David Carr. Addiction and journalism.
http://www.npr.org/2015/02/13/386015153/david-carr-called-himself-part-pirate-part-thug-but-also-a-decent-person
Bob Simon. Detained in the gulf war.
http://www.npr.org/2015/02/12/385752310/fresh-air-remembers-60-minutes-correspondent-bob-simon
jungles. bbc 2006. part of the series planet earth.
perhaps one of the best documentaries i have ever seen.
*seamless time lapse of fungi and plants growing.
*bird of paradise with fluorescent blue plumage bouncing and courting a female.
*monkeys!
*cordyceps emerging from the sad carcasses of insects as the camera circles them.
*gangs of human-like, badass chimps roaming their turfs in the congo.
executive producer: alastair fothergill
cinematography: doug allen
aerial dp: Michael Kelem
technical aspects:
http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news/news-articles/hd-discoveries-location-planet-earth/418325
workflow, use of hd and time lapse
production:
2,000 days of shooting,
70+ camera operators
$25 million
5 years
(source USA TODAY)
cameras:
Panasonic’s AJ-HDC27 VariCam
Sony HDW-750 HDCAM cameras
35mm and super16mm also used (ARRI SR2 Super 16 cameras up to 150fps).
Photron camera for super slow motion (up to 400fps) (used since 1970s).
More on use of photron camera in the article.
aerial photography:
Cineflex-HD gyro-stabilize with Sony HDC-F950 CineAlta camera and Canon HJ40 40x zoom lens
post production:
use of Autodesk Lustre and Smoke
Sledgehammer HD!O NAS storage
planet earth website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mywy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Earth_(TV_series)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Allan
Yazidi man in traditional clothes| via wikipedia
article from the NY times: The First Victims of the Crusade
banyeo. saw the local tomcat chasing a marauding intruder. they tumbled out from under a parked car letting out war cries. the catfight rolled onto the busy street. the cabdrivers slowed down and gave the warriors a brake-a courtesy not often extended to civilians and pedestrians.
crossed the suyong into yeonsan. followed gobun-ro along baeksan mountain. went over the tunnel that cuts into one of baeksan’s protuding ridges. at the top, i visited the ancient tombs of yeonsandong (옌산동고분군) from the gaya period (first to 6th century AD).
found a not-so-ancient artifact in the sexy and shady district surrounding yeonsan intersection. possible relic of a demolished love motel.
followed the worldcup-daero road, renamed for the 2002 fifa world cup that took place near by.
past geojeyeok entered an old neighborhood.
signs of mudang and shamans.
a door to an abandoned house.
a neighborhood that will be swept away by the new korea of high rises and lotte castles.
a pastoral scene.
eldorado. woke up to find my scooter gone. dwelled on stories about locating and rescuing it. they almost all ended with storylines from cormac mccarthy novels. decided to pull a zen cap on that thought.
bad luck.
we shall see.
goodbye, old friend.
dropped off sp at the airport. bought three tubs of hummus and a can of ginger beer at the foreign market in gwangan. sat on the beach eating my hummus with crackers while being watched by curious, hungry pigeons. spent most of the afternoon at the pulitzer prize photo exhibit in the knn building in centum city.
The Ship Breakers of Bangladesh (Vice INT – Feb 9, 2015):
Sitakunda, Chittagong, Bangladesh .
Techniques: slow creeping zoom, pans with patterns, tilts to reveal location.
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario
Book: It’s What I do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War
Her website: http://www.lynseyaddario.com/
Fresh Air Interview:
http://www.npr.org/2015/02/11/385246118/twice-kidnapped-photographer-returns-to-war-zone-its-what-i-do
Zen and Mahayana Buddhism influence.
Imperfection. Simplicity. Transience. Economy. Asymmetry. As opposed to western Apollonian aesthetics.
Three marks of Existence.
Emptiness. Impermanence. suffering.
Wabi sabi style music: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shikanotoone_new.ogg
Desolation and solitude.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_garden
Read essay In Praise of Shadows by Tanizaki.
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ali/2010ema8600/tanizaki_in%20praise%20of%20shadows.pdf
see
mono no aware http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware
Found it while listening to The Man In The High Castle.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi
how you doin.
Near the flea markets and vintage clothing stores, obviously.
Hipster mafiosos.
Brown bread – dead
daisy root – boots
dog and bone – phone
loaf of bread – head
north and south – mouth
khyber pass – arse
trouble and strife – wife
whistle and flute – suit
pork pies – lies
jam jar – car
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyming_slang
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney
http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/