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.
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Woodpeckers, Fire and Acorns – the Trailer
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Rough Cut Done
Wednesday, 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.
Conservation = Christmas Trees?
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009One of the main things threatening oak savanna in the Willamette Valley is encroachment by Douglas Fir. Our local oaks are not shade tolerant and as Douglas Fir moves in the oaks can no longer sprout. Thus, a common method for restoring oak savanna land is to cut down the fir. Now with the holidays approaching, the staff of William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge thought that the smaller Douglas Fir they are cutting would be useful as Christmas trees. If you want one they are being placed outside the Wild Goose Nature Store at the office at William L. Finley NWR. Donations in exchange for the trees are appreciated but not required. The donations will go to the Friends of the Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex and will aid in their mission to promote the refuges and conservation.
So yes, conservation can equal Christmas Trees.