Designing the New Cosmos | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

and now an exclusive deeper dive into

and now an exclusive deeper dive into cosmos the original cosmos had some

cosmos the original cosmos had some

cosmos the original cosmos had some interesting visual elements and they’re

interesting visual elements and they’re

interesting visual elements and they’re all introduced in an attempt to help the

all introduced in an attempt to help the

all introduced in an attempt to help the story get told there was the ship of the

story get told there was the ship of the

story get told there was the ship of the imagination in the original an early

imagination in the original an early

imagination in the original an early attempt to provide a literal and a

attempt to provide a literal and a

attempt to provide a literal and a figurative

figurative

figurative vehicle to tell the story of where

vehicle to tell the story of where

vehicle to tell the story of where you’re going in space and in time wasn’t

you’re going in space and in time wasn’t

you’re going in space and in time wasn’t until Seth MacFarlane and put his foot

until Seth MacFarlane and put his foot

until Seth MacFarlane and put his foot down and insisted that we have the ship

down and insisted that we have the ship

down and insisted that we have the ship at the imagination as a constant

at the imagination as a constant

at the imagination as a constant presence in the series that the new

presence in the series that the new

presence in the series that the new cosmos really began to take shape it was

cosmos really began to take shape it was

cosmos really began to take shape it was something that stuck in my mind so

something that stuck in my mind so

something that stuck in my mind so clearly Sagan in that room looking out

clearly Sagan in that room looking out

clearly Sagan in that room looking out at the cosmos and it seemed like a

at the cosmos and it seemed like a

at the cosmos and it seemed like a device that would be fun to have

device that would be fun to have

device that would be fun to have throughout the series and it’s sort of a

throughout the series and it’s sort of a

throughout the series and it’s sort of a home base for neil ryan church is the

home base for neil ryan church is the

home base for neil ryan church is the foremost designer of space craft for

foremost designer of space craft for

foremost designer of space craft for motion pictures and television and he

motion pictures and television and he

motion pictures and television and he gave us a ship of the imagination that

gave us a ship of the imagination that

gave us a ship of the imagination that was as simple and timeless as the

was as simple and timeless as the

was as simple and timeless as the original the ship of the imagination was

original the ship of the imagination was

original the ship of the imagination was designed is a very reflective object so

designed is a very reflective object so

designed is a very reflective object so the challenge here is to make it read in

the challenge here is to make it read in

the challenge here is to make it read in all these different environments

all these different environments

all these different environments sometimes when the ship is out in in

sometimes when the ship is out in in

sometimes when the ship is out in in space it’s very dark so we need to play

space it’s very dark so we need to play

space it’s very dark so we need to play with the shading and the light on its

with the shading and the light on its

with the shading and the light on its surface to bring it out more being a

surface to bring it out more being a

surface to bring it out more being a science professional if all I can see is

science professional if all I can see is

science professional if all I can see is green screen ah fine I just put the

green screen ah fine I just put the

green screen ah fine I just put the image in my head cuz I know what the

image in my head cuz I know what the

image in my head cuz I know what the universe looks like so I’m there at the

universe looks like so I’m there at the

universe looks like so I’m there at the helm of the ship and I see star clusters

helm of the ship and I see star clusters

helm of the ship and I see star clusters Dallas is colliding and I’m there and

Dallas is colliding and I’m there and

Dallas is colliding and I’m there and the more I’m there the more you are

the more I’m there the more you are

the more I’m there the more you are there that’s the goal