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Planning Grant for Sea Monsters: A Large-Format Film

June 1 - November 30, 2004 | Media and Technology
National Geographic Television is requesting a planning grant to support the development of a 3D large-format film, "Sea Monsters," which will focus on current scientific and paleontological research into ancient ocean life. The film will provide audiences the chance to follow men and women working in diverse disciplines within the Earth Sciences including Paleontology, Oceanography and Marine Biology, and the film will illustrate the interplay between science and technology. Standards-based lesson plans for the classroom and informal activity guides for families will augment the impact of the film. During the planning phase the production team will conduct further research into the scientific themes and stories for the film, identify the scientists who will appear in the film, perform front-end topic testing and evaluation in order to assess the public's interest and current knowledge about the topic, write a full film treatment, develop a detailed budget and assess potential CGI studios.

Funders

NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0340914
Funding Amount: 50000

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Lisa Truitt
    Principal Investigator
    National Geographic Television
  • 2013 06 04 B Flagg Photo
    Evaluator
    Multimedia Research
  • Discipline: Geoscience and geography | Life science
    Audience: Families | General Public | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Films and IMAX

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