On Wednesday, after watching la subida de la virgen, I had a fun job, helping to film an advert for Jaguar inside the GTC. They’re going to digitally add Stephen Hawking into the ad later.
My part was much less glamourous than it sounds. All I did was remind people of the safety rules and liase between the film crew and the telescope staff. Well, I also answered a bunch of technical questions about the telescope, and drank their coffee. I didn’t really use their camera.
Most of the filming was done on the telescope’s Nasmyth platform. It’s higher up than you’d think.
Of course there were various glitches, but the inside shooting was done by 7 pm, and they moved outside for the last shot. They didn’t need me for that, so I went home.
Very interesting report! Thanks for the blogpost.
I have just seen a film on ARTE TV, that we have probably over 17 billion planets like the earth in our own galaxy.
Unbelievable!
Here ist the link to the film about the Kepler mission (in german):
http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/052741-000/aliens-sind-wir-allein-im-universum
Many greetings!
Volker
Thanks.
Did you know that Superwasp does much the same thing as Keppler, but it only cost half a million Euros?