On the Road!
Hello from Highway 61!!
I can't believe that we are actually shooting after literally YEARS of talking about and planning for this documentary. It is exciting!
Since my last post, we have done interviews about the former silent film star who built a comedy theater along the North Shore of Lake Superior outside of Duluth on old Highway 61. We have also talked to the son of the founder of Illgen City, Minnesota. (About an hour south of the Minnesota/Canadian border on 61) We've been to the lovely LeDuc Mansion in Hastings, talked with the former owners of Nemadji Pottery, and visited with a woman who remembers when Barnum Minnesota used to be THE egg producing capitol of the United States. Oh, did I mention that a wonderful colleague of mine from my early days in radio, Michelle Lee, was gracious enough to open her home and show me her incredible Nemadji Pottery collection? Fabulous and wonderfully colorful. Michelle is the author of a nifty little book in the history of Nemadji Pottery and Tile Company of Moose Lake, Minnesota.
Beyond the rigors of travel, the issue I'm having is that the script keeps morphing and growing. After each interview, I find that I'm changing the script a bit. I guess you can say I'm fine tuning as I'm going. I'm also trying to round up guests who are available and willing to talk on the various sites along the road. It is like herding cats trying to coordinate the schedules of the interviewees and the photographers plus deal with the possibility of bad weather while on location. So far, Mother Nature has been kind.
The HD camera we are working with really puts out some beautiful video. We are shooting in 24p, which gives it a film-like quality which will mesh nicely with the "old-time" feel of the documentary.
I am physically exhausted, and just slept a couple of hours. Right now, it is back to tinkering with the script!
Until next time!!
I can't believe that we are actually shooting after literally YEARS of talking about and planning for this documentary. It is exciting!
Since my last post, we have done interviews about the former silent film star who built a comedy theater along the North Shore of Lake Superior outside of Duluth on old Highway 61. We have also talked to the son of the founder of Illgen City, Minnesota. (About an hour south of the Minnesota/Canadian border on 61) We've been to the lovely LeDuc Mansion in Hastings, talked with the former owners of Nemadji Pottery, and visited with a woman who remembers when Barnum Minnesota used to be THE egg producing capitol of the United States. Oh, did I mention that a wonderful colleague of mine from my early days in radio, Michelle Lee, was gracious enough to open her home and show me her incredible Nemadji Pottery collection? Fabulous and wonderfully colorful. Michelle is the author of a nifty little book in the history of Nemadji Pottery and Tile Company of Moose Lake, Minnesota.
Beyond the rigors of travel, the issue I'm having is that the script keeps morphing and growing. After each interview, I find that I'm changing the script a bit. I guess you can say I'm fine tuning as I'm going. I'm also trying to round up guests who are available and willing to talk on the various sites along the road. It is like herding cats trying to coordinate the schedules of the interviewees and the photographers plus deal with the possibility of bad weather while on location. So far, Mother Nature has been kind.
The HD camera we are working with really puts out some beautiful video. We are shooting in 24p, which gives it a film-like quality which will mesh nicely with the "old-time" feel of the documentary.
I am physically exhausted, and just slept a couple of hours. Right now, it is back to tinkering with the script!
Until next time!!
posted by Cathy Wurzer at
4:24 PM
