EVOLUTION

The forces of nature combine, and simple lifeforms evolve into all the diversity of living things.
Series: PHENOMENA, Episode 9: EVOLUTION, Runtime: 04:57
Synopsis:
Lifeforms are the most complex form of matter known. Beginning in the microscopic, a single celled life form grows and changes, using energy to replicate, grow, and explore its environment. Stepping up the evolutionary tree, an egg grows into a tadpole, then undergoes metamorphosis, transforming into a frog. The same forces driving the evolution of the single celled organism also drive the tadpole, revealing how lifeforms work in both simple and complex forms. This film hints at the interconnections of all phenomena explored throughout the series, and frames life as a rare and spectacular manifestation of the universe working in harmony with all natural forces.
Filmed with the assistance of Museums Victoria, and Zoos Victoria.
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Credits:
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY JOSEF GATTI
PRODUCER / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ROB INNES
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MICHAEL LYNCH
MUSIC BY KIM MOYES
NARRATED BY FREYA STAFFORD
CINEMATOGRAPHY (SETUP SCENES) ALICE STEPHENS
CO-PRODUCER JOSEPH NIZETI
SCIENCE CONSULTANT DR. NIRAJ LAL, AIP, IEEE, ASC
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER INES GUARDA
SOUND POST-PRODUCTION PAUL BAXTER AT BAXTER SOUND
ART COORDINATOR LOREN BELL
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT JASON GAEKWAD & MARK GATTI
SEM MICROSCOPIST ALAN PICKHAVER
VISUAL ARTIST EMME ORBACH
COSTUME DESIGNER PARIS CULBERTSON
PHANTOM / MOTION CONTROL OPERATOR TOM DAVID
DRONE OPERATOR DALE COCHRANE
GAFFER (SETUP SCENES) HANNAH PALMER
BASED ON THE SHORT FILMS WAVES, RESONANCE, & LICHTENBERG
CREATED BY JOSEF GATTI, WITH MUSIC BY JOHN-PAUL JAMES, AND CO-PRODUCED BY ALEX TSIAOUSSIDIS
SPECIAL THANKS TO MARK GATTI, MIRANDA CULLEY, BRIDGET HANNAH, MARILEN TABACCO, FRANCESCA LEONARD, DYLAN JONES, ROBERT MOND, MARK & SANDRA MAYER, MATTHEW TAYLOR, DANIEL OLDFIELD, EDWIN MAYES, & THE RMMF
ABC EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LEO FABER
SCREEN AUSTRALIA INVESTMENT MANAGER ANDREW ARBUTHNOT
FILM VICTORIA PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE ANDREW WISEMAN
LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY MEDIA ARTS LAWYERS
FILMED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF RMIT UNIVERSITY, MELBOURNE, MUSEUMS VICTORIA, AND ZOOS VICTORIA
EARTH IMAGERY COURTESY OF NASA
ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE LICENCED FROM GETTY IMAGES & DUSTIN FARRELL VISUAL CONCEPTS
SUN IMAGERY COURTESY OF NASA/SDO AND THE AIA, EVE, AND HMI SCIENCE TEAMS
GALAXY IMAGERY COURTESY OF ESA/HUBBLE
SATURN & ENCELADUS IMAGERY COURTESY OF NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SSI
FIRST IMAGE OF A BLACK HOLE COURTESY OF EHT COLLABORATION
“Phenomena Original Score”
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