This is a scene of Cooper's home. It gives a slight preview into what the world looks like around him, given the situation of dust storms and blight. Color scheme is dull and muted, to indicate that the world is in its lowest state.
This scene is between Cooper and his daughter when he is about to leave. The colors of the scene are warmer, to create a sad tone and make you sympathize with the situation. This is one of the last times you see Cooper with his daughter.
The spacecraft to which Cooper connects his spaceship to. The darkness in the background of the ship really show the viewer how empty space is, and how much is still unknown.
One of the turning points in the movie. The team lands down on a planet that was thought to be habitable, find previous astronaut Mann to still be alive.
Saturn. The destination of where the wormhole to another galaxy was located.
The pods used so that the astronauts could hibernate and not age while traveling. Intriguing concept in the film, because with this device, they were able to stop from aging as years had passed.
A picture of the black hole that would be used to research information about the gravitational theory.
Tesseracts in the film used to communicate with any point in time. The scene represents Cooper's life back home, with colors that bring comfort after all that has happened.
One of the ending scenes, showing that humanity was able to be saved. The colors are bright and promising, while the tone is hopeful.
Scene where Cooper is strapped in to go towards the black hole. The light reflecting from the black hole create a suspenseful scene inside of the spaceship, unsure of whether the outcome will be good or bad.
Two watches, one for Cooper and one for Murph. Meant to compare time when Cooper comes back to earth. Important towards the end of the movie, because it is how Cooper ends up communicating with Murph through different dimensions.
Interstellar is a popular science fiction film that was directed by one of the most well known film producers of our time, Christopher Nolan. The film is set in a dystopian future where humanity has been nearly wiped out by blights and dust storms, currently struggling to survive. This society relies on the growth of corn, as it is one of the only crops able to survive Earth’s conditions.
The main character, Joseph Cooper, is a former engineer and NASA pilot, who became a farmer after NASA was said to be shut down. Cooper lives his daily life by farming and taking care of his family. One day, his daughter, Murph, begins to notice anomalies in their home, calling the presence a “ghost.” Cooper pays no attention to these signs until he realizes that the anomaly is using gravity to send a message to them. The message sent was coordinate points, which Cooper follows. Upon following the coordinates, he is met with a hidden and very secured facility, which he later discovers to be NASA, run by Professor John Brand, his former supervisor.
Professor Brand explains to cooper that there exists a wormhole near Saturn, containing 3 potential habitable planets. He developed two plans to save humanity, Plan A involving a gravitational theory to create a space habitat, and Plan B to send 5,000 frozen human embryos to colonize a habitable planet. The next step would be to have Cooper as a part of the next space mission, as the anomaly had clearly chosen him and brought him back to NASA for a reason. There was a lot of initial hesitation because of his young kids, but he decided to go on the trip anyway in order to save humanity.
The rest of the film is filled with many intense moments as Cooper and his team travel through space to find the habitable planets. The film kept the viewer on the edge of their seats as they traveled into the unknown with the astronauts. The colors throughout the film depict every emotion possible during the journey, from fear and confusion, to excitement and understanding. The visuals of the film are stunning, creating very realistic scenarios that make the viewer question what they know about modern space travel. The plot was very intriguing, because it focused on a scenario that could affect the earth many years into the future.
The overall tone of the film was very hopeful, in that it made the viewer believe in Cooper and respect him and his decisions throughout his travels. The viewer was on his side the entire time, hoping that he did indeed save humanity at the end. Many questions that the viewer could have had, were answered throughout the film, making more sense as the film went on. The end is still up for interpretation, as it leaves off on a cliff-hanger, having the viewer imagine what happens next.
A man, guided by anomalies and very sophisticated technology, is sent into space in order to find an answer to saving humanity.
Keywords: Hopeful, complex, dystopian, paradoxical, knowledge
Mood Board of anything interstellar related
Oliver: 2 dimensional objects/grids/patterns become more dimensional or warped. Sort of a way to visualize more than 3 dimensions.
Dimensional moodboard, with color schemes
exploration of space
Clock lines fade in from a black screen.
Clock made of white lines fully shown.
Red lines fade in to represent the minute and hour hand. They tick from 8:35 to 8:40.
Clock stops at 8:40 and ticks back and forth, broken. This is to represent the morse code Cooper was sending Murph when he was in the tesseract.
Introductory text. Red clock lines are gone, the clock begins to spin.
Clock fades out of screen while spinning, at this point it also represents the space station (which had 12 separate stations connected) that was spinning while Cooper was trying to connect his space craft.
Title starts off as a few small lines, representative of the lines ive been using throughout the sequence.
The title is fully expanded from the lines, showing the word Interstellar