Seeing in the Dark -- A Planning Grant

这是给蒂莫西·费里斯的计划拨款，用于制作一部关于业余天文学和观星的纪录片。这部电影将让观众直接接触夜空，向他们介绍星座，并展示即使是一个小望远镜也能打开一扇通往宇宙的窗户。费里斯之前制作了两部备受好评的科学纪录片，《宇宙的创造》和《地球以外的生命》。“在黑暗中看到”节目的导演将是托马斯·利文森，他最近曾在《大厦》中担任“圆顶”节目的制片人/导演/编剧。富特希尔学院天文系主任、太平洋天文学会教育顾问Andrew Fraknoi将担任该项目的科学和外联顾问。策划阶段的活动包括：制定初步的故事板，确定在电影中出现的地点和人物，制定特效序列，获取和数字化电影中使用的图像，规划教育和公共宣传工作，识别和咨询潜在的创意贡献者，拍摄和编辑“明星派对”的测试夜景，以确定哪种技术可以在这些条件下产生最佳效果。

This is a planning grant to Timothy Ferris to develop a PBS documentary film about amateur astronomy and stargazing. The film will bring viewers into direct contact with the night sky, introducing them to the constellations and showing how even a small telescope can open a window onto the cosmos.Ferris has previously produced two highly regarded science documentaries, "The Creation of the Universe" and "Life Beyond Earth." The director for the "Seeing In the Dark" program will be Thomas Levenson who most recently served as producer/director/writer for the "Dome" program in Building Big. Andrew Fraknoi, Chair of the Astronomy Department at Foothill College and Educational consultant for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific will be the Science and Outreach Consultant for the project. Activities during the planning stage include:Developing preliminary storyboarding, determining locations and people to appear in the film and working out special effects sequencesAcquiring and digitizing images for use in the filmPlanning educational and public outreach effortsIdentifying and consulting with potential creative contributors to the filmShooting and editing a test night scene at a "star party" to establish which techniques can produce the best results in these conditions.