Re: [AGA-mcm] Future overblown Video Projects

[Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com>]

I love the idea. 

 Heck, I would even pull down one of my plant tanks
(90 gal)and clean it up and we could do it again from
scratch. Or perhaps better yet we could get some
before shots of it as a what not to do ;-). 

Or maybe another DFW member has a nicer looking tank &
stand they would volunteer to do it with. I don't
know, but I do know that the idea to do a visual ABC's
of the planted Aquaria rocks! What a great resource
for the AGA to distribute. 

Perhaps we could include "reality TV like" interviews
with Karen Randall and Tom Barr about the different
phases the tank is going through in some type of
chronological format?



Larry


--- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Phil Edwards wrote:
> 
> > I'm going to be setting up my planted tanks again
> in the near future.  How 
> > would you like to use video footage of something
> like that (assuming I can 
> > get it) for promotional material.  "Planted Tank
> 101".
> 
> What I'm envisioning is something that we block out
> and plan in advance 
> for being shot on video, and try for pro (or at
> least prosumer) quality.
> 
> So, for instance, you know how Amano has those great
> shots of setting up 
> an aquarium from plan to final display?  One of the
> bits might be a video 
> equivalent of this.
> 
> But I would also imagine shots of plant species in a
> fish store, issues of 
> dealing with what's available, maybe considering
> mail-order, choosing fish 
> to go with the plants, types of hardware...
> basically imagine the material 
> that might go into a FAQ or beginner book on plants
> or someone's basics 
> talk, but presented in a manner that takes advantage
> of the video medium.
> Narration, graphics, public-domain music, etc.
> 
> Actually, writing about this reminds me of some
> alternate forms of 
> presentation to the traditional narrative, one of
> which is the "Extreme 
> Makeover"/"Queer Eye"/"This Old Tank" style -- Luis
> invades someone's 
> house and aquascape their aquarium.  (OK, not Luis;
> he's good, but we'd 
> need to dub his voice with someone else.)  Another
> might be the "reality 
> TV" approach where the style follows someone setting
> up a new tank. 
> Another variant is the "host/newbie and expert" duo
> approach where the 
> host guy asks all the questions (standing in for the
> viewer).
> 
> In all those cases, the narrative is the person
> setting up the tank, and 
> from the people chatting with them as they do
> things.  This would be sort 
> of like Amano's demo, but much further reaching as
> it would span the 
> entire process, from them choosing the hardware,
> drawing out plans on 
> paper, going to the stores, the actual construction,
> and then, most 
> importantly, AFTER it's all set up, over periods of
> a week, a month, two 
> months, etc.
> 
> Different "episodes" or parts could feature
> different types of tanks. 
> "Basic", "Nano", "High Tech", "Large tank",
> "Biotope" :), etc.
> 
> This is why I can't really commit to a project like
> this yet.  I keep 
> coming up with ideas that are elaborate and (at the
> moment) impossible to 
> execute on at the moment.
> 
> Even for something more reasonable, like an edited
> video of Phil setting 
> up a new aquarium, to do it right I'd need to fly
> across the country with 
> all the gear, have lots of prodding questions to
> keep him talking, and 
> edit it all down. :) Not going to happen this year.
> 
> On the other hand, we could take an opportunistic
> approach.  For instance, 
> we'll be in Dallas this summer for the ACA
> convention.  Not saying this 
> would work *this* year, but if some in DFWAPC were
> interested in helping 
> set something up, we might be able to pull off a
> shoot.
> 
>    - Erik
> 
> -- 
> Erik Olson
> erik at thekrib dot com
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