Archive for the ‘Documenting Conservation’ CategoryFinally HereWednesday, May 19th, 2010
Woodpeckers, Fire & Acorns from Rick Brown on Vimeo. I finally posted my first documentary to Vimeo. It’s been a long and at times trying experience. Furthermore, there’s the frustration that always comes from knowing that you could do better at the process now. Overall though I am very excited about posting this movie. Certainly video is a fun and challenging experience. Woodpeckers, Fire and Acorns – the TrailerTuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Woodpeckers, Fire and Acorns Trailer from Rick Brown on Vimeo. This is a very exciting thing for me. I am publishing the trailer of my first documentary short. This documentary was shot entirely on a 5dMkII and edited in Premiere Pro. Rough Cut DoneWednesday, December 16th, 2009Tonight has been a big deal for me. I just completed the first rough cut of my first documentary short. In the next couple of days, I will start writing the script for the voice over narration and adding the subtitles for telling the audience who certain people are. Then it’s on to sweetening the sound, mainly a matter of eliminating recording hiss. The audio system on the 5d MkIIincreases the gain level when there aren’t any loud sounds, this creates a lot of recording hiss. The 5d MkII is not a perfect solution for recording video, but does a very good job and serves its intended roles in video quite well. As I see it, the intended roles in video for the new video dSLRs are to introduce people to video and to allow for recording some clips for posting to the web without the photojournalist carrying additional cameras. I recommend following Vincent Laforet’s blog for cutting edge information about video capable dSLRs. Hopefully, this project will convince inhabitants of the Willamette Valley to help out with savanna restoration. Some of the invasive weeds project that the Friends of the Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex furthers restoration. Just about anyone around here can help us pulling weeds. |