Project Rhapsody is Symphony Space’s orbital media studio, a place where brands, artists, and cultural institutions can create work shaped by the light and motion of orbit. To launch it, I wrote, animated, and edited a 3D sizzle in Blender and Adobe Premiere.

The Concept

The sizzle tours a working studio aboard Adagio, Symphony Space’s modular space station. One product after another floats into frame: a premium sneaker, a handbag, a perfume bottle, a can of soda. Robot arms and camera drones stage, light, and film each one in zero-G, while Earthshine refracts through glass and condensation.

Building Project Rhapsody’s Studio

I modeled and animated the station interior, robot arms, camera drones, and custom mechanisms in Blender, including a rig that lifts a soda can’s tab on cue. Keyframed lighting cues bring the studio to life one shot at a time.

The Finale

The soda’s zero-G spray vents through a ceiling aperture into space and freezes into a cloud of crystals. The camera drifts with them to a tiny astronaut standing on a soccer ball, then pulls back to reveal the full Adagio station with the production in progress.

Edit & Music

I cut the piece in Adobe Premiere to “Botanical Curiosity” by Tiny Music, an uplifting, cinematic track whose sense of discovery suits a studio no one has worked in yet. With no sound effects, the music carries the whole piece, so I paced each reveal to it.

Learn more at symphony-space.com. See the press release at PR Newswire.