The Copernican System

The Copernican System was my entry (and the winner) in the secondary schools' category of the 2008 Eureka Prizes Sleek Geeks filmmaking competition. I made it in about a month during the Term 1 school holidays in 2008. This is my first proper brickfilm since the good ol' LEGO Studios days (shudder), and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. I know that the narration is a bit fast and all, but I had a lot of info to communicate in a short space of time, and I trimmed the narration down as much as I could.
The movie was filmed at 15fps with StopMotionPro 4, and the computer-generated clips and special effects were done using After Effects CS3. Thanks to those who helped with the process of making and submitting the film, namely Mr Peter Cogo, the Callant family and the Vasic family! (And of course my family.)

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• LEGO
• brickfilm
• Copernican
• System
• Brahe
• Kepler
• Copernicus
• Newton
• solar
• system
• Eureka
• Prizes
• Sleek
• Geeks

[ScreamingTantrum]

D8 You put six planets, not eight! There are eight planets!

[Whittleberry]

@ScreamingTantrum

I know, I did this for two reasons:

a) Galileo never knew about any planets beyond Saturn. Neptune and Uranus were discovered well after the events depicted take place

b) More planets wouldn't fit on my diagram

[OKcomp]

Thanks for the vid, using it to teach my Earth Science class!

[Whittleberry]

I'm pleased to hear that you and your Earth Science students are finding my film useful!

[PawelKolasa]

Mathematicians easily understand the pivot point principle, that in system like universe, it's impossible to "prove" by calculations that Earth goes around anything.

Such prove would have to be in PHYSICAL LAWS.

The Earth is not rotating because, it doesn't produce Centrifugal force on equator.

You would weigh less on equator and shipments of thousands of tons of commodities would have to be ADJUSTED for weight in different ports around the globe, but they are NOT. you believe medieval myth.

[Whittleberry]

@PawelKolasa

I don't get it, are you saying the Earth doesn't rotate? We all know it does, that's how we have days.

[marvelousmilla]

1;12

[Cutiesaurs]

You really did your history

[DarkSagaran]

epic

[Dodnet3]

the catholic church; Jedi knights

[faicra59]

This was very well done. I'm going to use it to review with my Earth Science classes.

[MelinGrata]

i love legos.

[ScreamingTantrum]

@Whittleberry Ah. I kinda figured out the last one. Sorry about that!