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How Apple TV+ Space Series ‘Constellation’ Pulled Off Those Zero Gravity Scenes
Apple TV+'s new sci-fi series 'Constellation' achieved zero gravity series with the help of former NASA astronaut and advisor Scott Kelly.
Some imperfect iPhone video shot by retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly while he was commander of the International Space Station was the primary source of inspiration behind the visual style of the space-set scenes in Apple TV+’s “ Constellation.” As the sci-fi series begins, astronaut Jo, played by Noomi Rapace, survives a disaster at the ISS and returns to Earth to find that things are not the same. Director of photography Markus Förderer (“Red Notice”) relates that after seeing Kelly’s video, the team aimed to “replicate” as close as possible “that feel of a camera operator floating in zero gravity but it being handheld and grounded — and not like it was shot [on] a crane.” This was achieved, he says, by switching filming techniques, as magicians do to sell their illusions, with teamwork from multiple departments, including production design and visual effects.
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