Nova
WRITTEN ON A LONG PLANE RIDE FOR CLIENT WORK, NOVA IS A SHORT FILM BORN OUT OF A DESIRE TO TELL STORIES THAT SPEAK TO OUR PERSONAL PASSIONS AND THE IDEA THAT ANYONE CAN SHOOT FOR THE STARS. THIS FILM IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN ONLY TODAY AND SPARK THE SERIES- WITH THE MISSION TO IGNITE IGAGINATION, CONFIDENCE, AND ACTION IN YOUNG WOMEN.
SET IN 1977 AND 1994, NOVA DREAMS OF THE COSMOS AND HAS AN IMPACTFUL ENCOUNTER WITH RENOWNED ASTRONOMER DR. SANDRA FABER.
BELOW: A GLIMPSE OF BEHIND-THE-SCENES ON SET. SHOT ON SUPER8 FILM BECAUSE WELL, ITS THE 1970S!
NOVA WAS WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY A TEAM OF BADASS WOMEN.
SPARK IS A SERIES OF SHORT FILMS ABOUT YOUNG WOMEN ENCOUNTERING GREATNESS IN STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS). IN EACH FILM, THE TRAVEL TO A DIFFERENT TIME AND PLACE TO SEE A REAL WOMAN FROM HISTORY THROUGH THE EYES OF AN EVERYDAY GIRL.
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"Supernova Wave" is a NEW SINGLE FOR THE FILM BY BOOMEO, FEATURING MISS GEIST. PRODUCED BY JEREMY BIRCHER.
THE SONG WAS WRITTEN AS AN ANTHEM FOR NOVA AS IF SHE IS RETROSPECTIVELY CONTEMPLATING HOW FAR SHE’S COME. THE SONG SHIFTS FROM HER DAYDREAM PERSPECTIVE INTO HER OLDER SELF, IN THE SAME WAY THE FILM DOES, ULTIMATELY RECOGNIZING THE TRIUMPH OF HER JOURNEY.
“...what we really learn is that we are the most remarkable and complicated product of cosmic evolution, and our potential is unlimited. ”
ALL SPACE IMAGERY COURTESY OF ESA/HUBBLE.
THe stars are waiting…
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a class of curious astronomers?
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