Secrets of the Earth Pilot Television Program

地球的秘密试播电视节目

• 批准号: 9910163
• 负责人: Doug Prose
• 金额: $ 7.45万
• 依托单位: EARTH IMAGES FOUNDATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-08-01 至 2001-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9910163&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Secrets; Earth; Pilot; Television; Program

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.***

9910163 prose该项目涉及为公共广播服务（PBS）系列节目“地球的秘密”制作和分发一个一小时的电视试播节目。该项目是地球图像基金会和KTEH-TV（美国公共广播公司在加利福尼亚州圣何塞的分支机构）的共同努力。该系列将聚焦世界各地从事前沿研究项目的地球科学家的冒险经历。这个试点项目有两个故事，每个故事半小时。第一个故事是《看着山脉生长》（Watching Mountains Grow），讲述了一组地质学家试图找出南迦帕尔巴特山（Nanga Parbat）是地球上增长最快、侵蚀最快的山的原因。南迦帕尔巴特山是巴基斯坦喜马拉雅山脉中一座海拔26600英尺的偏远山峰。第二个故事，“地球周围的岩石”，讲述了地质学家揭开了地壳形成的神秘过程，地壳是所有生物的基础。这个项目提供了一个不常在电视上看到的主题：地质学家是如何研究我们动态的地球的。如果试播成功，将会有大量引人入胜的地质故事等着在PBS系列节目中讲述。这个试点节目和设想中的系列节目的主要观众是PBS黄金时段的观众。Earth Images和KTEH-TV也将尝试在国际上播出该试点节目；它的国际范围将是吸引外国项目主管的一个强有力的卖点。第二受众是初高中科学班和本科地球科学班的学生，他们将通过教育视频发行商牛蛙电影公司（Bullfrog Films）接触到