How Scientists Captured the First Image of a Black Hole
A scientific documentary-style film produced for the European Research Council, documenting the Blackholecam project, an ERC Synergy Grant bringing together astrophysicists from Radboud University, Goethe University Frankfurt, and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy. The film talks about their contribution to using a radio telescope to image the event horizon of a supermassive black hole.
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Visual identity
On-set filming
Motion graphics and postproduction
Single institutional science film
Date
2018
Client
European Research Council (ERC)
Category
Institutional / Science Communication Film
A moment decades in the making, told in just a few minutes. In this film, scientist interviews and cinematic visualisations of telescopes and experiments, bring to life the scientific mission that allowed us to photograph what no light can escape.
