Ever notice how Christopher Nolans movies Interstellar, Inception, The Prestige feel like an anxiety attack Well, maybe thats overstating things a bit. But. As Hurricane Harvey churns onward toward southwest Texas, astronauts on the International Space Station caught a glimpse of the monster cyclone from a safe viewing. Sci Fi Thriller Movies Yogi Bear 2. Over 100,000 HQ DivX TV Movies All DVD Quality 99. Active Links The Fastest Streams Updated Daily No Cams And we love you too. The Uncanny Sound Illusion That Creates Suspense in Christopher Nolans Movies. Ever notice how Christopher Nolans movies Interstellar, Inception, The Prestige feel like an anxiety attackWell, maybe thats overstating things a bit. But the director does have a knack for creating an unnerving degree of tension. Turns out hes using a little bit of musical magic to do it. The magic is actually a science based audio illusion called a Shepard tone. Named after psychologist Roger Shepard, a pioneer in our understanding of spatial relation, the effect sounds like an infinitely ascending or descending scale. The tones are constantly moving upwards or downwards, but they never seem to reach a pinnacle or nadir. This is accomplished by stacking scales on top of each othertypically one treble scale, one midrange, and one basswith an octave in between, then playing them in a continuous loop. A Shepard tone is sometimes referred to as the barber pole of sound. You can even see the similarity, when you hear it and look at the spectrum view of a Shepard tone. Dont listen to this too long, or you might lose your mind Anyways, Christopher Nolan just loves this. With longtime collaborator Hans Zimmer, the acclaimed director has used a Shepard tone in almost every one of his films in the last decade. He even writes his scripts to match the effect. 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Theres an audio illusion, if you will, in music called a Shepard tone and with my composer David Julyan on The Prestige we explored that and based a lot of the score around that. And its an illusion where theres a continuing ascension of tone. Its a corkscrew effect. Its always going up and up and up but it never goes outside of its range. And I wrote the script according to that principle. I interwove the three timelines in such a way that theres a continual feeling of intensity. Increasing intensity. So I wanted to build the music on similar mathematical principals. Knowing this, you gain a deeper understanding of films like Interstellar, Inception, and The Prestige. It also explains why these films seem somehow inconclusive. A Shepards tone creates a conflict that cant be resolved, just like Nolans plots. Digg, Business Insider. Astronauts Caught a Terrifying Glimpse of Hurricane Harvey Speeding Toward Texas. As Hurricane Harvey churns onward toward southwest Texas, astronauts on the International Space Station caught a glimpse of the monster cyclone from a safe viewing distance of 2. Earth. Honestly, you dont want to get much closer. The footage was captured on August 2. PM Eastern Time, as warm waters and favorable wind conditions were helping the storm gather strength over the Gulf. Harvey officially achieved hurricane status after a bout of rapid intensification yesterday afternoon that the National Hurricane Center described as astounding. NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik also tweeted some photos of the storm taken from the ISS last night, with words of solidarity for Texans in its path. Meanwhile, NOAAs Hurricane Hunters posted a harrowing time lapse containing footage from a flight through the eye of the storm yesterday evening. Harvey is now centered 1. Corpus Christi, according to a recent update from the National Hurricane Center. While it isnt predicted to make landfall until later tonight or early tomorrow morning, tropical storm conditions are expected to reach residents of the middle and upper Texas coast by later this morning. Harvey is expected to be a major Category 3 hurricane at landfall, which would make it the first major hurricane landfall in the US since Hurricane Wilma in 2. A prolific fifteen to 2. The NHC warns of life threatening coastal inundation from the storm surge, and urges residents to complete preparations to protect themselves and their property this morning. Widespread evacuation orders were issued along Texass Gulf Coast yesterday. As if the threat to coastal residents wasnt bad enough, Hurricane Harveys track could also bring it perilously close to the enormous petroleum refineries encircling Galveston Bay. As Emily Atkin writes in the New Republic, Harvey has the potential to become a major pollution disaster. Well be keeping a close eye on the storm, and bringing you updates throughout the day as they arise. NASA ht Washington Post.