Director Jake Wegesin and his brand new animation studio Ambient Press just dropped this fabulous in-house short film, a comedic look at details and characters of the historic USA/USSR space race from 1955 to 1969.

Jake Wegesin: “For a long time, we have wanted to create a short film about space. It has actually been almost two years since we first wrote the initial concept.

“What began as a short film about humanity’s changing understanding of the moon over the centuries (with the space race as a small section) eventually landed on being a short only about the space race.

“The technological advancements and bravery shown by both nations during this time is truly something to look back on in wonder. But what we love to do is to take the basic facts, and make them funny. Using the unexpected, the hidden, and the outright bizarre to bring joy to people who can hopefully learn something along the way.

“We had initially planned to do this piece in full color, however, after seeing the first animation pass in the edit with the flat, grey shaders, it clicked that monotone was the way forward – a new style we had not tried before, and a fantastic way to keep the feeling of the period.”
 

 
Production: Ambient Press
Director: Jake Wegesin

Music: Benjamin Widawski
Audio mix and master: Jordan Ruiz
Narrator: Jake Wegesin