在这部逐光捉影纪录片片中,与大多数仅仅侧重讲述科学道理的日食纪录片不同,《逐光捉影》记录了一群“日食猎人”从2013年至2015年追逐日食的全过程。
纪录片不仅囊括了整个拍摄过程的计划、准备和执行部分,还展示了与之相关的一系列的环境因素和情感过程:可怕的黑暗,诡秘的感觉,当地民众的反应……
本片在洛杉矶独立电影节荣获最佳导演剪辑奖。该片主角Geoff Sims,是一位来自悉尼的天文学家。他于2013年获得博士学位,主修南极天文学。在此期间,他曾帮助在世界上最干最冷的地区建立太赫兹天文台。Geoff热爱摄影,是名副其实的日食猎手。同时,他也是悉尼天文台的讲解员。他从2002年起便踏上了追逐日食的旅程,而随后本片导演Nelson Quan也加入了其中。
Photographer, Geoff Sims gets bitten by the eclipse bug after witnessing the darkness of a total solar eclipse. To feed his obsession, he goes on a quest to capture as many solar eclipses as possible leading him to unleash a photographic assault in the far reaches of Africa only to get clouded out by mother nature. Juggling between real life, doing odd jobs and maintaining a relationship threaten his quest to experience the next eclipse, he gets a real adventure when he decides to head to the North Pole to face off with mother nature again to experience the next total solar eclipse.