Our friends over at http://www.astronomy2009.co.uk the official International Year of Astronomy 2009 website for the UK are running a competition to win tickets to see We Are Astronomers and a very special signed poster by the narrator, David Tennant.
All the information is available here >>
It’s been a roller coaster journey but it is now time to put the mice down and let the audience decide what they think of We Are Astronomers!!!
Tonight at the National Space Centre, Leicester, UK we will all be packed into the dome for the official launch of the new 360′ Fulldome Film.
We are going to attempt to tweet the event via Twitter between glasses of champagne orange juice and canapes plus we will have a live twitter feed projected on a screen during the premiere which will display anyone who replies to @WeAreAstronomer
The event is ticket only so please don’t turn up on the night but please do logon to Twitter and get involved. Watch the trailer or check out the images and give us your thoughts!
We will upload loads of images and video tomorrow to share what is hopefully a successful launch with everyone.
Don’t forget, the film opens to everyone this weekend but please check with your local dome first for show times.
Off to break a leg…
We are very, very pleased to share the first teaser trailer for the new We Are Astronomers Fulldome film launching very soon.
The imagery is circular so that when it is projected inside a dome it looks correct.
There will be another trailer up later in the week so check back regularly or follow our twitter feed for the latest news and all things WAA related.
Let us know what you think about the teaser in the comments!
Seems appropriate as we near the end of production to take a look back to the beginning.
It all has to start somewhere and our starting point is always good old pencil and paper.
Below is a storyboard of the show before it got translated into the digital realm, not that much has changed really, but you’ll have to and watch the finished film to see which bit’s did change!
I cannot read the gallery's xml file: /home/nsccre/public_html/weareastronomers.com/wp-content/photos/storyboard/gallery.xmlTitles are a funny thing.
They can hit you right smack between the eyes and stay in your head for the rest of time or be forgotten in an instant. They are an area of hot debate on any production with many people sharing their opinion. Finding the right one that sum’s everything up in a nice little package is a big challenge.
The early working title for We Are Astronomers was ASTRONOMER 2.0. Internally we really liked the idea and it summed up everything we were trying to say about collaboration, democratization of information, sharing and mashing up data, all things digital and connected. We still really like it but as development went on we explored other options and tried to come up with something more accesible and We Are Astronomers was born.
Some of the other titles on our short list are below along with some great suggestions from a survey we did before the Blog went live. Feel free to fill it out and make your own suggestion for a title or use the comments box below.
Not changing the title now though, we think We Are Astronomers Rocks!
Our Shortlist
Astropod
The Search
Do you know what an astronomer does?
Astronomer
The Global Astronomer
Astroweb
The Digital Astronomer
Team Astronomer
Universe Search
Some suggestions from the Survey
Astonomer’s Perception
Boom!
With a smile and a telescope
starstruck
THE UNIVERSE UNVEILED
None of the above
Slip the surly bonds of Earth
Space - are we alone now?
Awesome Astronomy
Intergalactic Exploration
The Search Party: Join Now
In the film we explore the different ways that astronomers can find out more about the Universe and the challenges they face. The Very Large Telescope (Yes that is it’s real name!) or VLT is one of the most advanced optical telescopes in the world and we visit it in We Are Astronomers.
Below is a work-in-progress excerpt from the VLT sequence that we have created with computer graphics. It is circular so that when it is projected onto a dome it surrounds you and you feel like you are there!
More info about the VLT here: http://www.eso.org/public/
We will blog more about why we chose to include the VLT in the film and some of the other amazing earth based telescopes that astronomers use later.
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