Starlife

Year Published: 1985

Creator: Churchill Films (CHUH) National film board of Canada

Complete Record: Traces the evolution of a star, from its birth in the depths of a black nebula, to its final extinction. Also explains the process of nucleosynthesis, red giants, "busters," the warping of spacetime, and the mysterious black hole. Includes animation. Shots of the night sky, stars, galaxies, planets, voiceover talking about stars. Shot of a galaxy. Closer shot of a galaxy. Sun rising over the planet earth. Orion Nebula. Horsehead nebula. Shot of protons colliding, Illustration red background,black dots. A new star begins to shine. Shots of nebulas where stars are born. Shot of Jupiter. Targeting a star to zoom in and analyze. Core contracting on a star, radiation expanding, outer atmosphere turns red. Into a Red Giant!! Screen red with small particles dancing around. Joining together. Star now contracts and becomes yellow then expands again. Outer levels separate off into space leaving a yellow core. White dwarf. Star dies and becomes black. New star is targeted that generates more temp. Zoom in on yellow star to proton level. Red explodes from star off into space. Star then grows dark. Close up shots of atomic wind. Cracked surface. Close up of star surface. Shot of atoms combining. Then breaking apart into many vibrating. Tightly packed neutrons Star is now translucent. Star collapses and then explodes into a Supernova! Storm of energy. Neutron Star remains in the center rotating. Square boxes around neutron star showing curvature. Illustrating gravitational pull. Star disapears and Becomes a Black Hole Gas spirals into the black hole! Intense radiation!! Shot of stars. Stars going around the black hole. Entering the black hole into darkness. End Credits.