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Spark Blog: Working (and Playing) with Primitive Technology

October 6th, 2009
Spark Blog: Working (and Playing) with Primitive Technology

Larry Engel and the crew head to Stony Brook, where Alan Alda gets a lesson in primitive weapon- and bead-making from experimental archaeologist John Shea.

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Spark Blog: Video: Filming on a Freezing Footbridge

June 10th, 2009
Spark Blog: Video: Filming on a Freezing Footbridge

Producer Graham Chedd thought a chat en plein air would add some visual variation from the two-guys-sitting-on-a-couch-type shot that's always easy to get in a professor’s office.

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Spark Blog: Larry Engel: Running Better in “Non-sneakers”

May 6th, 2009
Spark Blog: Larry Engel: Running Better in “Non-sneakers”

Harvard's Dan Lieberman argues that we humans evolved to become the best long-distance runners on earth -- and we did it barefoot!

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Spark Blog: Video: North Carolina Through the Looking Glass

January 16th, 2009
Spark Blog: Video: North Carolina Through the Looking Glass

Larry Engel discusses the challenges and joys of filming Alan with the chimps at the North Carolina Zoo.

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Spark Blog: Video: Making of a Fireside Chat Scene

October 21st, 2008
Spark Blog: Video: Making of a Fireside Chat Scene

In Arizona, Alan and archeologist Curtis Marean had a fireside chat about how modern humans replaced the Neanderthals. Check out this video to see how the scene was made.

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Spark Blog: Shooting MRI Scenes — It’s Magnetic!

August 12th, 2008
Spark Blog: Shooting MRI Scenes — It’s Magnetic!

We started in the morning with what turned into a rather chaotic fMRI scene -- six people in two locations. And the magnetism of the equipment made filming complicated.

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Spark Blog: Initial Thoughts on Filming with Alan Alda

August 1st, 2008
Spark Blog: Initial Thoughts on Filming with Alan Alda

Larry Engel, Director and Director of Photography for "The Human Spark," shares his initial thoughts on his task of filming Alan Alda.

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