CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY – BROADCAST
COMPLETED: 2007
DURATION: 5 X 11 MINS
PRODUCER: SARAH TIERNEY (CLARITY PRODUCTIONS)
CHANNEL 4
Creative documentary series Science Scams combines drama reconstruction and animation to reveal some of the greatest but lesser known scientific frauds from history.
The five episodes include: Beringer’s Lying Stones, the story of one man’s ill-fated search for scientific proof of divine creation; Meinertzhagen: Undercover Ornithologist, chronicling the extraordinary life of a WWI hero with a dangerous ambition for scientific fame; Elizalde’s Lost Eden, the unbelievable story of a stone age tribe discovered deep in the Philippine jungle in the 1970’s; Kempelen’s Chess Playing Automaton, the story of a mysterious technological marvel of the 19th century; and Redheffer’s Perpetual Motion Machine, how one man gifted the holy grail of engineering to the world, or did he?
Science Scams was commissioned for Channel 4 Daytime and was first screened in February 2007 with repeats throughout 2007 and 2008.
Meinertzhagen: Undercover Ornithologist was nominated in the Scottish Short Film Awards 2007
DoP: Ian Dodds
Production Designer: Max Berman
Animation: Alan Brown
Sound Design: Zoe Irvine
Editor: Tadhg O’Sullivan
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