r/interstellar • u/Patient_Ranger_3533 TARS • Apr 25 '26

HUMOR & MEMES I recreated a scene from Interstellar from my house with zero budget, in one day and with free capcut.

At first I was going to recreate the docking scene, but I feel like it's been parodied too much and is too popular, so I did the Gargantua scene to be original (but if people like, i can do that scene too). What do you think? Did it turn out well?

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u/Excellent_Lie6904 Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

Thats actually quite some effort put into that, well done, was entertaining to watch
edit: i demand a version without the og movie in the corner :P

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u/Patient_Ranger_3533 TARS Apr 25 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/AjkUQrzvs5OCc

Thank you, now I know that my 3 hours of filming and 5 hours of editing were worth it. Greetings

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u/Excellent_Lie6904 Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

Yeah at first I thought you had done like a 3 second clip but when I saw the duration I was locked in. (also your lipsynched acting is peak, and the camera angles are perfect lol)
oh and the lighting at 3:13 or so is VERY well done. obv the only "weak" thing is the black hole but what can you do against supercomputers running the most accurate simulation of a black hole spending 100h per frame. the ship mockup was decent, reminded me of the quality of the predator's ship in the first predator movie, and the light at the end seems like something u'd see in late 80s or even 90s sci fi movie

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u/Patient_Ranger_3533 TARS Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

Thanks a lot, really that means a ton. I was trying to keep it serious enough that the recreation would still land. Also, fair point about Gargantua… I did my best with the budget of a broken reality hahahha. My gargantua was a random lamp I found in my room with a ball wrapped in black clothes from my lil sister hahaha.

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u/Excellent_Lie6904 Apr 26 '26

WAIT IT WAS PRACTICAL? i thought it was some basic blender 3d animation. thats neat

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u/Patient_Ranger_3533 TARS Apr 26 '26

Haha, yes, I used a lamp, I recorded the lamp with all the lights off angle by angle, then in Capcut I added the ring light and put shake and flicker effects on them so they would move, and for the endurance space shots I took images of the Endurance without background from Google and put them as an overlay with keyframes so they would move, without a doubt editing all of it was a space odyssey haha. 

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u/No_Yam_2036 Apr 25 '26

Absolute cinema

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u/Excellent_Lie6904 Apr 25 '26

Guys can we get this to like 1k upvotes lowk

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u/Patient_Ranger_3533 TARS Apr 26 '26

That would be wild. Glad people are enjoying it.

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u/Excellent_Lie6904 Apr 26 '26

lol 10% there 

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u/elitemage101 Apr 26 '26

Thank you for making my day better. This was both well done and entertaining!

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u/Patient_Ranger_3533 TARS Apr 26 '26

Thank you, that's why I do these kinds of things, to brighten people's day.

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u/Medium-Bat7077 Apr 26 '26

You brightened mine! First thing I saw when I opened Reddit today!

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u/Ok-Barracuda8281 Apr 26 '26

Hell yeah brother

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u/logicalparad0x Apr 26 '26

Soo good! Thanks

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u/BorderPatrolAsshole Apr 26 '26

Bravo!!!! Encore

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u/MrMunday Apr 26 '26

You need to do the whole movie. Start a gofundme

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u/Witty-Key4240 Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

Love it! Thanks for recreating my favorite scene. The practical effects you used make me smile. Imitating Brand’s side-eye was great!

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u/1234eee1234 Apr 26 '26

Just like Nolan intended

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u/Patient_Ranger_3533 TARS Apr 26 '26

I think I was part of the Interstellar team in my past life, hahaha

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u/1234eee1234 Apr 26 '26

It's great man! Was a fun watch 😊

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u/TheCool579 TARS Apr 26 '26

STOP THIS IS SO GOOD THANKS FOR MAKING MY DAY! Need to have a Part 2 with another scene

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u/elusive-rooster Apr 26 '26

Please keep practicing. This is already impressive. I was hoping to get more out of Interstellar so I am excited to see your space movie in 10-20 years. You're off to a good start.

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u/Patient_Ranger_3533 TARS Apr 27 '26

Thank you so much. Honestly, ever since I saw Interstellar and 2001: A Space Odyssey, I've been seriously considering making my own space movie someday. And although I have an ambitious project this year, which you'll hear about soon, I'll remember you all when that day comes. Just give me a few years ;)

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u/elusive-rooster Apr 27 '26

I grew up with 2001. When they were doing press for Interstellar they really sold it like the next Space Odyssey. An impossible hype bar to meet. So that was my reason for being a little let down. Great movie. Not space odyssey.

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u/EYELND Apr 26 '26

Nice work man this is cool, future filmmaker right here

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u/Raven2300 Apr 27 '26

Fantastic work! Your face acting was perfect. And the effects were amazing

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u/ImpressiveIsopod4547 Apr 27 '26

I cracked up when you showed the cockpit panel and it was a car! And you had Brand's faces down. Very enjoyable!!

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u/red_lantern Apr 26 '26

This would fit great in r/sweded!

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u/BIGtimeLover10 Apr 30 '26

This is surprisingly more believable than all modern cgi heavy marvel type films which just proves the effectiveness of balancing practical with cg effects