I went to one of the places on earth where visitors hope for “bad” weather: the Fanal Forest on the island of Madeira in Portugal. As you can see, I got lucky 🙂
And, yes, I continue to make these widescreen, black & white mini docs (as I call them). I am working up to a (feature) documentary film (someday) made in this style. I’m editing Trinity in this style. I still have much to learn.
For a 16:9 1080 HD version in color, visit GMP!TV.
I make black & white, widescreen mini docs from time to time. I do this for two reasons that I’ve bothered to articulate to myself: 1) I like the format, and 2) I shoot lots of video that’s not “useful” for any of my projects other than social media. Here’s the latest from a recent trip to Berlin:
Look, I thought the whole Nikon v. Canon thing was tiresome back in 1974 when I was working for my high school yearbook.
Photography and its discontents march forward. Today we have digital v. analog. We even have a documentary film about it.
If you cut all the simplistic, contradictory, erroneous, and silly claims about digital photography from this feature-length film, you’d have an excellent (short) examination of (mostly young) photographers getting seriously into film and doing some seriously cool work. I’m all for it! Just don’t get all Nikony v. Canony on me.
On a hilarious note, this film was filmed with digital cameras.
I’ve begun pre-production on Os Marnotos (The Saltworkers) in Aveiro, Portugal.
I’m expecting to go into production in early October and finish filming one year later.
You may follow my progress on TikTok: @docfilmdirector
I’m liking the looks of this new film due in theaters soon.
It could very well earn a spot on my list of great, direct-cinema documentary films. Also visit my explanation for my list. Finally, you may wish to check in on my in-progress blog series (here, here, and here) regarding visual style. I think you will see why I’m looking forward to this one.
