Ambition – Epilogue
After her long, arduous training, our young Apprentice is now a fully fledged Master of cosmic origins, exploring an alien planet rich with water and life. But something familiar crosses her mind. Memories from her training, and Rosetta’s historic journey to catch a comet. She returns to the archives.
Once again, ESA and Fish Ladder / Platige Image blur the lines between science fiction and science fact in this epilogue to their award-winning 2014 short film, Ambition, which portrayed the scientific questions and technical challenges, and above all, the human determination that make exploration of the Universe such a compelling theme.
The epilogue is directed by Maciej Jackiewicz and stars Aisling Franciosi (The Fall, Game of Thrones).
Credits:
A Fish Ladder/Platige Image & European Space Agency Production
Concept/creative strategy: Fish Ladder
Director/edit: Maciej Jackiewicz
Director of photography: Mateusz Skalski
Cast: Aisling Franciosi
Story:
Maciej Jackiewicz
Jan Pomierny
Tobiasz Piątkowski
Creative producer: Jan Pomierny
Producer: Marta Staniszewska
Executive producer: Mark McCaughrean (ESA)
Set production: Beata Pych
First assistant director/set manager: Jakub Kędzierski
First assistant camera: Piotr Twardowski
Focus puller: Seweryn Kukliński
Steadicam operator: Jarosław Wierzbicki
Steadicam assistant: Sławomir Wierzbicki
Camera equipment: MX35
Gaffer: Rafał Okyne
Lighting crew: Heliograf
Lighting equipment: Heliograf
Set decoration:
Rafał Rusin
Costume designer:
Paula Dudziak
Hair & make-up:
Agnieszka Wilk
Set duty:
Daniel & Licho (Yellowóz)
Catering on set/generator/wardrobe:
Robert Piszczatowski
Drivers:
Bogdan Manowski
Andrzej Kornowski
VFX supervisor:
Maciej Jackiewicz
Layout artist:
Dominik Wawrzyniak
VFX artists:
Seweryn Czarnecki
Andrzej Przydatek
Tomasz Przydatek
Waldemar Woźniak
Sylwester Lipiński
Benjamin Mcallister
Music:
Porcelain written & performed by snowbird, from the album moon (Bella Union P&C 2013)
Sound producer:
Sylwia Szczepankiewicz (Juice)
Sound design & mix:
Kuba Pietrzak (Juice)
Digital intermediate:
Piotr Dutkiewicz
Special thanks:
Kampinos National Park, Poland
The Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw, Poland
Mattias Malmer
Simon Raymonde
Grzegorz Nizio
Łukasz Alwast
Pedro Russo
Copyright:
European Space Agency (2016)
"The Fall" brought me here
Watching this in 2019. For those who have not yet seen – Ambition with Aida Gillen – another great video. Both Aida and Aisling Franciosi are amazing actors.