Secrets of the Earth Pilot Television Program

9910163这个项目涉及为公共广播服务(PBS)系列制作和发行一小时的电视试播节目，名为《地球的秘密》。该项目是地球图像基金会和KTEH-TV(PBS在加利福尼亚州圣何塞的分支机构)的联合努力。该系列将集中讲述地球科学家在世界各地从事前沿研究项目的冒险经历。试点节目有两个故事，每个故事长半个小时。第一个故事是《看着山脉成长》，讲述了一组地质学家试图找出为什么巴基斯坦喜马拉雅山脉偏远的26600英尺高的南加帕尔巴特山是地球上增长最快、侵蚀最快的山。第二个故事是《地球周围的岩石》，讲述了地质学家揭示了形成地壳的神秘过程，地壳是所有生物的基础。这个项目提供了一个在电视上不经常看到的主题：工作的地质学家如何接近我们的动态地球的研究。如果试点成功，有大量引人入胜的地质故事等待着在PBS的一个备受瞩目的系列节目中讲述。试播节目和设想中的系列节目的主要受众是公共广播公司黄金时段的观众。地球图像和KTEH-TV也将尝试在国际上播出这一试点；它的国际范围将是外国节目导演的一个强大卖点。第二受众是初高中理科班和本科生理科班的学生，教育视频发行商BullFrog Films将接触到他们。

9910163ProseThis project involves the production and distribution of a one-hour television pilot for a Public Broadcasting Servece (PBS) series called "Secrets of the Earth". The project is a joint effort of Earth Images Foundation and KTEH-TV (PBS affiliate in San Jose, CA). The series will spotlight the adventures of earth scientists working on leading edge research projects around the world. The pilot program features two stories, each half an hour in length. The first story is "Watching Mountains Grow," and it follows a team of geologists as they try to find out why Nanga Parbat, a remote, 26,600 foot high mountain in the Pakistani Himalayas, is the fastest-growing and fastest-eroding mountain on Earth. The second story, "Rock Around the Earth," features geologists unveiling the mysterious processes that built Earth's crust, the foundation of all living things.This project offers a look at a subject not often seen on television: how working geologists approach the study of our dynamic Earth. If the pilot is successful, there is a plentiful supply of fascinating geologic stories waiting to be told in a high-profile PBS series. The primary audience for the pilot program, and the envisioned series, is the PBS prime time audience. Earth Images and KTEH-TV will also attempt to have the pilot aired internationally; its international scope will be a strong selling point with foreign program directors. The secondary audience is students in middle and high school science classes and undergraduate earh science classes, who will be reached by educational video distributor Bullfrog Films.***