Screenplays OF SCIENCE (ence, ence, ence)
Posted: January 11, 2021 Filed under: Exhibit Development, Interactive, Production, Research, Science, Screenwriting, Television, Writing Leave a commentScience communicators write screenplays? Heck yeah I do: the kind you see in museum exhibitions and planetariums (planetaria, if you’re nerdy).
I’m stoked and honored to be working on one about human space flight for a NASA grant, working with the Bell Museum and brilliant full-dome producers at Morehead Planetarium. Hoping it will be the kind of film that makes every kid who sees it want to work for NASA.
Every kid?
Well why not, I ask you.
And hey, wow: Victoria the T. rex, the video I wrote and directed for immersive, in-exhibition viewing, has won three awards! š š š See a sample from it (minus narration) at my instagram page, linked below. Cinematography, animation, and production by the incredibly talented folks at Animism Studio:
Woman on the Street, Hot Seat
Posted: April 14, 2017 Filed under: Comedy, Dolphins, Interactive, Performance, Production, Science, Television Leave a commentI finally gathered upĀ some of my science talking and slapped itĀ into a highlights reel. While the video’s still private, I share it with you now, via THIS “EXCLUSIVE” LINKĀ (and below).
More footage upon request. AMA 4ever.
A Bunch of Stuff I Neglected to Mention…
Posted: May 13, 2013 Filed under: Fiction, Interactive, Interview, Nonfiction, Performance, Production, Radio, Science, Storytelling, Television, Writing | Tags: Interactive 1 CommentIt’s been awhile. Here’s a the haps:
- Last month, Ken Eklund and I got to share Ed Zed Omega with Tribeca Film Institute Interactive,Ā alongside the other incredibleĀ LocaloreĀ producers. I mean wow. The future was then and there, folks.
- I was honored to have a story in the first “Choose Your Own Adventure” NightĀ at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Many thanksĀ to my illustrious comradesĀ Ed Bok Lee, Katie Heaney, John Jodzio, andĀ toĀ Paper DartsĀ for putting it on. Check out the gorgeous map Meghan Murphy at Paper Darts made special for my story:Ā
- In the same vein, I have two story poems up on the “Poetry Trail” as part of Walker Art Center’s series at Silverwood Park. If you can’t make it to the park, you can listen to them here.
- New science pieces up at Mental_Floss, including my “authoritative” breakdown of what makes a platypus a platypus.Ā More in the coming week(s).
- Revolver lit mag just published my short short story, “The Poke,” which is potentially NSFW.
- Last week at Two Chairs Telling, I swapped stories with Linda Gorham about growing up poor and figuring it out as you go.
- Just this morning I was featured on KFAI’s Story City, telling my totally true tale of vodou overseas. (You may want to turn volume down due to some mic trouble at the start, plus my voice was terrible that day. Here’s me sounding way better on KFAI last year, talking women in comedy.)
- Oh, and I have a very specificĀ tumblr now, called Orphaned Panels. I don’t update it much. It’s a slow-motion tumble.
Ed Zed Omega: The Future of Education/Documentaries
Posted: August 21, 2012 Filed under: Interview, Production, Science, Television, Writing | Tags: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, documentary, dropout, education, EdZedOmega.org, experimental, high school, Localore, online, Twin Cities Public Television, Zed Omega 1 CommentAlright, enough being coy: Ā Here’s a little piece WIRED magazine ran onĀ EdZedOmega, the interactive multimedia documentary on which I am thrilled to be serving as Writer/Producer. The project was the brainchild of Ken Eklund, the man behind the grand internet experiment World Without Oil, and was made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with help from Twin Cities Public Television and theĀ Association of Independents in Radio.
Ed Zed Omega is designed to run on audience participation, so let’s get to talking, eh? Did you like high school? Hate it? What’s your story?
[UPDATE: 3/28/2013] The project has run its semester-long course, and we learnedĀ so much along the way. Here, the Zed Omega teens explain the project from the other side of the curtain:
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Maggie Ryan Sandford 