{"id":715,"date":"2025-08-20T08:23:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/?page_id=715"},"modified":"2025-08-21T06:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:24:47","slug":"a-new-blue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/index.php\/a-new-blue\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-c375d253 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A New Blue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Are we alone in the universe? A New Blue takes you on a journey through space in search of distant worlds\u2014planets beyond our solar system that just might resemble Earth. From the first discoveries to the cutting-edge science of today, explore how we find exoplanets, what we can learn from them, and the tantalizing possibility of discovering a new blue world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-03627597 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/4IoHd3fkixQ\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch Fulldome Trailer<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1IRi0eMnZIU\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch Flat Screen Trailer<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-03627597 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:info@biganddigital.com\" style=\"border-radius:0px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Request the Screener &amp; Quote<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afterflow_new.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-732\" style=\"width:371px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Afterglow Studios is an award-winning animation and post-production studio based in Bozeman, Montana. After working on several Giant Screen films providing visual effects and post solutions, Afterglow Studios decided to venture into the realm of feature filmmaking releasing Space Next and Touch the Stars. The studio released the 360 fulldome exoplanet movie, A New Blue, in 2025. Luke Ployhar, 20-year veteran of Visual Effects and Computer Graphics, founded Afterglow Studios in 2007. Ployhar&#8217;s credits include Minority Report, A.I., Planet of the Apes and many other feature films.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ANewBlue_Poster_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-727\" style=\"width:282px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Format: Fulldome, 2D, 30 fps<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Resolution: 8K\/4K<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Runtime: 27 minutes<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Release Date: October 2025<\/strong><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3500\" height=\"3500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hangar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-728\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3500\" height=\"3500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ocean.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-729\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1323\" height=\"1323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DMS_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-730\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Blue Are we alone in the universe? A New Blue takes you on a journey through space in search of distant worlds\u2014planets beyond our solar system that just might resemble Earth. From the first discoveries to the cutting-edge science of today, explore how we find exoplanets, what we can learn from them, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/index.php\/a-new-blue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":751,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-715","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":740,"href":"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/715\/revisions\/740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biganddigital.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}