I am the Media Manager for the documentary The Right Track. It was formerly known as The Jensen Project. The subject is on the sensitive topic of human trafficking, so I have to be deliberately vague.
Shareen Anderson (Director) was quoted in Variety the day before we started shooting!
Variety
The day before we started shooting this last portion of the doc, Shareen’s previous project on the Laci Peterson case dropped on Peacock, “Face to Face with Scott Peterson“. She was interviewed in Variety.
Title
Role
Project’s IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39123254
My IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1193155/
Production Company
Director
Equipment (Client’s)
- Sony FX9
- Sony FX6
- Sony A6600
- DJI Mini 4 Pro Drone and RC 2 Remote Control with Built-in Screen
- Sony Card XQD/CFexpress Card Reader
- Sony 160GB CFexpress Type A TOUGH Memory Card
- Sony XQD Cards
- SanDisk Extreme Pro SD Cards
- 2 TB Rugged Hard Drives
Hardware (My Gear/Kit)
- 2023 MacBook Pro 16″ with M2 Pro, 32 MB RAM, 1 TB HD
- 2021 iPad Pro 12.9″ with M2 – 2nd monitor
- OWC Thunderbolt 4 Hub with 3 Thunderbolt 4 ports
- Ivanky Docking Station Pro Hub with 14 ports
- Lexar Multi-Card 25-in-1 USB 3.0 Reader
- 12 Outlet Belkin Power Strip Surge Protector
- Laptop Cooler Cooling Pad
- USB Desk Fan
- Quik Cart Collapsible Rolling Crate on Wheels
- iPhone 15 Pro
- 2018 Nissan Rogue SL All Wheel Drive
- I’m looking for an excuse to buy a Portable RAID to add to my Gear.
Software
Workflow
- Offload data using ShotPut Pro to 2 LaCie 2 TB Rugged Hard Drives.
- Log data into MicroSoft Excel Card Log that I created.
Type of Production
Documentary
Trailer
Behind the Scenes
Below are some Behind the Scenes photos from the shoot.
Description
I am the Media Manager for this shoot. That means I collected all the video and audio files and cloned them onto various hard drives. My job is to ensure the integrity of the data thru the Production Pipeline.
Documentary
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion picture intended to “document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record”. Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of “a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception [that remains] a practice without clear boundaries”.
Early documentary films, originally called “actuality films”, briefly lasted for one minute or less. Over time, documentaries have evolved to become longer in length and to include more categories. Some examples are educational, observational and docufiction. Documentaries are very informative, and are often used within schools as a resource to teach various principles. Documentary filmmakers have a responsibility to be truthful to their vision of the world without intentionally misrepresenting a topic.
Social media platforms (such as YouTube) have provided an avenue for the growth of the documentary-film genre. These platforms have increased the distribution area and ease-of-accessibility.
More examples
For more examples of my Media Manager-DIT work, click here.