{"id":2529,"date":"2009-03-26T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2010-01-16T12:35:29","modified_gmt":"2010-01-16T17:35:29","slug":"behind-the-scenes-of-the-capecast-report-on-the-pilot-whale-graveyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=2529","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Scenes of the CapeCast Report on the Pilot Whale Graveyard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eric Williams and Jason Kolnos (CapeCast) with Don Lewis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eric Williams and Jason Kolnos, the energetic team behind the success of the Cape Cod Times CapeCast feature, visited the western shore of Lieutenant Island on Wednesday, March 25th, to investigate the mystery of the “Pilot Whale Graveyard<\/strong>.”\u00c2\u00a0 Their smooth and professional broadcast is presented in the Turtle Journal posting above or can be viewed in high quality YouTube by clicking on\u00c2\u00a0“Pilot Whale Graveyard<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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Jason and Eric Plan Shoot with Don (Center)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But smart people know that a “smooth and professional” shoot takes detailed\u00c2\u00a0planning, tons of technical\u00c2\u00a0skill and a heckuva lot of plain hard work to make the untidy complexity of scientific exploration in the messy setting of uncontrolled field conditions appear seamless, fun and easy.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s the hallmark of true professionals like Eric and Jason.<\/p>\n

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Getting\u00c2\u00a0Perfect Angle and Best Sunlight and Shading<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Every shot needs to be thought through to present the best, most informative image to the viewer.\u00c2\u00a0 Brilliant sunshine and long shadows can be your friend or your foe, depending on your preparedness.\u00c2\u00a0 Like chess, you need to be thinking five and six moves out rather than photographing a “come as you are party.”<\/p>\n

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Nature Cooperates with Near Perfect Photographic Conditions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lighting conditions on Wednesday could not have been more beautiful.\u00c2\u00a0 We reached the site a little\u00c2\u00a0after\u00c2\u00a0two thirty\u00c2\u00a0and had excavated the skull\u00c2\u00a0after an hour’s heavy lifting.\u00c2\u00a0 So, by the time we reached the money shot, long afternoon shadows were pouring in from the bay, creating\u00c2\u00a0dramatic images to spotlight the moment.<\/p>\n

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Jason Kolnos Records Background Audio for Video Voice Over<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The most challenging technical aspect of the shoot was audio.\u00c2\u00a0 Wind whistled down\u00c2\u00a0the beach and deafened sounds more than a foot or two from the microphone.\u00c2\u00a0 Jason recognized the problem from the outset and recorded audio to voice over the action shots.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s just one example of professional planning that transformed the final product into a smooth, seamless, high quality broadcast.<\/p>\n

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Click Here to View Video in High Quality<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Behind the Scenes Glimpse of CapeCast Report<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Watching the raw footage\u00c2\u00a0filmed by Turtle Journal cameras from behind the scenes gives you an even more palpable sense\u00c2\u00a0of the professional magic\u00c2\u00a0brought to the shoot by\u00c2\u00a0the CapeCast<\/a> team.\u00c2\u00a0 Kudos to Eric Williams and Jason Kolnos of the Cape Cod Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eric Williams and Jason Kolnos (CapeCast) with Don Lewis Eric Williams and Jason Kolnos, the energetic team behind the success of the Cape Cod Times CapeCast feature, visited the western shore of Lieutenant Island on Wednesday, March 25th, to investigate the mystery of the “Pilot Whale Graveyard.”\u00c2\u00a0 Their smooth and professional broadcast is presented in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2529"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2548,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions\/2548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}