Friday, August 16, 2013

Tracking the future

Our company is owned by outdoors folks. We watch the patterns of nature and follow the animal sign. And so that translates into succeeding in film production and perhaps crossing the boundaries of genres, because that's where the trail leads.

We did a kayaking video and when it was released, the short film did wonderfully.

Then it rained and the rivers flooded, but the kayakers still came.

The entertainment business is a lot like farming in that it's high risk, high stress, but always challenging. It's worth the trouble to create something from nothing.

Our computer tech has been pestering us to use remote controlled devices for filming such as helicopters and cameras on a track for one reason or another. A RC helicopter with a live camera feed to a laptop would be great for deer hunting intelligence, until it gets hung up in a tall oak tree.

Then we've been toying with the idea of filming model cities created on a card table without actually being there. We'd simply use a Green Screen with actors.

Basically, we like creating great videos for as little money as possible and with the hope to make a pretty decent living one day so that we can hire professionals, build new studios, buy lots of new cameras, remote controlled devices, booms, more real estate for sets, and other gear. Also, getting paychecks might be nice.

Mostly our ideas of how to compete in the future comes from sitting in the forest and talking about the next video while hunting. There is no greater board room. Pizza delivery is a bit of a problem, but when you're tracking the future, there's often no conveniences around. It's all pioneer territory.

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