Rendezvous with Rama short film

A short student film inspired by the Arthur C. Clarke novel. Directed and animated by Aaron Ross, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU in 2001.

NOTE: If you want to comment about the use of sound in space, please read this first:
http://warp.povusers.org/grrr/AboutSo...

Yes, there is no gravity at the center of Rama. They are wearing magnetic boots. Inserting some magnetic boots exposition would just have been awkward, and the idea of walking on the walls was just too cool. Sorry.

HIGH QUALITY VERSION:
http://www.vimeo.com/1989082

BEHIND THE SCENES:
http://vimeo.com/2042295

• Category

  Film & Animation

[IsleBeeBach]

I still don't understand that idiots are prepared to invest $600m in bloody useless Spider-man movies (or Avatar for that matter) whereas they could make a fantastic mind-blowing series of the four RAMA books, which in my humble opinion is still the best S.F. series ever written. Great short movie - I loved it!

[quietjedi1010101]

That was awesome!! Beautifully made, If you made this as a feature film, I'd pay to see it.

[strokesfan1107]

damn, I'm only on Rama II

[Lucas Freitas]

Sim cara, espero há tempos a notícia de que algum diretor finalmente estufou o peito e disse que aceita esse peso, mas atualmente tá foda.

[Mario Juvenal]

Oh yeah, two wifes.

[SirBunker]

This is quite magnificent :P

[Dauton Magnus]

as I thought Rama would appear :B

[Theodore Pike]

Nicely done.

[IsleBeeBach]

And it only gets better in volumes 3 and 4 :)

[inerrancia]

Excellent, visionary & a bit "kubrickist" ;) Congratulations Aaron, it's superb.

[FilmForceStudio]

THERE ARE FOUR OF THEM? HOLY CRAP I'VE BEEN MISSING OUT

[strokesfan1107]

Music was pretty bad, and I always imagined Commander Norton as being quite a bit more like Harrison Ford