60 : 2sday : TCDL#1 - Docking Maneuver
Channel: jamespfp
Date: 2014-11-30

The Camera Doesn't Lie - Episode 1
'Docking Maneuver'

Hopefully, the first in a series of short documentaries that I have in mind.  'Docking Maneuver' is about the ferry transportation service that connects the town of Ramea to the rest of the island of Newfoundland, the Canadian province where I was born, and where I currently reside.  The ferry takes an hour or more to make the crossing; sit down, relax, and enjoy a short third of that trip.

Filmed on 44 : 1sday.

Written, produced, and edited by me, including the musical score.

Credits and Sources:
Wikipedia for most of the basic statistics and facts, with additional information as provided by the websites for the towns of Burgeo and Ramea.

Burgeo:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgeo
http://www.burgeonl.com/

Ramea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramea
http://www.ramea.ca/

M/V 'Sound of Islay':
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Sound_of_Islay

Wharfinger:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wharfinger

For the term 'lun', search the alphabetical index in the Dictionary of Newfoundland English.
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/

Lun - http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/azindex/pages/2792.html

Inflation calculators are available from the government websites of both the United Kingdom and Canada, as well as third-party websites.  Google helped with currency conversion rates.
http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/

Stats Canada provided additional census data not otherwise listed on Wikipedia.

Music Credits:
Ice Bucket Music is a swung-up riff on the theme from Django, music by Luis Bacalov.

Still Montage background is entitled Drop D Sway, something I jammed one day and liked.

Marine Effect Squall, music and lyrics by me, and this is the first released recording of it.

Make n' Baroque Handelic Strum, music inspired by a little bit of Handel, with additional help from Samuel Scheidt.

Swing, Britannia!, based on the music for Rule, Britannia, and in the key of B.  More or less.

Software:
Blender for all video editing, most of the text editing, whatever I didn't do with pen and paper; additional audio support provided by Audacity.  Toujours l'Audacity!

http://www.blender.org/
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Special Thanks to the 'rents who also made the trip, and to my family members in Ramea who provided accomodations, more food than I could eat, gasoline for boat excursions, and wonderfully eloquent company.  And they also gave me the ball-cap.

Filmed with a Fujifilm Finepix S1700 DSLR, thus the shakiness and focus issues.  A huge thank you (couldn't have done it without ya) to my estranged pal S.B.