400 Years of the Telescope explained

400 Years of the Telescope
Director:Kris Koenig
Producer:Kris Koenig
Dan Koehler
Narrator:Neil deGrasse Tyson
Music:Mark Slater
Cinematography:Scott Stender
Editing:Kimberly Generous White
Studio:Interstellar Media Productions
Distributor:PBS
Runtime:60 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

400 Years of the Telescope: A Journey of Science, Technology and Thought is a 2009 American documentary film that was created to coincide with the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. Directed by Kris Koenig, it chronicles the history of the telescope from the time of Galileo and features interviews with leading astrophysicists and cosmologists from around the world, who explain concepts ranging from Galileo's first use of the telescope to view the moons of Jupiter, to the latest discoveries in space, including new ideas about life on other planets and dark energy, a mysterious vacuum energy that is accelerating the expansion of the universe.

Cast

Actors

Galileo voices

Production

The film's development team included Donald Goldsmith, a well-known astronomy writer on the Carl Sagan Cosmos team, and Albert Van Helden, a leading authority on the history of the telescope. It was shot on RED Digital Cinema at the world's leading universities and observatories including the European Southern Observatory, Institute for Astronomy, SETI Institute, Space Telescope Science Institute, Anglo-Australian Observatory, and Harvard University. Among the production team's challenges were shooting the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) at 5000m on the Atacama Desert. The original score was composed by Mark Slater and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.

Broadcast and release details

Awards

30th Annual Telly Awards
SCINEMA 2009
2009 W3 Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tellyawards.com/winners/list/entries/?l=interstellar+studios&event=&category=2&award=2 The 32nd Annual TELLY Awards | Winners
  2. http://www.tellyawards.com/winners/list/entries/?l=interstellar+studios&event=&category=2&award=3 The 32nd Annual TELLY Awards | Winners
  3. http://www.csiro.au/scinema/program/films.html#400 Scinema 2011 | Travelling Program
  4. https://www.w3award.com W3 Awards | Home