A murder of crows.

Thousands of them.  

Tuesday June 20 2006, Summer Solstice.

Their pilgrimage back home, from Stanley Park to Beta Avenue, over landscapes and humans.

Their main pit stop: Lady Strathcona

Audiences     

• TV Broadcasters: Nature shows: 31% of Canadians watch Nature shows.
• Educational Publishers
• BC / Canadian music lovers.

Synopsis

Tuesday June 20 2006, Summer Equinox.  Vancouver Lower Mainland.

About 8,000 crows head back home. They start packing 90 minutes before sunset.

Flight and fancy, winds and sun rays:

• Stanley Park;
• West End Seawall;
• Burrard Bridge;
• False Creek; Science World;
• Tidal Flats;
• Stratchcona community gardens;
• Commercial Drive,
• Trout Lake, or 
• Renfrew and 5^th;
• Lougheed Hwy & Willingdown Ave.;
• BCIT. Beta Avenue. Home.

Tuesday June 20 2006, Summer Equinox.

Murders of crows above landscapes, neighborhoods, and humans.

Heading to their last protected home

Content :: Focus    

Present the crows’ communal behavior in parallel to the humans’ evening rituals and neighborhoods

Technical Challenges      

1. Principal Photography only
2. One single half-day shoot.
3. 12 main locations.= 12 identical cameras.
4. 12 secondary locations made of project volunteers (local artists and residents, community groups, local media etc.)
5. Weather.
6. The map is not the territory: give or take a mile, up or down, left or right.
7. Continuity across lenses and shots
8. Remote controlled helicopters for aerial footage.
9. Local and Canadian score and music about crows.
10. Make the documentary an animation.
11. Make the animation a meditation.

Technical Platforms

• Cameras: HDDV
• Online Editing: Final Cut Pro/Pro Tools/Macintosh
• Remote controlled helicopters.

Creative :: Strategy          

Rotoscopy a la “Waking Life”