{"id":121,"date":"2008-10-21T15:00:13","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T19:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/?p=121"},"modified":"2018-09-10T15:15:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T19:15:59","slug":"spark-blog-video-making-of-a-fireside-chat-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/featured\/spark-blog-video-making-of-a-fireside-chat-scene\/121\/","title":{"rendered":"Spark Blog: Video: Making of a Fireside Chat Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Apache Junction, AZ<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We spent this weekend in Arizona, filming by the light of a blazing campfire (and a literal truckload of lights, including our very own moon) a conversation Alan had with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asu.edu\/clas\/iho\/people\/marean.html\" target=\"_blank\">archeologist Curtis Marean<\/a>\u00a0about how modern humans came to replace the Neanderthals &#8212; who\u2019d been doing quite nicely until our ancestors decided to leave Africa and check out Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Keeping warm by the campfire in the chilly desert night air, he and Curtis had a great time together chatting about what our ancestors brought with them to Europe that enabled them to replace its then-inhabitants, the Neanderthals. Not what they brought in their hands, but in their heads &#8212; basically a more flexible approach to making a living and a greater capacity for cooperation among themselves. This emphasis on our social nature will be a major theme of <em>The Human Spark<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8212; Graham Chedd<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Here\u2019s Director Larry Engel talking about his plan for filming this nighttime desert scene\u2026 and a glimpse of how it all looked in the end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-121-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/campfirecut.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/campfirecut.mp4\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/campfirecut.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apache Junction, 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