@DirectorGunner do you have any suggestions that may help?
Like in my opinion of the video?
Most of the visuals are stunning and compelling.
What I would suggest:
Create a narrative to keep the audience engaged. Can do via voice over or something compelling like that.
Do you really need the scene with the aurora exploding? Is it necessary? Does it make sense? (IMO my answer is no to all of those, however, the last part of the shot is really appealing)
Ending is jarring compared to the rest of the piece.. the CNOU logo isn't very clean and the VO doesn't fit the mood.
Other than that.. you got a solid shot at top 3!
But... I would REALLY create a story / narrative .. something... to go with all those beautiful visuals and nice natural transitions.
... what comes to mind is a story like they did for this promo CIG did
And to compete with Hasgaha and his team... add some motion graphics that complement the narrative.. maybe when talking about what the ship has.
EDIT:
BTW.. .we need your help to record footage for this using FOIP