In Saturn's Rings

In Saturn's Rings is a large format movie about Saturn made exclusively from real photographs taken by spacecraft. Director Stephen van Vuuren used more than a million photographs and numerous film techniques to create the effect of flying through space around Saturn and among its rings. CGI and 3-D modeling were not used in any capacity to create the realistic feel van Vuuren wanted for the viewer's experience. Most of the photos were taken by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, which was launched in 1997 and arrived at Saturn in 2004.

The film was expected to be released on December 31, 2014. A 45-minute version and 20-minute version will each be released in four formats:

Background

Sparked by Cassini's arrival at Saturn in 2004 and the media's lack of coverage, van Vuuren produced two art films about space exploration. Photos from space missions — including images of Saturn taken by Cassini — were included. But van Vuuren was not satisfied with the results so he did not release them.

Outside In (organization)

Outside In is a nonprofit organization in Portland, Oregon, United States that provides social and medical services to homeless youth and other marginalized people (including the LGBTQ community) so that they can improve their health and move towards self-sufficiency. Founded in the late 1960s to serve youth, since then the organization has continued to revise its services to meet the changing needs of its clients. Today the organization's services include free medical care, housing, education, counseling, and job training.

History

Outside In was founded in June 1968 by Dr. Charles Spray, Arnold Goldberg, and Mary Lu Zurcher as one of the first free community health clinics in the U.S. and one of the earliest on the West Coast, along with the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics and the Los Angeles Free Clinic. The organization was founded to serve Portland's "alienated youth", some of whom had substance abuse problems and most of whom had mental health issues. It initially rented its Downtown Portland space from the First Unitarian Church of Portland. Spray helped found the organization after learning that the Unitarian church's youth coffeehouse space, Charix, was in danger of being shut down by the city and a group that had successfully shut down the Crystal Ballroom music venue because of its association with the 1960s drug culture.