PEDERSON POINT - Spring and Summer 2003 DVD Documentary

The movie is a dense comprehensive journey throughout everything that makes Pederson Point what it is. It portrays not only the complete process of herring and salmon seasons, but it also embraces its surrounding environment, people, and wildlife; it interviews fishermen and processors, and it shows lots of fun, behind the scenes footage. It is dedicated to the memory Va.

Written, Directed, Filmed, and Produced by: Petr Marecek
Narration: Dawn Dill, Petr Marecek, Dave Hufstader
Recorded: April - July 2003; Edited: November 2003 - August 2004
Equipment used: Hitachi DZ-MV270A camcorder, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop CS, Olympus DM-20 voice recorder, Pentium 4 2.8Ghz, 1GB DDR400 RAM, Nvidia 5950 256MB graphics card, Sound Blaster Audigy 2ZS, Sony 21" Trinitron monitor, and 650GB of harddrive space
Soundtrack artists: 1. Ulver, 2. Shri, 3. Ephel Duath, 4. Ahumando Granujo, 5. Lords of Acid, 6. Fear Factory, 7. Limbonic Art, 8. RY Cooder & Manuel Galban, 9. Emperor

Released: August 2004
Format: NTSC DVD
Languages: English, Czech
Subtitles: English
Length: 32 minutes (45 minutes for extended version*)
Resolution: 720x480, 29.97 fps, 8Mbps

DVD Features:
- The PPT2003 Documentary
- Bonus Party footage medley (for selected audiences only*)
- Theatrical trailer
- Over 3800 still pictures organized by years (1990-2004) and themes
- DivX versions of all the videos for convenient computer use

Download
the trailer here: ppt_2003_trailer(divx-luminosea).avi (9.13MB in DivX format). This trailer shows almost the whole movie in 4000% of its original speed :).
In order to view it, you need to have a DivX codec installed (download here).

Reviews

I watched Petr put together the documentary for almost a year and I have to say he put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into that documentary. So, I'll give him a 10 for effort. But I will have to give the documentary a 1 for all the nights Petr was too tired to have sex after long sessions of editing and putting together clips. I think the documentary had a good flow, the audio could use improvement, and I'm not crazy about the high speed voices! I was entertained as well as educated (I now know more about dead fish than I have ever cared too). Overall I give this documentary an 8, I just hope Petr doesn't decide to make a smellovision version.
- Dawn

Techinally the two highlights of this film are the soundtrack and the blend of video and stills. The carefully picked tunes help progress the documentary from one location to the next without distracting from the narration. The soundtrack also serves to seamlessly transition between the video and still photos, giving the photos fluidity they would not have had otherwise.
After watching twice the film gives me a fair idea of how PPT operated, both in work and at play. While the scenes of drinking and having fun were a pleasure to watch i sometimes felt that they were out of context. Who were these people? What were there specific jobs and how did that job change what they did out of work? I think that the interview with Julie (fish grader) gave a good example of how PPT can effect the body and mind. Since I hold Petr to a high standard I will give this film a 7 - it is worth every minute of your time but I expect future productions of Petr's to surpass this one.
- Jarod

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