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Apogee of Fear
Apogee of Fear is a 2012 science fiction comedy short film, the first narrative fiction film made completely in space. (Contrast Return from Orbit, 1984 film made partially in space.) Filmed by Richard Garriott from a script and production elements he contracted from fantasy novelist Tracy Hickman, the film's principal photography was accomplished during Garriott's time aboard the International Space Station as a spaceflight participant in October 2008.
The film starts with a faux preview for The Magnificent Five Plus One, which promotes the Space Station crew as the stars. Richard Garriott is billed as 'The Gunfight Participant' – a satirical nod to his official status as a 'Spaceflight Participant.'
A series of motion graphics under the credits leads us to a Soyuz spacecraft departing the International Space Station, bearing Garriott, Volkov, and Kononenko back to Earth. Fincke and Chamitoff wave goodbye but express their relief at Garriott's leaving as he was annoying them with his constant talk of computer games. Lonchakov insists that they all go back to work.
One week later, Chamitoff and Fincke are both missing Garriott. Chamitoff can no longer juggle without Garriott, and Fincke knows Garriott was good at settling arguments about which of them was standing upside down. At this point Lonchakov points out that the oxygen use aboard the station is too high. The crew theorizes that interstellar aliens have invaded the station. A search of ridiculous locations on the station ensues, during which the surprising nature of the alien is discovered.
The completed film is just over eight minutes in length. It includes numerous references to classic science-fiction movies, including The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, and Galaxy Quest.
Under contract with Garriott, Hickman quietly began development and pre-production under the cover title of Project Icarus. Once Garriott approved the script, the 'false preview' and 'opening credits' elements of the movie were produced prior to the flight and preloaded onto Garriott's flight camera. The opening credits were laid over graphics created by professional motion graphics artist Curtis Hickman, Tracy Hickman's son. Background video elements for the 'preview' were shot by Hickman at various locations outside St. George, Utah. Green screen elements of Richard's mother Helen Garriott were filmed in her home in Las Vegas.
Project Icarus had some very stringent requirements: The film could not impact the crew's work schedule, could not significantly add to the payload weight and volume restrictions, and had to be a fully executed and complete story. In addition to the video elements, Hickman produced a PowerPoint presentation file containing the shooting directions and cue cards (both in English and Russian) which could be displayed on a laptop aboard the ISS for the crew during filming.
Garriott, as a private space explorer, flew into Earth orbit aboard Soyuz TMA-13 on October 12, 2008, docked on the 14th, and returned on October 24 after 10 days aboard the ISS. He carried with him items under codename Icarus.
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Apogee of Fear
Apogee of Fear is a 2012 science fiction comedy short film, the first narrative fiction film made completely in space. (Contrast Return from Orbit, 1984 film made partially in space.) Filmed by Richard Garriott from a script and production elements he contracted from fantasy novelist Tracy Hickman, the film's principal photography was accomplished during Garriott's time aboard the International Space Station as a spaceflight participant in October 2008.
The film starts with a faux preview for The Magnificent Five Plus One, which promotes the Space Station crew as the stars. Richard Garriott is billed as 'The Gunfight Participant' – a satirical nod to his official status as a 'Spaceflight Participant.'
A series of motion graphics under the credits leads us to a Soyuz spacecraft departing the International Space Station, bearing Garriott, Volkov, and Kononenko back to Earth. Fincke and Chamitoff wave goodbye but express their relief at Garriott's leaving as he was annoying them with his constant talk of computer games. Lonchakov insists that they all go back to work.
One week later, Chamitoff and Fincke are both missing Garriott. Chamitoff can no longer juggle without Garriott, and Fincke knows Garriott was good at settling arguments about which of them was standing upside down. At this point Lonchakov points out that the oxygen use aboard the station is too high. The crew theorizes that interstellar aliens have invaded the station. A search of ridiculous locations on the station ensues, during which the surprising nature of the alien is discovered.
The completed film is just over eight minutes in length. It includes numerous references to classic science-fiction movies, including The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, and Galaxy Quest.
Under contract with Garriott, Hickman quietly began development and pre-production under the cover title of Project Icarus. Once Garriott approved the script, the 'false preview' and 'opening credits' elements of the movie were produced prior to the flight and preloaded onto Garriott's flight camera. The opening credits were laid over graphics created by professional motion graphics artist Curtis Hickman, Tracy Hickman's son. Background video elements for the 'preview' were shot by Hickman at various locations outside St. George, Utah. Green screen elements of Richard's mother Helen Garriott were filmed in her home in Las Vegas.
Project Icarus had some very stringent requirements: The film could not impact the crew's work schedule, could not significantly add to the payload weight and volume restrictions, and had to be a fully executed and complete story. In addition to the video elements, Hickman produced a PowerPoint presentation file containing the shooting directions and cue cards (both in English and Russian) which could be displayed on a laptop aboard the ISS for the crew during filming.
Garriott, as a private space explorer, flew into Earth orbit aboard Soyuz TMA-13 on October 12, 2008, docked on the 14th, and returned on October 24 after 10 days aboard the ISS. He carried with him items under codename Icarus.