On July 16, 1969, Saturn V lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying Apollo 11 toward the Moon.
57 years later, we wanted to revisit that moment through the tools we use every day: CGI, 3D animation, simulation and graphic design.
Saturn V is a self-initiated film created by BM Produccions as a tribute to one of the most ambitious engineering achievements in history.
Rather than simply recreating the launch, the project became an exploration of the machine itself — its scale, structure, engineering and the visual language that surrounded the Apollo programme.
The archive as a visual language
One of the most interesting parts of the project was not only recreating the spacecraft, but recreating the atmosphere surrounding it.
Technical diagrams, handwritten annotations, structural views and printed documentation became part of the visual system.
Instead of treating these elements simply as references, we incorporated their visual language directly into the film.
The result combines modern CGI with imagery inspired by the documentation and media of the Apollo era.
Looking inside Saturn V
Another important part of the film was showing the rocket beyond its exterior.
Through wireframe and X-ray sequences, the project reveals internal structures, engines and different layers of the vehicle.
These sequences allowed us to approach Saturn V simultaneously as a spacecraft, an engineering object and a graphic composition.
No client. No brief.
Saturn V was created without a client or commercial brief.
That freedom allowed us to define the pacing, visual language and level of detail entirely around the project itself.
It also meant spending time on shots and details that would probably be difficult to justify within a traditional commercial production.
For us, personal projects like this are a way of experimenting with new techniques while developing the visual direction of the studio.
In this case, the starting point was simple:
No client. No brief. Just the machine and the archive.
A machine built on Earth. A journey to the Moon.
Ultimately, the project was less about recreating a historical event frame by frame and more about interpreting what Saturn V represented.
A machine designed on Earth, built from millions of individual decisions, capable of taking humans somewhere they had never been before.
Using contemporary CGI tools to reinterpret that story felt like an appropriate way to pay tribute to it.
Team
Creative Direction & Production
Bernat Noguero
3D Production
Bernat Noguero
FX
Gabriel Alonso
Oriol Fernandez
Music & Sound Design
Olivia Roberts