I guess it's a midlife crisis. I joined the community access television station
CTV-14 in Windham, CT. in 2008 and have been shooting 30 minute mini-documentaries.
Last month, my film crew produced the 30 minute
2009 Salisbury Winter Sports Association Ski Jumps (local airing on 3/28-4/11 two times per week-
check www.CTV14.com for schedule)
My production crew is seeking a small or large boat in the hunt for Bluefish. The theme of the show will center around the rivalry between blue fishermen-women and their striper counterparts. We wish to tape interviews with crewmen, skippers and deckhands or even small boats with friends on a bluefish hunt.
We're looking for some colorful characters, some filmable tips on rigging, fishing and landing blues and great panoramas. We are three in all, myself as cameraman and director (age 59), my brother who is shaping his mid life crisis with being and interviewer and cameraman (5
, and my son, cameraman (11), who tries to do as I say but would rather be home playing games on the computer, I'm sure. We won't be fishing, only filming. Our radius is located from Niantic to Charleston, R.I.
Our productions are light, fun to watch, and promote whatever issue we are filming. As editor, I keep the finished cut
G for
General Audiences. Any profanity-laden interviews
will not make the cut.
In order to make a 30 minute doc, we need about 7 hours of footage!We are already planning the next segment which will either be Stripers (of course) or Tuna. We had planned to do a show on the
trout hatchery in Burlington, CT. but realized it would not air before opening day 2009.
The productions take about 60 days from the beginning of scriptwriting until completion with music, titles, acknowledgements, sound mixing and final editing. It is then broadcast on our local Public Access
www.CTV-14.com show.
Everyone has a local access station in their area. The finished DVD format discs are then available for you to take to
your local cable access station, hand over to them,
and see yourself immortalized on TV!
If you think you would like to join us in this undertaking, please e-mail me at
ccsewing@sbcglobal.net
Tight Lines
Semper Fi and God Bless the Marine Corps!