Monday, May 11, 2009

Adventures at the Landfill - by Mark Schulze

Mark Schulze on camera at Otay Mesa Landfill - Photo by Patty Mooney

Johnnie Perkins, Allied Waste Services Director, and Mark Schulze, Director of Photography - Photo by Patty Mooney


Video production has been my way of life since when I left college in 1981 and started my video production company, Crystal Pyramid Productions. One thing I love about the business is that no two productions are ever alike. Each one has its own special demands and features a whole new roster of people who are involved, as well as its own location or set of locations.

We have recently shot on various occasions for our local waste management company, Allied Waste Services. These shoots have been interesting in that they have also provided an education to all of us on what happens to our garbage once we dispose of it and cart it out to the street curb. My wife and partner, Patty Mooney, has blogged about it herself, as she accompanied me several times as a sound recordist at two of San Diego's landfills, and she edited the award-winning video, "Operations at Sycamore Landfill."
Check it out - it's really quite fascinating.

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