The American Museum of Natural History distributes award-winning full dome production All We Are
Directed by Carter Emmart, director of astrovisualization at the American Museum of Natural History, All We Are has mesmerized audiences with the captivating story of how the largest and the smallest components of the known universe are intertwined. The American Museum of Natural History is now offering All We Are as part of its distribution portfolio.
“All We Are is a full dome narrative journey that authentically depicts the entire scale range of the universe known to science,” said Emmart, who directs the groundbreaking space shows at the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium. ”It seamlessly integrates real visualized data from sources from the farthest we can observe to the smallest we have been able to detect. This movie was inspired by the classic short film The Powers of Ten, and the desire to create an immersive visual experience of the known universe.”
Emmart leads the development of an interactive atlas called The Digital Universe, the most comprehensive and scientifically accurate map of the known universe, which is maintained at the Museum’s Hayden Planetarium. Heavily based on The Digital Universe, All We Are is the first full dome production by the Norrköping Visualization Center C in Sweden. Produced for the opening of the Visualization Center in 2010, All We Are has been awarded “Best Immersion” at the Immersive Film Festival 2011 in Espinho, Portugal and earned an Honorable Mention at the 5th FullDome Festival in Jena, Germany.
“It is very exciting to embark on this collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History. We see this as an outstanding opportunity to bring All We Are to other planetaria around the world,” said producer Anna Öst.
About All We Are
We are all born here on Earth, a planet that orbits the star we call the Sun in the Milky Way galaxy. But where do we really come from? And where is our place in the universe? In All We Are visitors are taken on a journey from the outermost limit of the universe and back down to the very smallest component parts known to humanity – a journey in scale, but also in time and space, investigating what is well known but also showing scientific discoveries that are normally invisible to the human eye.
Title: All We Are
Runtime: 20 minutes
Director: Carter Emmart
Executive producer: Anders Ynnerman
Producer: Anna Öst
Technical Director: Andreas Wetteborn
For further information and images please contact:
Magdalena Allgren, Marketing & Communications
Visualization Center C, Sweden
Phone +46 (11) 15 63 20
E-mail magdalena.allgren@visualiseringscenter.se
Kendra Snyder, Department of Communications and Marketing
American Museum of Natural History
Phone 212-496-3419
E-mail ksnyder@amnh.org
For sales and distribution please contact:
Betina Cochran, Licensing and Business Development
American Museum of Natural History
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E-mail bcochran@amnh.org
About Norrköping Visualization Center C
Visualization Center C is a quad helix research centre in Norrköping, Sweden and constitutes a focal point for visualization research, education and development in northern Europe. The center hosts world leading research and development groups on volumetric rendering, illumination and interaction techniques for scientific data. The center hosts a large-scale arena for public visits including an immersive dome theatre and closely collaborates with key industrial partners and constitutes a hub for knowledge dissemination and commercial collaborations. The C consortium is a close collaboration between the Municipality of Norrköping, Linköping University, Norrköping Science Park and the Interactive Institute. www.visualiseringscenter.se
About American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History, founded in 1869, is one of the world’s preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions. The Museum encompasses 45 permanent exhibition halls, including the Rose Center for Earth and Space and the Hayden Planetarium, as well as galleries for temporary exhibitions. It is home to the recently restored Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, New York State's official memorial to its 33rd governor and the nation’s 26th president, and a tribute to Roosevelt's enduring legacy of conservation. The Museum’s five active research divisions and three cross-disciplinary centers support about 200 scientists, whose work draws on a world-class permanent collection of more than 32 million specimens and artifacts, as well as specialized collections for frozen tissue and genomic and astrophysical data, as well as one of the largest natural history libraries in the Western Hemisphere. Through its Richard Gilder Graduate School, it is the only American museum authorized to grant the Ph.D. degree. In 2012, the Museum began offering a pilot Master of Arts in Teaching with a specialization in earth science. Approximately 5 million visitors from around the world came to the Museum last year, and its exhibitions and Space Shows can be seen in venues on five continents. The Museum’s website and collection of apps for mobile devices extend its collections, exhibitions, and educational programs to millions more beyond its walls. Visit amnh.org for more information.
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