Greenbelt Magazine
Thanks to Pamela Kleibrink Thompson and Greenbelt Magazine for the nice write-up on Wide Eye Productions and our project, “Idaho, the Movie.” To view the full article, click here.
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Alex Buono’s Visual Storytelling Tour
Our three DP’s, Tom Hadzor, Kevin Eslinger and Bill Krumm just returned from an intensive, all day workshop with Alex Buono, the Director of Photography for the Saturday Night Live Film Unit. Buono’s workshop, dubbed “THE ART OF VISUAL STORYTELLING” delivered an intense examination of the artistic elements and core principles of cinematography. It was…
Wide Eye Productions wins Idaho Film Grant
The Idaho Film Office announced the recipients of its 2013-2014 film grants. We are very grateful to be selected as a recipient for our project, “The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway,” a film about one of the best fly fishing regions in the world. The one hour documentary will be released in Spring of 2014.…
Idaho, the Movie honored with an Emmy Award
Idaho, the Movie, our scenic landscape documentary about one of America’s most spectacular and least known states, was honored with a 2013 Emmy Award from the NW Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The program was selected for an Emmy in the Documentary – Cultural category. The program was also nominated…
Idaho, the Movie
Idaho, the Movie airs this Friday, November 30th at 8pm on KTVB in Boise and KTFT in Twin falls. Watch the promo: https://vimeo.com/54314011 Idaho, the Movie is a one-hour television documentary featuring the well known and the hidden treasures of Idaho. From the Sawtooths to the Tetons, from the big lakes of North Idaho to…
Success!!
The Wave Chasers have succeeded at something that’s never been done before: installing a re-chargeable deep sea robot to gather data on internal waves every hour or so for an entire year. After many attempts and some very bad luck, this was their last chance to get the system in the water. “It feels like…
Trainchor
Dispatch from Hawaii. Producer Jennifer Isenhart and a pair of Wide Eye cinematographers are on Oahu, shooting footage for a science documentary on deep sea internal waves. A critical component of the re-chargable Wirewalker robot is the wire. It must extend from a floatation device at the surface of the sea, three miles down to…
Fourth try’s the charm?
Dispatch from Hawaii. Producer Jennifer Isenhart and a pair of Wide Eye cinematographers are on Oahu, shooting footage for a science documentary on deep sea internal waves. (Honolulu, Hawaii) It’s the fourth and final round and the Wave Chasers research team is optimistic in spite of the odds. The score: Ocean – 3; Wave…
Remembering Steve Appleton
Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Steve Appleton. He was an amazing guy. We had the good fortune of working with Steve, documenting a number of his adventures, from aerial stunts to off-road races. We’ll miss you, Steve. Thanks for taking us along on the ride. …
Kilo Moana Returns to Port
Sunday, January 8th, 2012 Scientists and crew of the Kilo Moana research vessel are safely back on shore today in Honolulu. The ship returned to harbor yesterday afternoon, after Pacific divers repaired a hole in the ship’s starboard hull. Wide Eye’s own Tom Hadzor is one of those crew members, glad to be back on…
Rescue at Sea
By David Cuoio Special for Wide Eye Productions A 20-person oceanographic team from the University of Washington and a Wide Eye Productions documentary crew were 75 miles north of Oahu Jan. 6 on a science expedition when the trip took a sharp departure from the planned itinerary. Instead of completing the planned experiments to learn…
Last Night at Sea
Wide Eye Productions just wrapped up a shoot in the South Pacific on board an oceanographic research vessel. The shoot documented a study of the Samoan Passage, a deep underwater canyon and “choke point” in the Pacific Ocean. University of Washington Oceanographer Matthew Alford contributed this report about the voyage. You can read more of…