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Caption: Rolling in NOLA A Filmmaking Photo Journal
behind the scenes of
"The Timeline:
Rebirth in New Orleans"
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Caption: For the past six months I've had the great good fortune of working on a documentary film about a remarkable year in the life of the city of New Orleans. These are some photos taken on location during production.
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Caption: Our story begins in August, 2005, with the landfall of Hurricane Katrina.
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Caption: Much of our shooting took place inside the Superdome, on some of the few days of the year there was not an event inside.
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Caption: At the historic
Sweet Lorraine's Jazz Club,
we spent a night watching some remarkable local talent ...
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Caption: ... including ...
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Caption: Poet Shelton "Shakespeare" Alexander, seen above (center) performing while he is filmed by cinematographers (from left)
DJ McConduit & Brent Buntyn.
Caption: We were inspired by the art that so seamlessly fits into the landscape of the Crescent City ...
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Caption: ... from this living tree sculpture at Bayou Saint John ...
Caption: ... to the downtown
"House in a Tree",
fashioned from debris salvaged after Katrina.
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Caption: New Orleans is a city with a sound all its own. In order to reflect that in the film, we captured several live musicians.
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Caption: Andrew Miller, trumpeter.
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Caption: Lost Bayou Ramblers,
who performed ...
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Caption: just outside Jackson Square.
(Above right, Stedicam op
Chad Chamberlain)
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Caption: The Superdome is a main character in our film, largely for the role it played in the lives of our other subjects.
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Caption: They include such renowned figures as Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who interviewed twice for the film, including (above) while driving around his adopted hometown ; and ....
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Caption: Frenchy (left) the live painter who we shot in his Oak Street studio. (Photo credit to Leroy "Whistle Monsta" Mitchell, another Krewe of Oak member who appears in the film.)
Caption: While shooting centered in
New Orleans ...
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Caption: ... it stretched beyond the Big Easy ...
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Caption: to places like the set of "Pardon the Interruption" in Washington, DC
to interview Tony Kornheiser,
who broadcast the game at the heart of our story.
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Caption: I hope watching this film is for viewers even half as illuminating as making it was
for me,
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Caption: and that it's also for them, of course,
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Caption: some fun.
Caption: EPILOGUE:
For every bit of New Orleans that appears in this film .... ...there were countless saints behind the scenes: an army who made sure every problem was solved, every question answered, every creative vision chased. My thanks to them; it's an honor and privilege to be on their team.
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Caption: #TheTimeline :
"Rebirth
in New Orleans" premieres
Wednesday, 9/21/16
8pm/ET @nflnetwork
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Caption: Special thanks:
Kromach Camarata
Al Franceso
Rob Gehring
Nicole Giberson
Jared Hilbert
Andrew Miller
Lindsay Spieler
Chip Swain
and as always,
Our interview subjects
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Caption: Words & Photos:
@TweedTypewriter For more:
www.tweedtypewriter.com
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#nflfilms
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#neworleans
#nola
#saints
#creative
#stellerstories
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#thetimeline