| In Saturn's Rings | |
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| Directed by | Stephen van Vuuren |
| Narrated by | LeVar Burton |
| Music by | Ferry Corsten William Orbit Samuel Barber Siddhartha Barnhoorn Pieter A. Schlosser (opening music) |
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Running time | 42 minutes |
| Country | United States |
In Saturn's Rings is a large format movie about Saturn made exclusively from real photographs taken by spacecraft. Director Stephen van Vuuren used more than 7.5 million photographs and numerous film techniques to create the effect of flying through space around Saturn and among its rings. CGI and 3-D modeling were not used in any capacity to create the realistic feel van Vuuren wanted for the viewer's experience. Most of the photos were taken by various major space missions.
The film was originally expected to be released on December 31, 2014.[1] It was scheduled for release on May 4, 2018, to coincide with Star Wars Day.[2] The 45-minute film will be released in four formats:[3]
- Native unmodified fulldome with true fulldome camera field-of-view.
- Dome-optimized master for digital (8K and 4K resolution) and 15/70.
- Flat-screen, 1.33-ratio, 4K giant screen version digital and 15/70.
- Digital cinema 4K/2K in flat aspect ratio.