'Earth Story' -- A Planning Grant for a Large-format Film

哈佛-史密森天体物理中心主任欧文夏皮罗正在进行一个计划阶段，以开发一个关于地球的形成，演变和未来的大幅面电影。 这部电影的目的是向公众传达地球是一个动态的物体，并研究科学家关于地球起源和可能未来的现有证据。 通过呈现当前的知识状态，并通过展示科学的动态性质，这部电影将试图消除许多普通公众所持有的信念，即地球是在大爆炸中创造的，几乎是不变的，科学是一系列静态事实的集合，这些静态事实是由一些杰出的个人进行的一系列“发现”。 在计划阶段，该补助金的PI Shapiro博士将与大型电影“宇宙之旅”和“失落的世界：平衡中的生命”的制片人Bayley Silleck密切合作，以开发电影的科学内容和电影摄影方面。 他们将呼吁一组顾问的专业知识，其中包括：大卫鲍姆，生物学助理教授，哈佛大学; W.作者：卡梅隆Menzel天体物理学研究教授，哈佛大学;霍华德Dimmick，地球科学教师和科学系主任在斯托纳姆高中;贾尼斯Gobert，认知科学家从西密歇根大学;吉姆头，地质科学教授，布朗大学;和地球、大气和行星科学系的托马斯海岭，马萨诸塞州理工学院。在规划阶段将开展的具体活动包括：召开三次顾问会议，为电影制定大纲，确保电影保持实质性的科学性，同时，以一种动态的、视觉的和教育性的方式呈现主题。聘请第三方评估人员进行焦点小组讨论，以确定观众对电影主题的反应。与博物馆剧院建立联盟。制定辅助材料计划，以支持电影。

Irwin Shapiro, Director of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, is conducting a planning phase to develop a large format film about the formation, evolution and future of the earth. The goal of the film will be to convey to the public that the Earth is a dynamic body and to examine the current evidence that scientists have about the origin and possible future of the Earth. By presenting the current state of knowledge and by demonstrating the dynamic nature of science, the film will try to disabuse the beliefs held by many of the lay public that the Earth was created in the Big Bang and is virtually unchanging and that science is a collection of static facts that followed a series of "discoveries" by a few brilliant individuals. During the planning phase, Dr. Shapiro, the PI for the grant, will work closely with Bayley Silleck, Producer of the large format films "Cosmic Voyage" and "Lost Worlds: Life in the Balance" to develop both the science content and the cinemagraphic aspects of the film. They will call upon the expertise of a group of advisors that includes among others: David Baum, Assistant Professor of Biology, Harvard University; Alastair G. W. Cameron, Donald H. Menzel Research Professor of Astrophysics, Harvard University; Howard Dimmick, Earth Science Teacher and Chairman of the Science Department at Stoneham High School; Janice Gobert, cognitive scientist from Western Michigan University; Jim Head, Professor of Geological Sciences, Brown University; and Thomas Herring, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Specific activities to be conducted during the planning phase include: Convene three meetings of the advisors to develop an outline for the film that will assure that it maintains substantive science while, at the same time, presenting the subject in a dynamic, visual, and educationally provocative manner. Engage a third party evaluator to conduct focus groups to determine the audience reaction to the topic of the film.Form alliances with museum theaters.Develop a plan for ancillary material to support the film.