Jonathan Fowler
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Oscar-Nominated Documentaries Cut On Final Cut Pro
March 6, 2010 - 9:06 pm
Tags: 2010 Academy Awards, Apple, Burma VJ, China's Unnatural Disaster, Documentary, Editing, Final Cut Pro, Food Inc., Macworld, Music by Prudence, NLE, Oscars, Post-Production, Rabbit à la Berlin, The Cove, The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner, The Last Truck, The Most Dangerous Man in the World, Video, Which Way Home
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A recent Macworld article points out that 9 out of the 10 documentaries nominated for the 2010 Academy Awards were edited using Final Cut Pro… pretty impressive, considering that the first version of FCP was released only twelve years ago. (The exception, Burma VJ, was cut on an Avid). From the article:
Apple’s PR rep put [...]
‘The Virtual Revolution’: BBC’s Collaborative Web Documentary
February 15, 2010 - 3:45 pm
Tags: 3D, 3d Documentary Explorer, BBC, Collaborative, Documentary, Interactivity, New Media, Open Source, The Virtual Revolution, Video
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From the BBC, regarding The Virtual Revolution, their collaborative documentary about the web:
It was a radical change for BBC documentary making – an open and collaborative production, which asked the web audience to debate programme themes, suggest and send questions for interviewees, watch and comment on interview and graphics clips, and download clips for personal [...]
“Cascading Effects” – A documentary on climate change in the Pacific Northwest (Part 2)
January 31, 2010 - 4:38 pm
Tags: Cascading Effects, Climate Change, Documentary, Earth Sciences, Global Warming, Jim Tharp, Jonathan's Work, Mount Rainier National Park, National Parks, North Cascades National Park, Olympic National Park, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Science Filmmaking, Scott Wiessinger, Video, Washington
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Following up on my previous post… here is Part 2 (of 2) of Cascading Effects.
“Cascading Effects” – A documentary on climate change in the Pacific Northwest
January 18, 2010 - 3:37 pm
Tags: Cascading Effects, Climate Change, Documentary, Earth Sciences, Global Warming, Jim Tharp, Jonathan's Work, Mount Rainier National Park, National Parks, North Cascades National Park, Olympic National Park, Pacific Northwest, Science Filmmaking, Scott Wiessinger, Video
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I co-shot this piece – a project produced by fellow friend, filmmaker, shooter, and producer, Jim Tharp. A synopsis from Jim:
[Cascading Effects examines] the sublime landscapes of North Cascades, Mount Rainier, and Olympic National Parks, researchers shed light on emerging indications that climate change is real and predict how warming temperatures will affect the natural [...]
“FilmFellas” Webisodes: Round-Table Discussions With Filmmakers
December 28, 2009 - 7:36 pm
Tags: Digital Media, Director of Photography, FilmFellas, Filmmaking, Jens Bogehegn, New Media, Philip Bloom, Robert Primes, Trent Opaloch, Webisode, Zacuto
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The folks at Zacuto have been producing FilmFellas, a “webisodic series” featuring round-table discussions with filmmakers of all variety, from novice to seasoned professional. The clip above is the first segment of the “DP Series” Cast (Philip Bloom, Trent Opaloch, Jens Bogehegn, and Robert Primes, ASC).
For anyone in the film industry, I highly recommend having [...]
Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary (Werner Herzog Clip)
November 8, 2009 - 10:07 pm
Tags: Documentary, Errol Morris, Film, Les Blank, National Film Board of Canada, New Media, Pepita Ferrari, Robert Lepage, Video, Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog discusses climbing an active volcano in order to get the shot. Although, as he puts it, he was merely playing “the blind lottery” and didn’t do it to “show bravado.” Filmmakers and cinemaphiles tend to have strong opinions about Herzog; from positive to negative to genuinely amused to gravely concerned… and just about [...]
National Geographic Pronghorn Short
October 26, 2009 - 3:16 pm
Tags: Documentary, Jonathan's Work, Migration, National Geographic, Pronghorn, Short-Form, Video, Wyoming
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I co-shot this piece last fall for National Geographic (with fellow filmmaker, Stephani Gordon, and NGTV producer and friend, Laura Boyd). The featured Explorer, Joe Riis, does amazing work and his stills (used throughout the cut) are incredible.
Pronghorn are extremely timid and they have extraordinary vision – they can detect the [...]
