I travelled up to Queensland recently to record some video material for a VD prototype. I was interested in making a prototype that reflected a more traditional documentary approach compared to the earlier abstract nature of pedestrian. A work-in-progress prototype that is accessible to a broader audience. Content that demonstrated an intimate type of human story. My questions to myself – How would VD as a player work structurally with content that viewers can connect with on a personal level? How would that content need to be prepared in comparison to the pedestrian experiment?

So, I was on the lookout for a personal profile that reflected a personality and a passion. I had the wonderful opportunity to work with an Uncle of mine. Terry is a wildlife carer who mainly looks after injured birds. It is an interest that he has had since he was very young. Over a period of few days we recorded some material together and it was a new experience to work with someone I knew really well in comparison to winning the trust of a stranger for television broadcast.

With the VD application in mind I was thinking constantly about self-contained fragments, what I could capture in most cases in one scene, within a short duration of time. An approach that has similarities with recording material for factual television, but in this case I was not really thinking about coverage for linear editing. The coverage was about providing an overview of the story that gives viewers an insight into the character and his particular interest through an observational process. Now, I am logging the material and working out whether some scenes may be edited together into sequences.