As both an approach and a practice, Contemplative Filmmaking is a way of seeing. It's an expressive form with a kinship to poetry. 
Laurynn Evans observed an octopus over a 10 month period and filmed its eggs and hatchlings.
Media Resources
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, 2011
A science conference isn't what usually springs to mind when I think of media sources, but this conference has indeed had its media high points. Tuesday night there was a great film festival, and I'll write more about that later. There is also a marvelous art show which I'll also describe later (but here's a link to one of the artists featured there).
Today's post is to save a space for a matrix of media/outreach ideas that came largely from the audience in a session about media in science outreach. Watch this space for the contents of that 2-D list in the next few days.
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, October 25-27, 2011
John Hemmen Art
The Treehouse Cafe (Bainbridge Island, WA) usually has exhibits by local artists on its walls, and the art is usually pretty good. I was in there the other day, and I found the art on the walls remarkable — partly because I just liked it, and partly because it was about fish. Remarkable indeed because relatively little of our media is about the largest part of our biosphere: our water. Even on a small island like Bainbridge, ocean themes are not all that common.
John Hemmen was the artist who produced this great work. Take a look at the gallery of his work on his web site. One thing I especially like about his work is exemplified in the accompanying image: showing not just fish but relationships.
The Monterey Shootout
A film festival, workshops and a competition make up this 3 day event that focuses on underwater video and photography on Sept 9-11, 2011.
The event kicks off on Friday with a free Digital Underwater Photography Class for Beginners. Dives for the shootout competition begin at 1:00 p.m. that day and continue on Saturday. The film festival, featuring some of the luminaries of underwater imaging, is on Saturday night. A couple of seminars on Sunday are followed by the Winners Show and Prize Competition. More info at: http://www.montereyshootout.com
Shifting Baselines: Common Sense for the Oceans
The Shifting Baselines web site is a treasure trove of videos, serious and funny, professional and student made. They all share a common theme: shifting baselines.
Shifting Baselines was founded by Randy Olson. He has written and directed a number of short films and feature documentaries which have premiered at film festivals such as Tribeca Film Festival and Telluride Film Festival. Most of his films draw on his science background, involve humor, and address major science issues such as the decline of the world's oceans, the controversy around the teaching of evolution versus intelligent design, and the attacks on global warming science. His company, Prairie Starfish Productions, is based at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, California. He is currently the Director of the Shifting Baselines Ocean Media Project.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SALISH SEA ECOSYSTEM FILM FESTIVAL
Entries are sought for the Salish Sea Ecosystem Film Festival, to be held in conjunction with the Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, on October 25, 2011, from 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Wall Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Entries can be submitted in electronic, DVD or videotape formats and must have relevance to natural or human dimensions of the Salish Sea ecosystem. Submissions must be under 20 minutes (total, including credits) running time and can include stand-alone segments of longer works. All entries will be reviewed by a panel of judges, which will make its recommendations for the final lineup of films.
Entries must be received (or posted to the festival’s FTP site) no later than 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on September 2, 2011. Please include written information on:
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The entry’s title, director and prod ucer
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A brief (250 words maximum) description of the entry, its running time and its relevance to the Salish Sea ecosystem
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The year produced
Please send entries to:
David G. Gordon, Science Writer
Washington Sea Grant
3716 Brooklyn Avenue NE
Seattle, Washington 98105-6716
Return of the River: Elwha Dam Removal Documentary
This documentary film part of this project is described in a "Media Item" article elsewher on this site. But as you can see from the project web site (Return of the River) this is much more than just a film in progress. It's an evolving treasure trove of media about the Elwha created by a dedicated journalist and photographer, John Gussman.
www.elwhafilm.com contains a wide array of digital photographs, videos, fine art prints, and other resources about the people, the politics and the process of the removal of two dams from the Elwha River. If you are producing a media project about the dam removal or are simply interested in viewing some images about it, take a look at this web site.
This project is an unfunded labor of love for John Gussman, so please make use of the "donation" button on the web site to contribute to the project's success.
SEACINEMA! FILM FESTIVAL 2011
SEA CINEMA is a two-day film festival in honor of World Oceans Day held on June 3 and 4, 2011, at the Capitol Theater in Olympia, 6 pm - 12:30 am each day.Admission is free and the event is family friendly.
FRIDAY PROGRAM
6:00 - 7:00: People For Puget Sound Full Length Documentary
7:00 - 8:00: Marine Mammals and Sonar
8:00 - 8:10: Forty Foot
8:10 - 9:50: Encounters at the End of the World
9:50 - 10:05: INTERMISSION
10:05 - 11:00: Sounds of the Sea
11:00 - 11:05: Les Revolution des crabes
11:05 - 11:16: Sea Horse Sleuths
11:16 - 11:28: King of the waves
11:28 - 12:00: Longfin
SATURDAY PROGRAM
6:00 - 6:45: Wild Ocean
6:45 - 7:30: Songs and Stories of the Sea with Backroads Teller and Ferryboat Music
7:40 - 7:50: INTERMISSION
7:50 - 8:50: OCEANS (DisneyNature) sponsored by the City of Olympia
8:50 - 9:00: INTERMISSION
9:01 - 9:55: Sea Ghosts
9;55 - 11:30:The End of the Line
11:30 - 12:00: Full Focus: The World Below
More information at: http://pugetsound.org/events/seacinema
Sea Stars of the Pacific Northwest
This site includes descriptions and amazing photos of 30 species of sea stars encountered from the intertidal zone to a depth of 30 m (100 ft) on the Pacific coast of North America
from northern California, Oregon, Washington State, British Columbia and southeast Alaska.
Visit Sea Stars of the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Marine Imaging
Oceans contain habitats as different from one another as rainforests are from deserts. From coastlines to the deepest ocean trenches there lives a vast array of marine life - some rare, some bizarre, some astonishingly beautiful.
The Pacific Northwest, especially Vancouver Island, and the coast of British Columbia is one of the richest and most diverse areas on earth. It is home to thousands of plants and animals both above and below the shoreline.
Scott Stevenson's underwater photographs are stunning. And the intention behind his work shines through his photos as well. He points out that the images, photography, tutorials, and diving information found throughout his website (8arm.com) are to help promote the education, understanding, and conservation of the marine environment and its inhabitants in the Pacific Northwest.
Jan Kocian
Jan Kocian adorns his incredible underwater photos with drawings that allow the collages to tell more complete stories than the photos would by themselves.Jan's colorful drawings express a tongue-in-cheek humor that brings the underwater world alive with mirth.
His work can be seen on his smugmug site, as well as the Sea Slug Forum and PNW Scuba.
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