Film Info7 minutes (each)
Episodes: Inside Alzheimer's Disease Boundaries Vulcan & the Power of Ideas Produced for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute by Day's Edge Productions Available for Free events ONLY Synopsis: Think Like A Scientist is a web series produced by Day’s Edge Productions for Nautilus Magazine and funded by HHMI. Each episode focuses on a topic that straddles hard science and human experience. Through beautiful cinematography, elegant graphics, the intimate stories of people living the issues, and the perspectives of top scientists, each episode shows audiences what it means to Think Like a Scientist in a way that everyone can apply to their own lives. |
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Filmmaker Q & A
What inspired this story?
Each film in this web-series tackles a unique science story. However, the theme "Think Like a Scientist" was an idea developed between Day's Edge Productions and the BioInteractive team at HHMI to tackle science stories that try to bridge the gap between the technical and philosophical mindset of being a scientist. The goal is to communicate to audiences the lessons about thinking like a scientist that anyone can apply to their lives when faced with challenges.
Each film in this web-series tackles a unique science story. However, the theme "Think Like a Scientist" was an idea developed between Day's Edge Productions and the BioInteractive team at HHMI to tackle science stories that try to bridge the gap between the technical and philosophical mindset of being a scientist. The goal is to communicate to audiences the lessons about thinking like a scientist that anyone can apply to their lives when faced with challenges.
Describe some of the challenges faced while making this film
The biggest challenge we faced with each episode of this series was telling these complicated science stories in such short web-films. The nature of these short programs forced us to make so many hard decisions about what content to leave in and what to take out.
How do you approach science storytelling?
Every science story is unique, but for this series, we tried to balance our characters personal stories with the research relevant to those stories.
What impact do you hope this film will have?
We hope that people watching this series will:
Were there any surprising or meaningful moments/experiences you want to share?
I was moved by many of the stories our characters shared with us. In particular, Greg O'Brian shared with us his deeply personal struggle with Alzheimer disease. Our episode about Alzheimer Disease was nominated for a Webby and I'm certain that that nomination was thanks to Greg being willing to share such a personal story. Once we launched the film, I received so many emails from people who were profoundly impacted by Greg's story. So, we are very, very grateful to have had the opportunity to spend with him.
The biggest challenge we faced with each episode of this series was telling these complicated science stories in such short web-films. The nature of these short programs forced us to make so many hard decisions about what content to leave in and what to take out.
How do you approach science storytelling?
Every science story is unique, but for this series, we tried to balance our characters personal stories with the research relevant to those stories.
What impact do you hope this film will have?
We hope that people watching this series will:
- Learn something new in each episode
- be moved by the personal stories
- think about and maybe even apply "scientific thinking" as described in each episode to decisions/challenges they face in their own lives
- we hope our audience is entertained
Were there any surprising or meaningful moments/experiences you want to share?
I was moved by many of the stories our characters shared with us. In particular, Greg O'Brian shared with us his deeply personal struggle with Alzheimer disease. Our episode about Alzheimer Disease was nominated for a Webby and I'm certain that that nomination was thanks to Greg being willing to share such a personal story. Once we launched the film, I received so many emails from people who were profoundly impacted by Greg's story. So, we are very, very grateful to have had the opportunity to spend with him.
