Washed Away - new short nature film on Vimeo I made!

EnslavedByNinjas · May 26, 2009

http://www.vimeo.com/4848987

Washed Away: Destruction & Creation at Blackrock Trail is a short film showing, well, exactly that. The effects of a change in the water pattern in the area has caused significant erosion, leading to the story in the film. I made this film for the Under Water, Over Land Challenge, a nature videography contest. The theme was 'order and chaos'. Give it a watch and let me know what you think!

Full disclosure: I did not produce or write this piece, I had help with that from my videoninja-in-training, Conner. He's recently gotten into a high school for the arts in the area and is trying to pursue a career in film!

Carl

ETA - if you have trouble with the video skipping and stuttering on playback, try disabling HD. There's a box you can click on right over top of the video to do this, and it'll be a little bit nicer on your computer.

threewingedfury · May 26, 2009

Very nice. I do have a question though - the zooming seems kind of shaky, did you use a tripod? I think the zooming kind of distracts from the beauty, but its still a very neat video.

EnslavedByNinjas · May 26, 2009

Thanks for watching! I did not use a tripod, as the 'rocks' in the video are really just dirt columns and very succeptible to damage or collapse. I almost fell twice just handholding the camera! If I was to shoot again with more time I would probably invest in a monopod with a large foot.

Thanks for the feedback

Sandi · May 27, 2009

Tried watching it but it wouldn't load for me

EnslavedByNinjas · May 27, 2009

Thanks for trying!

Here's a link to a smaller version for those with trouble with Vimeo:

http://www.uwolchallenge.com/challenge13/24_UC13_washedaway.mov

Sandi · May 27, 2009

Wow, I thought it was very cool. I'm going to show it to my daughter after she gets home from school. Where is Blackrock Trail? Thanks for loading the smaller version!