Back from Prosser and Walla Walla
Jun/100
We spent the last several days interviewing winemakers, wine bloggers and other wine industry fans and professionals in Prosser and Walla Walla, WA. Not only was it a thumbnail education on the wines and geography of that high desert region, but it was three days filled with fascinating wine stories and experiences. We visited with winemakers and growers from Daven Lore Winery, Maison Bleue and Reininger and captured interviews with participants and organizers at the Winebloggers Conference in Walla Walla.
We’ll have some updates from the trip soon. We missed some easy shots, but also grabbed plenty of footage that has potential to make it into the finished project.
Gordon Taylor of Devon Lore Winery shows cinematographer Kegan Sims the geography of the Yakima Valley
First shoot in the can
Jun/100
We officially kicked off production on our new wine documentary. Was a productive evening last night, and we had an outstanding 3-camera shoot (2 Canon 7Ds and one Canon T2i) during sunset. In fact, the evening was so productive that I think we even came up with the actual name of our film. I thought it would take at least a year to figure out what we’re going to call this thing. We may have a new domain to reserve soon.
Airlie Winery owner Mary Olson shared some great stories and wisdom. She’s fantastic on camera, as natural, thoughtful and likable, all the qualities that make her tasting room feel like home. She’s one of our favorites in the wine biz.
So we started shooting at our home winery, and Friday we’ll be heading to Prosser, WA to interview a fascinating pair of winemakers who are both doing something unique and original. On Saturday we’ll swing by the Wine Blogger Conference in the vino-loving town of Walla Walla, WA. All in all it will be a fun first week of shooting The Wine Movie.
We captured a time lapse sunset to wrap up an evening of filming at Airlie Winery
The Wine Ride
Jun/100
We biked 30 miles through the Willamette Valley on Sunday, tasting Oregon wines and searching for the perfect bottle to offer as an incentive for investors in The Wine Movie, which we officially start filming tonight with our first interview.
In September we plan to launch our campaign on Kickstarter, and investors at the $250 level will receive a bottle of the best of the 24 wines we tasted last Sunday.
It also helps to immerse yourself in the landscape. When you travel by bike, you start to see things differently. You get an immersive perspective, rather than just a look at a place out the window.
Behind the scenes on A Country Wedding
Jun/100
This is a clip from the behind the scenes documentary we included with the DVD version of A Country Wedding. In it, cinematographer Truen Pence talks about the low-fi stabilization rig we used, and the thoughts behind the two-camera process.
