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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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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