3. Theater
A permit has been pulled but construction is just beginning on the theater. Please excuse the mess as I am still looking for the best way to put these videos up for you to see without taking too much bandwidth but keeping the image quality reasonable.
These Short films were made by lifting my digital camera with a kite. The sound that you hear was not mixed in post production but rather recorded by the on-camera microphone at the same time the video was made. Please enjoy the video view from a kite.
This first Video is the Reptile Palace Orchestra performing at McKee Farms park in Fitchburg WI in August of 2005.
This next video was taken in July of 2005 at an event called Opera in the Park.
This video was shot in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in May of 2006. It shows what the view will be from the 25th floor of a building that hasn’t been built yet. Some of what you hear are the cars below but mostly what you hear are seagulls. As I set up for this shot I had to scare off 100’s of birds but they didn’t go far away.
The next film was shot on August 24, 2005. Light is fading and its well after sunset but the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra entertains the crowd with their bright sounds at Concert in the Park.
OK, by now maybe you are asking yourself hmmm, How can a kite lift a camera? What does that process look like? Here is an interview and video piece that I did in the fall of 2006 that aired nationally on the Hallmark channel on a show called New Morning.
This last one is a live webcast that I did with Dan Smith at WISC Channel 3000 right after Hanging by a Thread came out.