post-production magic

Friends,

The summer shoot is over! Jessica, Benj and I returned with 1000 minutes of HD footage, close to two hours of film and thousands of still photographs. These parks are incredible places and we recommend them to you, especially jed smith and prairie creek state parks. We were lucky to experience so much and talk to so many incredible people. Thank you to everyone who gave us encouragement and support along the way. Thank you also to all the participants in the documentary. We are so grateful for everyone’s energy.

Post-production is underway.

Take care!

In the woods

The shoot officially began yesterday. Spent a long day on Damnation Trail. Things are going very well so far... Back to work!

Just the mount

Here's a photo of the mount on it's own. Thanks again to Chuck Faddis and the machine shop at Prototek.

90 degree camera mount is built!

Thanks to Chuck Faddis for another technical challenge overcome! We built an aluminum mount that fits on the tripod, allowing our cameras to be mounted 90 degrees to the right (clockwise) from their normal mounted position. We are experimenting with the idea of a partial "vertical aspect ratio"-16:9 turned on end  and appropriately letterboxed- film. More to come. Note my cat in the background.

Update - planning for shoot

Things are moving right along...

1. We are applying for filming permits in the following parks:

Redwoods National and State (Del Norte Coast, Jedediah Smith and Prairie Creek)



Sequoia National



Humboldt Redwoods



2. For those living in the Seattle area, there will be a benefit at the Northwest Film Forum soon. We still have to raise over $1000 to reach budget for the upcoming shoot.

3. John will be managing sound.

4. Jessica will be shooting still photographs, as planned.

5. We are crafting an accessory part for the tripod so we can take a special kind of shot.

Thank You

Thank you to the planners, participants and attendees of the redwoods documentary benefit for making it such an awesome event. Your donations amounted to $450 -- a significant portion of our production budget! We are grateful for all your support and encouragement.

Philadelphia Fundraiser!

Benjamin and his house-mates are hosting a redwoods documentary benefit concert and art showing on Saturday, May 10th. There will be photographs, paintings, and sculpture on display, accompanied by music. Later in the evening we will screen films.

Come join us!

$5 at the door supports our upcoming shoot in the redwoods.

Time: Saturday, May 10th at 8pm
Place: 221 S 46th Street, between Locust and Walnut

Thanks to all who are participating!

Music
ASHLEY DEEKUS (ashley's myspace)
JOSHUA MARCUS (josh's myspace)
and special guests

Artwork
KALI MILES CLARK
SARAH JACOBY
PAUL CORWIN LAMM
JESSICA NOTARGIACOMO
CAMILLA PADGITT-COLES
ROBYN OLIVER
SAMANTHA TERRY
MICHAEL TOLBERT

Films
BENJ CAMERON
CAIT DAVIS
BENJAMIN GREENE
PAUL CORWIN LAMM

Hamatsa Emerging from the Woods

"Their ceremonies are developed to a point which fully justifies the term dramatic" Here is another element that is in our story -- drama and reverence.

Urwald der Welt

On the further theme of Urwald, this is a beautiful representation of a place that I'd like to be. Where is this? What can we do to get there? Can the people who are survivors of the collapsed New culture continue to live in the Place, to stand upon a murk where their foundation once was?

urwald

Josef, an enthusiastic German man we interviewed in the Redwoods National Park, uttered the word, "urwald", in response to the question: "What do you find interesting about this place?" The translation was a mystery to us until yesterday, when a friend from Germany described it. She thought it would be a good title for the film, and I agree with her, although it probably wont end up being the title.

This was her translation:

Urwald

its an untouched nature place, but not a lovely one, its some kind of cruel and a bit scary,.. there are storys about brave people who go to have an adventure there, because there aren't any humans, its just a place ruled by nature..
wald = forest
ur = something from times long ago

welcome to our blog

Welcome to the blog for our new film, the Redwoods Documentary. We will try to update you periodically about our progress.

A couple things on the agenda:

-The Philadelphia fundraiser will be on May 10th at Ben's house, featuring live music by Joshua Marcus, Asheley Deekus, and others. There will also be an art showing with works by Jessica Notargiacomo, Robyn Oliver, and many others, and film clips from pieces by Benj Cameron and Ben Greene. If you are in the vicinity at the time, please come!

-The Seattle and Bainbridge Island fundraisers are coming soon (TBA).

-Jess Notargiacomo will be joining us during the summer production to take photos.