Why Motion Pictures Still Can't Move
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By Dale Johnson, Technology Editor
In spite of the advancement of our technology today, we have found no way to make pictures move.
“Huh?” “Whaaaa?” “What are you talking about?” you may say. “I watch moving pictures every day on TV, at the cinema, and even on my phone.”
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Posted by Dale Johnson in Blogs May 14, 2013
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Filmmaker Charles Hartman Dead After Long Illness
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Longtime travel filmmaker Charles Hartman, is dead at 75. He had retired eight years earlier because of health problems.
A native of Warsaw, Indiana, he was in high school when he bought an old movie camera and soon began shooting the high school band—the begining of his second career as filmmaker.
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Posted by Hal McClure in Blogs April 14, 2013
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Filmaker's Outrageous Joke Jump-Starts His Next Film Epic
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I asked myself how much I knew about Christopher Columbus. I knew five things. I knew he was born in Genoa. I knew the names of the three ships. I knew the date—1492. I knew the name of the island where he made his first landfall. I knew the names of the Catholic sovereigns who helped him—Ferdinand and Isabella. I knew nothing else.
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Posted by Robin D. Williams in Blogs April 08, 2013
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Hawaii Show Nearly Ends His Career
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There's no question that we Travel Filmmakers certainly have our adventures while shooting films in foreign lands, and less often, of course, while plying the North American circuit presenting them to our audiences. The following episode is about showing my first brand-new travel film to my second-ever audience.
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Posted by Hal McClure in Blogs March 12, 2013
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The Adventure: Visiting Eskimo Village for Whale Carving and Walrus Snacks
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By Dale Johnson
A few years ago, hunters in the Eskimo village of Wainwright, Alaska, had taken a whale in the sea near the village. Historically, the people of the Village would carve up the carcass and distribute the meat to everyone in Wainwright, according to ancient Eskimo rituals. The producers at NOVA were working on a new program about the native people of Alaska at that time, and wanted footage of this process. Consequently, I was hired to go to Wainwright to film the activity.
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Posted by Dale Johnson in Blogs February 21, 2013
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