The Person Behind Physics in Frames
I’m a Film Studies MA student with a fascination for how cinema can make complex scientific concepts tangible. While my academic background is in film theory and visual storytelling, I’ve always been drawn to the way directors visualise abstract scientific principles. My fascination with how visual media portrays scientific concepts began in childhood through a constellation of influences. Space: 1999 offered my first glimpse of interstellar travel through Western sci-fi, but it was Japanese anime that truly expanded my understanding of how different cultures visualise physics and space.
Series like Battle of the Planets and Space Battleship Yamato (Starblazers) introduced me to distinctly Japanese interpretations of space travel, technology, and cosmic phenomena. Galaxy Express 999, with its poetic concept of a space train traversing the cosmos, particularly shaped my understanding of how abstract scientific concepts could be rendered through powerful visual metaphors. The image of a steam locomotive travelling through star systems perfectly embodied how science fiction can blend the familiar with the cosmic unknown. As I grew older, more sophisticated anime like Akira and Ghost in the Shell deepened my interest in how visual storytelling could explore not just outer space, but the philosophical implications of physics concepts like energy transformation, consciousness transfer, and the nature of reality itself.
This cross-cultural exposure to science fiction visual language eventually led me to formal film studies, where I discovered how directors throughout cinema history have used their visual toolkits to translate complex scientific principles into emotional experiences for audiences.
What continues to drive my analysis is this unique intersection: how filmmakers across cultures and eras have found ways to make invisible laws of physics visible through the camera lens, sometimes sacrificing scientific accuracy but often capturing deeper truths about our relationship with the cosmos.
Physics in Frames 