The Secret History of the Moon
Added 2020-04-29 19:51:06 +0000 UTCLINK: https://vimeo.com/413151432/e8f3622f73
Is it just a barren rock in the sky, or something more? Where did it come from? What secrets are written in its rocks? For most of human history, the story of the Moon was cloaked in myth and mystery. Only now are the vivid details coming into focus.
This video takes you back 4.5 billion years to witness the dramatic ways which the moon could have formed, according to the latest mind-blowing theories. By reading the clues written in moon rocks, we are closer than ever to knowing its full story. But the Moon still holds its secrets close. What else is it hiding?
Concept, visual effects, and music by melodysheep, aka John D. Boswell. Featuring the voice of Dr. Sarah T. Stewart, and samples from Moonwalk One and Man and the Moon. Additional visuals by Tim Stupak, Sarah T. Stewart and NASA.
THANK YOU to all my patrons for making this video possible! I hope you enjoy it, and please be sure to leave feedback if you have any. I'm always striving to improve. As you know, my goal is to push the boundaries of non-fiction storytelling and elevate it to the next level. You are all key players in that undertaking and I can’t thank you all enough.
Thanks to: Dr. Sarah T. Stewart, Tim Stupak, NASA, Juan Benet, Rowdy Jansen, Kimi Ushida (EFF: https://www.eff.org/) Eric Malette, Gregory Andrew Paige, Brandon Sanders, and John Maier. Thanks also to Spacefox for their support of this video: Spacefox.shop
Soundtrack coming soon
Comments
Fantastic, thank you, thought provoking :-)
Dave Hunt
2020-08-18 19:15:28 +0000 UTCthe music and visuals are absolutely breathtaking!
Giulia C.
2020-05-28 19:09:29 +0000 UTCIncredible beauty! Thanks, John!
Nikita Temryazansky
2020-05-08 00:38:29 +0000 UTCJust watched it! Awesome work as always John!!!
2020-05-03 15:06:45 +0000 UTCI had no idea these other theories existed! Very cool! And beautiful. Eye, ear, and mind opening!
B.J. Tomiko
2020-05-02 15:07:56 +0000 UTCExcellent work. Amazing to look at and to listen to. The graphical quality consistently gets better too. Thanks for helping encapsulate the extreme wonder of the universe in such an appealing way.
2020-04-30 21:45:12 +0000 UTCI'm always amazed at your content, and this is no exception! I have always been on the theory of collision, and of course, never thought (or even knew) about these other ideas. Your videos are more than exceptional music and amazing visual effects! They help, nay, they encourage us to think!! I will always be a huge fan of yours!
Dan Thomas
2020-04-30 20:28:50 +0000 UTC21k views in the first hour on YouTube. Congratulations, John!
John Maier
2020-04-30 17:56:57 +0000 UTCThanks Anatoly! I totally hear you... At the moment I am focused on more long-form pieces like this, so I don't have any songs planned. But I will probably be inspired sometime in the future to make more. Stay tuned.
John Boswell
2020-04-30 17:08:51 +0000 UTCOh my gosh... Masterpiece
2020-04-30 08:23:52 +0000 UTCAbsolutely wonderful, as always.
2020-04-30 05:41:09 +0000 UTCWhoa...awesome!
2020-04-30 01:15:50 +0000 UTCThis is a great work! Really great! And there's a thing I'd like to say. We, Russians, are quite straight, sorry. You know... I'm missing your science songs. Short and powerful. All of them are in my playlist and sometimes they sound as a new culture for me. The culture when science is like awe-sound came deep from my heart, passionate, emotional. The culture when you don't have to choose between spirit and matter because they are now together in the music. Beyond the Horizon, man. People of Africa. Wave of Light.
Anatoly Balyaev
2020-04-29 21:47:28 +0000 UTCThis is so damn good it makes me angry. I'm only like 2 minutes in and I feel like I witnessed a freaking miracle haha
NightDocs
2020-04-29 21:44:11 +0000 UTCthat was cool and well done!
Ed Thee Goose
2020-04-29 21:35:23 +0000 UTCThanks!
2020-04-29 21:12:52 +0000 UTCSuper weird, it was a video, then it got changed to a picture... not sure what happened. I just added a link a the top.
John Boswell
2020-04-29 21:10:32 +0000 UTCLooks like I can't watch it? I just get a picture, but no video. Do I need a different tier to view this? I pay 5 $ per month.
2020-04-29 21:07:02 +0000 UTCWhoops, thanks John! I'll fix that and re-upload. Yes, I wanted to explore the two moons idea but I have to be selective about what to feature due to limited time and resources. There's so much more to talk about with the moon, and I hope to make a sequel to this at some point down the road. Thanks for the comment.
John Boswell
2020-04-29 20:26:20 +0000 UTC@John - Hate to be that guy, but there is a typo at 8:04: "begininng". Thought you'd want to know. The rest of the video looks amazing - love the 1st person point of view concerning Theia. The sheer amount of particle work in your effects must have meant massive amounts of render time - definitely worth it! I'm curious about your thoughts of two moons being created via Theia and merging (differences in the crust thickness of the moon lend credibility to this theory) as well as tidal sizes as the moon was supposedly at orbit only 14,000 miles at the beginning (opposed to the nearly 280,000 it is now) leading to mile high tides. Great video!
John Maier
2020-04-29 20:16:25 +0000 UTCBeautiful!
2020-04-29 20:12:12 +0000 UTCFinally :)
Chung Tran
2020-04-29 19:53:42 +0000 UTC
