I've been quite slack with my coverage of the new Danny Boyle sci-fi 'Sunshine', but quite honestly I wasn't even that interested in it. Then I saw the trailer. Yes ok so the trailer used music stolen from 'Requiem for a Dream' but it visually it had me hooked.

Since the trailer renewed my interest I've been digging through the Sunshine site, and re-watching the video blog entries and behind-the-scenes footage. Most of the special effects shown in the clips are early pre-visuals but there's some interesting extended scenes (not seen in the trailer) that show the actors at work, and it's interesting to hear the VFX guys talk about trying to recreate the sheer size and mass of the sun with 3d graphics.

My post about the trailer (Including links to the trailer) is here 

Checkout the clips on the official site here or click on the direct links below.

Danny Boyle talks about VFX 

Science and radiation 

Alwin Kuchler (Cinematographer) 

Physiology of space flight 

Zero G 

Spacesuit

Science of the sun 

Danny Boyle intro

Airlock

First Glimpse 

Graphics