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Production Report February 2016 I spent a lot of time this winter educating myself. After I finished the City Works Sewer video and watched it, I decided I really need to spend some time to learn how to make these videos interesting. There is a ton of information online for documentary film making, as well as a vast array of documentary videos. YouTube is an amazing resource for amateur and semi-pro video producers. Producers with limited resources and equipment are making some entertaining and informational programs. That's the approach I think I need to take with these videos. I want our videos to be less of a bland informational video and more of a documentary with multiple interviews of real people, real situations, not so stiff and monotone. A few of the sites I've been looking at are Lynda.com, I signed up for the free 30 day trial, most of what Lynda has is technical how to use the software and not theory, but I was still able to learn a few new things about Adobe Premiere Pro. Video University seems to be centered around building a video business, at least that's where they make their money from, but there is a vast selection of multipart articles, and forums with a wide variety of subjects. Including a documentary film making series. Indiewire,Video Maker, Social Media Today, there is a lot of information out there. I signed up for a MACTA conference at the end of this month, Boyd Huppert's Storytelling. It promises to be very educational. But what's also interesting is with the new google search parameter"storytelling," I was amazed at the amount of educational material available. Now with this information, I have already scheduled my next video shoot. On Monday the 8th we start taping for the Public Safety video in Big Lake. Chief Scharf is an engaging individual. My plan is to shoot all dialog in a patrol car with two cameras, one on Chief Scharf and one out the front window while patrolling. The Chief is very good at ad-lib and will be able to speak and expand on each point. He provided all the bullet points then I added a few items then sent the points to Ashleigh in Delano and she was able to greatly expand and add context to each bullet point. Also in the plan is to ride with an officer and to interview the Mayor of Delano to cover contract police protection. After the Police video I'm moving on to the Fire Department and have already started working on a rough draft script with Ashleigh and Delano Fire Chief Van Lith. I'd like to get both done before Summer Madness! In other news. We located a topper for the pickup. Here we are parked outside the Elk River Ice Arena. . I ;_ � w. • psi •111161ftft „, b � re— +nom n �