You Are Currently Watching: Silent Presses - Braden VanDragt
Posted On: March 19, 2009Posted In: 5D MkII, Documentary, Vimeo
Comments: 10 Responses
Filmmaker: Braden VanDragt
Pro or amateur: Student
Synopsis: This is a short documentary on two former photojournalists at the Seattle P-I who lost their jobs and their careers when the paper shut down print production on March 17, 2009. This is a trying time for photojournalism as well as a time of great opportunity to start fresh and try new things
Production equipment used: Canon 5DII, Canon 40D, Sennheiser mke400 shotgun mic / k6 power module, Bogen 3021BPRO tripod legs, Bogen 501HDV Fluid Head, Canon EF 17-40 f/4L, Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS
Editing software: Final Cut Express
Editing hardware: MacBook Pro 2.5 Ghz, 4gb ram
Editing workflow: Aperture 2.0, Adobe Camera Raw, Adobe Photoshop cs3, Final Cut Express - uploaded in H.264
March 20th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Really enjoyed this. I like the tone of the story and the integration of the photos was nicely done for the most part. It certainly carried their story across which is the most important objective.
March 22nd, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Very touching story, loved the pictures, all put together so well.
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Well done, good story telling.Thanks for sharing.
March 23rd, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Nicely done. I’m a staff newspaper photographer at The Oregonian and know Andy from way back. This all breaks my heart. I hope things turn around soon.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Thanks for helping us through the grief. The presses may stop but our shutters will not.
May 31st, 2009 at 10:42 pm
This happened to me twenty years ago - it was the best thing that could have happened. I eventually worked as a Federal government photographer and now get a generous Federal retirement and health care coverage. The paper I worked for dropped their pension system and established a profit sharing - if you were not witht he paper 30+ years you got screwed.
June 19th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Well done..Perfect story telling, picture, angle and video…very captivating ! 10/10
August 23rd, 2009 at 3:14 am
Though I feel for everyone going through hard times, especially those losing the jobs that they love, print will not be around in a few years. It’s a digital future, just like the cameras we’re all shooting with. News is now up-to-the-second online. You just can’t beat that. It’s also free.
Print is dead, but photography is not. Photography, like the news, is only getting better and better. It’s also becoming more democratic in that the means to produce great photos, video, and stories are more accessible then they have been throughout rour ecorded history. It’s a time like no other.
It’s going to be an interesting decade ahead. We’ll see hundreds of new business models for news. Though the growing pains are hard, it’s still a very exciting time!
August 23rd, 2009 at 3:16 am
excuse the typos, it’s late! - *than they have been, *throughout OUR RECORDED history.
December 14th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
well put together doc! honest and sobering as to the fact that “things change”.
is anyone else hearing distortion on the low notes of the acoustic guitar music track? its noticable to me at the very end where the sign is spinning. other than that its a strong piece! dp