{ "slug": "SCION_068_Powers_Of_Ten_Scale_Traverse", "version": "v2", "series": "SERIES_C_STRUCTURAL", "kicker": "SCION 068 \u00b7 STRUCTURAL & FOUND-FOOTAGE CINEMA", "title": "Powers of Ten \u2014 Nested Scale Traverse", "subtitle": "Order-of-magnitude steps from human hand (10^-1 m) to cosmos (10^6 m) and back to cells", "scion_id": 68, "supporting_scions": [ 73, 113 ], "lineage": "Lineage: Charles & Ray Eames, Powers of Ten (1977) \u00b7 Kees Boeke (1957)", "theorem": "Move across orders of magnitude at a steady declared cadence so the viewer perceives how pattern and organization alternate with vast intervals across human, urban, planetary, and microscopic scales.", "boundary_note": "Archive shots from different films are linked by explicit order-of-magnitude scale brackets (`10^-1 m` to `10^6 m` and `10^-4 m`) rather than claiming a continuous optical zoom of one location.", "critic_tribunal": { "critic_role": "Independent scale-and-registration critic", "v1_verdict": "pass", "v2_verdict": "pass", "largest_gap": "Uses `reframe` and verified scale shots from `1570ec0b` (hand skin 10^-1 m) through `46cd8d58` (garden chair 10^0 m), `6eb03e7f` (intersection 10^2 m), `cf5b2845` (town aerial 10^3 m), `c1ba4a8c` (shoreline 10^5 m), `201b010b` (star field), and back to `efedc39b` / `64a0a6c1` (microscopy 10^-4 m).", "falsifiable_repair": "All 8 scale brackets use human-verified Cineosis shots with cut-free windows." }, "duration_seconds": 43.46, "video_file": "films/SCION_068_Powers_Of_Ten_Scale_Traverse.mp4", "source_count": 8, "sources_summary": [ "46cd8d58 \u00b7 Amateur Film Children Playing Near Hudson (undated)", "6eb03e7f \u00b7 Formations (1936)", "cf5b2845 \u00b7 How Our Country Grew (1950)", "c1ba4a8c \u00b7 The Mission of Apollo / Soyuz, ca. 1975 (undated)", "201b010b \u00b7 Highlights 1965: A Progress Report (Part III) (1965)", "1570ec0b \u00b7 Hydration (2004)", "efedc39b \u00b7 Heat Treatment of Aluminum, Part I (1990)", "64a0a6c1 \u00b7 Photography (1946)" ], "edl": [ { "seg_idx": 1, "type": "title_card", "title": "Powers of Ten \u2014 Nested Scale Traverse", "phase": "OPENING SLATE", "action": "Order-of-magnitude steps from human hand (10^-1 m) to cosmos (10^6 m) and back to cells", "start_sec": 0.0, "end_sec": 3.0, "dur_s": 3.0 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "46cd8d58-7326-58f5-b21f-175669cccac1", "source_title": "Amateur Film Children Playing Near Hudson", "source_year": null, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/amateur-film-children-playing-near-hudson-0b4764b8?clip=46cd8d58-7326-58f5-b21f-175669cccac1", "in_s": 0.4, "out_s": 5.2, "dur_s": 4.8, "phase": "SCALE 10^0 m (1 METER) \u00b7 HUMAN RESTING ANCHOR", "action": "Amateur Film: A man sitting idle in a garden chair \u2014 the human baseline before outward expansion", "nearmatch": "SCALE: 10^0 m \u00b7 HUMAN BASELINE", "seg_idx": 2, "start_sec": 3.0, "end_sec": 7.8 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "6eb03e7f-b5eb-5366-9aca-ffebedfae20e", "source_title": "Formations", "source_year": 1936, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/formations-59719c02?clip=6eb03e7f-b5eb-5366-9aca-ffebedfae20e", "in_s": 0.5, "out_s": 5.3, "dur_s": 4.8, "phase": "SCALE 10^2 m (100 METERS) \u00b7 URBAN INTERSECTION FROM ABOVE", "action": "Formations (1936): Overhead view of cars crossing a city intersection as individual bodies become trajectories", "nearmatch": "SCALE: 10^2 m \u00b7 STREET GRID", "seg_idx": 3, "start_sec": 7.8, "end_sec": 12.6 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "cf5b2845-eac7-5da2-8ae1-01176e8f43ef", "source_title": "How Our Country Grew", "source_year": 1950, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/how-our-country-grew-b8ae9e69?clip=cf5b2845-eac7-5da2-8ae1-01176e8f43ef", "in_s": 0.5, "out_s": 5.3, "dur_s": 4.8, "phase": "SCALE 10^3 m (1 KILOMETER) \u00b7 TOWN PLAN FROM THE AIR", "action": "How Our Country Grew (1950): Dense town and street network seen from aircraft altitude", "nearmatch": "SCALE: 10^3 m \u00b7 TOWN MILIEU", "seg_idx": 4, "start_sec": 12.6, "end_sec": 17.4 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "c1ba4a8c-a5d5-5a68-8155-9c4ef151db87", "source_title": "The Mission of Apollo / Soyuz, ca. 1975", "source_year": null, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/the-mission-of-apollo-soyuz-ca-1975-761d4e3e?clip=c1ba4a8c-a5d5-5a68-8155-9c4ef151db87", "in_s": 0.5, "out_s": 5.3, "dur_s": 4.8, "phase": "SCALE 10^5 m (100 KILOMETERS) \u00b7 BRANCHING CONTINENTAL SHORELINE", "action": "Mission of Apollo: High-altitude orbital view of branching river deltas and coastline", "nearmatch": "SCALE: 10^5 m \u00b7 PLANETARY SURFACE", "seg_idx": 5, "start_sec": 17.4, "end_sec": 22.2 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "201b010b-d025-5ea8-8ec8-714d0faf41ae", "source_title": "Highlights 1965: A Progress Report (Part III)", "source_year": 1965, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/highlights-1965-a-progress-report-part-iii-4f50de66?clip=201b010b-d025-5ea8-8ec8-714d0faf41ae", "in_s": 0.5, "out_s": 5.3, "dur_s": 4.8, "phase": "SCALE >10^9 m \u00b7 DEEP STAR FIELD", "action": "Highlights 1965: Dense star field filling the cosmic frame before reversing inward", "nearmatch": "OUTER LIMIT -> RAPID RETURN TO 10^0 m", "seg_idx": 6, "start_sec": 22.2, "end_sec": 27.0 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "1570ec0b-a665-5157-959b-06574dc07dcf", "source_title": "Hydration", "source_year": 2004, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/hydration-f5665deb?clip=1570ec0b-a665-5157-959b-06574dc07dcf", "in_s": 0.2, "out_s": 3.41, "dur_s": 3.4, "phase": "SCALE 10^-1 m (10 CENTIMETERS) \u00b7 SKIN OF THE HAND", "action": "Hydration (2004): Returning to the human hand and crossing inward into the skin surface", "nearmatch": "SCALE: 10^-1 m \u00b7 EPIDERMIS", "seg_idx": 7, "start_sec": 27.0, "end_sec": 30.4 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "efedc39b-5252-55c9-a806-12f445911ad1", "source_title": "Heat Treatment of Aluminum, Part I", "source_year": 1990, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/heat-treatment-of-aluminum-part-i-fcb8d702?clip=efedc39b-5252-55c9-a806-12f445911ad1", "in_s": 5.0, "out_s": 9.8, "dur_s": 4.8, "phase": "SCALE 10^-3 m (1 MILLIMETER) \u00b7 POLYGONAL CELL LATTICE", "action": "Heat Treatment of Aluminum (1990): Polygonal grain/cell network organized like living tissue", "nearmatch": "SCALE: 10^-3 m \u00b7 CELLULAR LATTICE", "seg_idx": 8, "start_sec": 30.4, "end_sec": 35.2 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "64a0a6c1-363f-5b3b-8c64-641a9ffc9dff", "source_title": "Photography", "source_year": 1946, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/photography-bfe29208?clip=64a0a6c1-363f-5b3b-8c64-641a9ffc9dff", "in_s": 0.37, "out_s": 4.18, "dur_s": 4.8, "phase": "SCALE 10^-5 m (10 MICRONS) \u00b7 MICROSCOPIC INTERIOR", "action": "Photography (1946): Microscopic emulsion crystals seen beyond unaided human scale", "nearmatch": "SCALE: 10^-5 m \u00b7 MICROSCOPY", "seg_idx": 9, "start_sec": 35.2, "end_sec": 40.0 }, { "seg_idx": 10, "type": "closing_ledger", "title": "SOURCE ATTRIBUTION & BOUNDARY NOTE", "phase": "CLOSING LEDGER", "action": "Archive shots from different films are linked by explicit order-of-magnitude scale brackets (`10^-1 m` to `10^6 m` and `10^-4 m`) rather than claiming a continuous optical zoom of one location.", "start_sec": 40.0, "end_sec": 43.5, "dur_s": 3.5 } ] }