EXO : Are we alone?

2018 | Canada | Directed by Sebastien Gauthier | Produced by Montreal Space for Life’s Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium

25 min

A fulldome show for planetariums and digital dome theatres.

Humankind has always sought to understand the mysteries of the Universe and speculated about the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Today we know of thousands of exoplanets — planets located outside our
Solar System — that offer valuable information about our own planet, its origins and life on Earth. We’re on the cusp of making some fascinating discoveries. But how will they change our lives?

This “feel good movie” about life is intended to be celebratory, positive and exciting. The Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium team hopes to get audiences interested not only in astronomy research, but also in creating connections between ourselves and the extraterrestrial life that may be out there in the Universe.

CREDITS
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Producer and Director
Sébastien Gauthier

Screenplay and Writing
Sébastien Gauthier
Loïc Quesnel

Narrator
Eliane Préfontaine

Music
Martin Roy
Luc Sicard

Sound Design
Benoît Dame

Art Directors and Lead Graphic Designers
François Guinaudeau
Antonin Gaud

Editing
Marlène Poulin

360° Directors of Photography
Sébastien Gauthier
Maxime Pivin Lapointe

360° Camera – Mont-Royal Dancers, Parc Oméga in Montebello and Big Island, Hawaii
Nicolas Didtsch

360° Camera – Insectarium and Biodôme of Montreal
Bruno Colpron

360° Camera – Green Bank Telescope, West Virginia
Sam Brooks

360° Camera – Dallol, Ethiopia
Olivier Grunewald

3D 360° Special Effects, Graphic Design and Image Composition
Antonin Gaud
François Guinaudeau
Maxime Pivin Lapointe
Pierre-Alexis Tremblay
Patrick Goski

2D 360° Image Composition
Gwendal Creurer
Nicolas Didtsch

Head of 360° Shoot Post-Production Team
Maxime Pivin Lapointe

Post-Production, 360° Multi-Camera Image Assembly, Dome Geometric Corrections, and Rotoscoping
Bruno Colpron
Marc-Antoine Doyon
Élizabeth Potvin-Lemay
Arnaud Mariat
Carl Trudeau
Rémi Boucher

4k x 4k Color Grading
Fabien Dostie

Additional Editing
Arnaud Mariat

Online Editing DomeMaster 4k x 4k
Marlène Poulin

Voice Director for Narration
Nicolas Charbonneaux,
Syllabes

Narration Sound Technician
Marine Viaud,
Syllabes

Distribution Manager
Éléonore Guetny,
Syllabes

Narration Recorded at Syllabes Studios
17.3 Sound Mixing and Music Spatialization
Benoît Dame

Music Mixing
Dominic Despins

Sound Editing Assistant
Jérémie Jones

Foley Artist
Stéphane Cadotte

Foley Recording
Bertrand Duranleau, Studio Fix One Mix

MUSICAL PIECES
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Introduction
Quatuor Esca
Amélie Lamontagne and Edith Fitzgerald (violins)
Sarah Martineau (viola)
Camille Paquette-Roy (cello)
Martin Roy and Luc Sicard (hysterion and guitar)

Terra Cognita
Michel Zenchiku Dubeau (duduk and shakuhachi)
Pascal Racine-Venne (percussion)
Camille Paquette-Roy (cello and baroque cello)
Martin Roy and Luc Sicard (guitars, percussion, double bass, piano, xylophone, glockenspiel, ukulele, and Moog)

Telescope
Michel Zenchiku Dubeau (duduk and shakuhachi)
Camille Paquette-Roy (cello)
Martin Roy and Luc Sicard (guitars, percussion, piano, xylophone, ukulele, bass, and monochord)

Habitable Zone
Michel Zenchiku Dubeau (duduk and shakuhachi)
Camille Paquette-Roy (cello)
Martin Roy and Luc Sicard (guitars, percussion, double bass, piano, xylophone, ukulele, and Moog)

Complexity
Camille Paquette-Roy (cello)
Martin Roy and Luc Sicard (guitars, piano, ukulele)

Listen
Martin Roy and Luc Sicard (guitars, piano, ukulele, bass)

Poulaoute
Michel Zenchiku Dubeau (duduk, shakuhachi)
Camille Paquette-Roy (cello)
Martin Roy and Luc Sicard (guitars, percussion, double bass, piano, xylophone, ukulele, monochord)

Conclusion
Camille Paquette-Roy (cello)
Martin Roy and Luc Sicard (guitars, percussion, Moog, piano, xylophone, ukulele, monochord)

COLLABORATORS ON SHOOTS
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Biodôme de Montréal
Rachel Léger
Yves Paris
Jonathan Alix
Odile Colin
Jean-Philippe Gagnon
Marie-Claude Morin
Salvador Rojas
Chantale Routhier
Richard Savignac
Michel Sirois
Sophie Vadnais

Insectarium de Montréal
Mario Bonneau
Sonya Charest
Paul Harrisson
Maxim Larrivée
Dominic Ouellette

Parc Oméga, Montebello
Serge Lussier
Alain Massie

Green Bank Observatory
Mike Holstine
Jack Lockman
Karen O’Neil
Christine Plumley, Kristine Sharp
Rob Taggart

Mont-Mégantic Observatory (shooting of HD209458 and Vega)
Guillaume Poulin

Gemini North Observatory, Mauna Kea and Hilo, Hawaii
Alexis Acohido
Jesse Ball
André-Nicolas Chené
Pascale Hibon
Peter Michaud
Joy Pollard
Gabriela Randrup
Harlan Uehara

Keck-I Observatory, Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Mari-Ela Chock
Bill Healy

Underwater Shoots, Kapoho, Hawaii
Gary Banks
John Burns
Kelsey Johnson-Sapp
Sachie Ohia
Kailey Pascoe

Hawaiian Botanical Garden
Jeff Boggeln
David Tan

Additional Collaborators
Cassandre Allard
Tom Houguenague
Myriam Latulippe
Karine Laurence
Jonathan Pitre

Photographers
Karine Laurence
Tom Houguenague

Scientific Advisors
Camille Lefebvre
Marie-Eve Naud – Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx)

Philosophical Advisors
François Dion
Sébastien Giguère
Christophe Malaterre

Script Review
Nicolas Cowan
François Dion
Marc Jobin
Camille Lefebvre
Christophe Malaterre
Marie-Eve Naud
Serge Parent
Christian Sardet

Production Managers – Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium
Valérie Cléostrate
Carl-Éric Faubert

Technicians – Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium
Patrick Cournoyer
Mathieu Forcier
Simon Gauthier
Patrick Geoffroy

ADMINISTRATION
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Director of Espace pour la vie
Charles-Mathieu Brunelle

Director of the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium
Pierre Lacombe

Production Coordination
Lou Sauvajon
Loïc Quesnel

Production Assistant
Cassandre Allard

Executive Secretaries
Sophie Gerbeau
Sofia Pinel-Whittom

Administrative Support
Mia Pham-Guilbeault
Yacouba Tapsouké

ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE
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Plankton and Cell Division
Christian Sardet
Noé Sardet
Sharif Mirshak
In collaboration with CNRS, the Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Tara Expeditions Foundation

Belugas and Caribou
"Horizon"
Courtesy of Sesqui Inc.

Butterflies and Caterpillar
Hannes Vartiainen
Pekka Veikkolainen
Nordic Fulldome Production

Osprey Bird
Mark O’Connell

HR8799 System Sequence
Jason Wang
Christian Marois

Image of Earth – “The Blue Marble,” December 7, 1972
NASA, Apollo 17 Crew

Hydrothermal Vents
Ocean Exploration Trust and Ocean Networks Canada,
MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Mars and Deimos
Courtesy of Space for Life, Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium,
“One Day on Mars”

Stellar Journey
Courtesy of Space for Life, Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, “Tempo”

Archival Images for CGI

Composition
Geocentric Star Mapping
NASA, NASA SVS, ESO, Globaïa, Rémi Boucher, Maxime Pivin Lapointe, Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium

Earth from Space, Great Slave Lake
NASA, NOAA, GOES-16, Globaïa, Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium

Jupiter, Io, Europa, Saturn, and Enceladus
NASA, JPL, Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium

Exoplanets Kepler-22b and Kepler-186f
Robert Stein III
Duael Designs

EXTRAS
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Mount Royal Park, Montreal
Miguel-Angelo and Jessica
Nathan
Myriam
Dehouck
Cathy Baptista and Victoria
Pedro Pasilva and Alexandre
Sarah Weinkam
Ivy Weinkam
Guilherme Bicalho de Padua
Juan Gonsalez
Milton Reeves
Becky Alicia MacIsaac
Eric Harvey
Chantal Rice
Michel White
Tessa Jillson
Dominic Girard
Christopher Williams
Greta Polo
Cyla Bagolan
Eugénie Leclercq
Agniel Prune
Luc Laflamme
Charles Elmond
Francisco Alas
Anna To
Roussel Lamothe
Sarah Demers
Anne Bilancini
Réal Giroux
Jean-Marc Ouellette
Antonio Pérez
Joe Rebboh
Chantale Godard
Stéphane Bell
Jeannot Roy
Richard Perrault
Pierre Pouliot
Catherine Bilodeau
Teymour Toutounji
Chantal Leblanc
Anderson Dufresne
Parnet Chohan
Ayala Bitton
Frandy Chauvet
James Bougill
Rodolphe Yassa
Stephane Lique
Alain Hould
Jean-Garry Laurentin
Rodobaldo Rodriguez Del Risza
Jacinthe Ninole
Maujel Lépine and Mystra
Aby
Noam
Steves Bourbonnais
Nathan Perreault
Maxime Desaulniers
Samy Desaulniers
Théo Desaulniers
Rémi Desaulniers
Jean Boissonneault
Hameed Khan
Isak Kasuto
Thunder Wolf De Messayer
Andre Tessier
Caroline Huard
Mathis
Maélie
Yan Garnier
Atland Monconduit
Albert Gueco
Armie-Kaitlyn Gueco
Sean Arlo Gueco
Chunli Men
Shilei Du
Anne Boire
William Grigat
Mohread
Sarah Jermigan
Alizé Thiercelin
Dong Mei Maria and family
Jonathan Fontaine
Stephanie Bergevin
Anabelle Vanier
Cristian Matei

Gemini North Observatory, Mauna Kea and Hilo, Hawaii, USA
Alexis Acohido
Jesse Ball
André-Nicolas Chené
Nicolas Didtsch
Sébastien Gauthier
Pascale Hibon
Peter Michaud

Keck-I Observatory, Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA
Nicolas Didtsch
Sébastien Gauthier
Bill Healy

Green Bank Radio Telescope, West Virginia, USA
Amber Bonsall
Dennis Egan
David Frayer
Natalia Lewetowska
Ronald Maddalena
Donna Stricklin
Galen Watts

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Participants in brainstorming and ideation sessions
Simon A. Bélanger, science communicator, PRTA
Geneviève Beaunoyer, science communicator, PRTA
Nicolas Cowan, astrobiologist, McGill University
Benoît Dame, sound designer, Exsono
François Dion, philosopher of science, Cégep Garneau
Dumas, musician, singer-songwriter
Francis Gélinas, director, motion designer, Couleur TV
Sébastien Giguère, philosopher of science, ASTROLab du Mont-Mégantic
François Guinaudeau, visual artist and motion designer
Karine Jalbert, communications officer, Espace pour la vie
Pierre Lacombe, astronomer and director, PRTA
Robert Lamontagne, astrophysicist, Université de Montréal
Myriam Latulippe, science communicator, PRTA
Camille Lefebvre, biology teacher
Christophe Malaterre, philosopher of science, Université UQAM
Arnaud Mariat, editor, visual artist and motion designer
Gwenn Moullec, science communicator, PRTA
Marie-Eve Naud, astrophysicist, Université de Montréal
Félix Pharand-Deschênes, anthropologist and visual artist, Globaïa
Maxime Pivin Lapointe, science communicator, PRTA
Martin Roy, musician and composer
Oana Suteu, director
Claire Vasseur, biologist, Biodôme de Montréal
Lyle Whyte, astrobiologist, McGill University

Gary Baks and Sachie Ohia
Philippe Baylaucq
Nathaël Bergeron and Hélène Philibert, Mont-Mégantic National Park
Luc Bourdon
Émilie Cadieux
Mathieu Cloutier, AGS Assurance
Ricardo Correa, Arecibo Radio Telescope
Jean-François Demers
Sophie Desrosiers, Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium
Linda Dubuc and Lucie Trottier, Globalex/Frontrow Insurance
Jason Fletcher
Charles Hayden Planetarium
André Grandchamp, Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium
Patrick Hart
Marc Jobin,
Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium
Martin Laflamme, Global Affairs Canada
Zoé Lamothe
Lison Malo, Université de Montréal
Jean Mayrand and Kjell Kolstad, Vantrix
Yves Paris
Isabelle Pruneau-Brunet
Zhang Qingquan, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Aileen Ren, Espace pour la vie
Gabrielle Smilga-Palardy
Jonathan St-Antoine, Université de Montréal
Liu Zengye, Diplomatic Officer, Canadian Embassy in China
Café Central, Ville-Émard
Café Atomique, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Validation of artistic representations of stars and exoplanets

Émilie Parent
Ziggy Pleunis
Pragya Chawla
Alex Josephy
Chitrang Patel,
McGill University
Paul Charbonneau, Université de Montréal
Jonathan Gagné, Carnegie Institution for Science
Lison Malo
Loïc Albert
Étienne Artigau, iREx, Université de Montréal

Filming permits and authorizations

Josée Rochefort,
Montreal Film and Television Office
Dawn Pamarang,
Office of Mauna Kea Management
Gwen Biggert,
Mauna Kea Observatories Support Services
Tommy Waltjen,
Ranger,
Mauna Kea
Aulani Freitas,
State of Hawaii Film Office

Equipment Rental

Andreas Mendritzki, CineGround
Ryan Jackson, Full Circle Visuals
Alexandre Gagné, Lozeau
Stéphane Bédard, Nikon Canada
Georges Aubin
Félix Morin
Sébastien Pedraglio, Royal Photo

SPECIAL THANKS
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To the researchers of the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx),
the Mont-Mégantic Observatory (OMM), and the
Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ)

Distribution
Hubblo

A production of the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, Espace pour la vie © 2017

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