тому

      The key to fix earth and conquer space is advancing vertical farming and hydroponics. Producing more with less energy.
      That alone will help both

    • @domsquad4209
      @domsquad4209 Рік тому

      Watch Gundam. Even with colonies, human greed and corruption will still be a problem (including potential use of colonies for war crimes)

    • @rowshambow
      @rowshambow Рік тому

      @@domsquad4209 if the colonies are right beside earth yes. But you could place them anywhere in the solar system that has sufficient light and metal rich asteroids.

  • @zobop
    @zobop 2 роки тому +2

    AMAZING!!!

  • @Dr4ko555
    @Dr4ko555 2 роки тому +1

    Maaaan this is stunning you kill it !

  • @maxidejf
    @maxidejf 2 роки тому +1

    Beautiful!

  • @patrickcummins79
    @patrickcummins79 3 місяці тому

    This is beautiful

  • @raf.visuals
    @raf.visuals Рік тому +1

    This is sooo cool! Great work! I love it!

  • @jimrohrich2625
    @jimrohrich2625 2 роки тому +1

    Glorious!

  • @atomicdesignshop
    @atomicdesignshop Рік тому +1

    Beautiful images!

  • @smilingwolf1980
    @smilingwolf1980 2 роки тому +2

    Your work is amazing.

  • @HiNickCares
    @HiNickCares Рік тому

    That was amazing.

  • @astronautmarinenoah4576
    @astronautmarinenoah4576 2 роки тому

    Wonderful

  • @jwilde642
    @jwilde642 11 місяців тому

    I adore this, and yet as I have read "The High Frontier" two decades ago, I seethe with anger that we could have already had this and have instead chosen to piss it away.

  • @hamzaebrahim5121
    @hamzaebrahim5121 4 місяці тому

    That's wonderful 😊 😊😊

  • @vonbraunwerner9067
    @vonbraunwerner9067 9 місяців тому

    BREATHTAKING !!!

  • @missCepheid
    @missCepheid Рік тому

    superb soundz!

  • @henningricke
    @henningricke Рік тому

    Hell yea!

  • @olegzv
    @olegzv 2 роки тому +1

    mesmerizing ◉_◉

  • @rommdan2716
    @rommdan2716 2 роки тому +1

    This is more exciting and possible than colonizong mars

  • @raulzamoravargas336
    @raulzamoravargas336 2 роки тому

    AMEN 🙏

  • @milkibearmilkibear
    @milkibearmilkibear 2 роки тому

    You are a god my friend!!!

  • @byronbevensee5723
    @byronbevensee5723 2 роки тому +5

    Rendezvous with Rama

  • @frogfinance4605
    @frogfinance4605 Рік тому +1

    It better talk about gundam

  • @nilestratocracy6509
    @nilestratocracy6509 2 роки тому +2

    based

  • @HiNickCares
    @HiNickCares Рік тому

    When is the full video coming out?

  • @Duncan_1971
    @Duncan_1971 7 місяців тому

    When we start mining asteroids on mass we'll have an abundance of relatively cheap exotic materials to help us realize this dream. Something of that scale could be constructed by self replicating robots and be designed and managed by A.I.

  • @matejdudic4524
    @matejdudic4524 5 місяців тому

    Imagine Larry Niven ring world animation....PLEASE!!!

  • @lucasgrey9794
    @lucasgrey9794 2 роки тому +1

    This is the only way to colonize space right now. Colonizing Mars beyond a few research stations is ridiculous.

  • @sanguiniusonvacation1803
    @sanguiniusonvacation1803 4 місяці тому

    Its all fun and games until someone chucks one at Earth

  • @primusvsunicron1
    @primusvsunicron1 Рік тому +3

    Japanese Dub when?

  • @snower13
    @snower13 2 роки тому +1

    I wonder how the stations would stay apart from each other.

    • @SeedFactoryProject
      @SeedFactoryProject 2 роки тому +2

      Struts.

    • @islandpalm148
      @islandpalm148 2 роки тому +1

      Different governments.

    • @sadiqahmed4143
      @sadiqahmed4143 Рік тому

      There is enough space for The stations to Be thousands of Kms away from eachother

    • @islandpalm148
      @islandpalm148 Рік тому

      The pair is tethered together at the ends and counter-rotated to prevent a gravitational wobble that would lead to an incorrect orientation to the sun. Pairs are better than singles for stability.

  • @uesleimenezes9489
    @uesleimenezes9489 Місяць тому

    3Dezão foda tio!

  • @kamaradekaroma4598
    @kamaradekaroma4598 Рік тому +1

    sieg zeon!

  • @theoldsport1062
    @theoldsport1062 2 роки тому

    You've come a long way from the Annoying Thing

  • @zahirayub9778
    @zahirayub9778 Рік тому +1

    Gundam

  • @user-oc3js5yx3w
    @user-oc3js5yx3w 4 місяці тому

    ジークジオン

  • @jasi811
    @jasi811 6 місяців тому

    Do you remember crazy frog sir??

  • @PiDsPagePrototypes
    @PiDsPagePrototypes 5 місяців тому

    1:41 - And here's one of the problems with artists not knowing enough about what they're rendering,... An effing AIRPORT inside the cylinder?? Ask a pilot how they'd land there, the answer will be 'by crashing'.
    This happens thanks to the use of off-the-shelf assets instead of creating the maps in house.

  • @Mr._Magee
    @Mr._Magee 2 роки тому +1

    How long does it take to create this 2 minute wonder?

  • @rowshambow
    @rowshambow 2 роки тому

    Is this documentary out?

    • @islandpalm148
      @islandpalm148 Рік тому +1

      Yes. I have the DVD.

    • @rowshambow
      @rowshambow Рік тому

      @@islandpalm148 is it just on dvd?

    • @islandpalm148
      @islandpalm148 Рік тому +1

      @@rowshambow I don't know. It ought to be free here on UA-cam by now., if they really want to get the word out. I'm just saying.

    • @rowshambow
      @rowshambow Рік тому

      @@islandpalm148 yes i agree

  • @g0rgeos
    @g0rgeos 11 місяців тому +1

    Sieg zeon!!

  • @tk-zh3dd
    @tk-zh3dd 2 роки тому +2

    I imagine Elon Musk must watch your videos every day

    • @lucasgrey9794
      @lucasgrey9794 2 роки тому

      Probably not. Musk wants to hide on Mars while the Earth burns in Nuclear war

    • @lucasgrey9794
      @lucasgrey9794 2 роки тому

      @@islandpalm148 Musk is a FRAUD. By the time the Sun kills Earth their should be humans all the way in Alpha Centurai and in O'Neill Cylinders all over the galaxy and other star systems.

    • @lucasgrey9794
      @lucasgrey9794 2 роки тому

      @@islandpalm148 Starship is a SCAM that will NEVER materialize as anything real. It will highly likely morph into a Shuttle.

    • @thenumbfeeling
      @thenumbfeeling 2 роки тому +1

      @@lucasgrey9794 why do you say so? could you please send me some sources on musk about these thoughts of yours? im just curious because im also a 3D artist and i thought to make a shortfilm like this on musk's speeches

    • @islandpalm148
      @islandpalm148 Рік тому +1

      I don't think Musk has ever mentioned O'Neill. He doesn't seem to be working the O'Neill plan. Others could work it, though, using starships and the cis-lunar infrastructure that O'Neill largely conceived and that's now being seriously considered for Artemis and related ventures.

  • @ebonaparte3853
    @ebonaparte3853 11 місяців тому

    The new frontier isn’t friendly, as frontiers are not supposed to be friendly. However, the new frontier is bountiful and it is waiting.

  • @garyobrian3597
    @garyobrian3597 6 місяців тому

    If humans want to build these structures they'll have to start to look at the astroid belt the resource's are bountiful bring back giant rocks of metal into earths orbit then build a fabrication unit on said metal rock and start building these o neill colonies

  • @idranardone4500
    @idranardone4500 5 місяців тому

    Those ships look a lot familiar to Savages tho?

  • @ebonaparte3853
    @ebonaparte3853 11 місяців тому

    The Moon will play a crucial role in building these space colonies.

  • @justinmorgan2126
    @justinmorgan2126 6 місяців тому

    So many failure points...Possible to build, impossible to maintain.