Chicago, Guerrilla TV, Image Processing, Image Union, Roots of Video
…rkland on a shoot. Director talks about success in acting. 51:43 “Listen, Santa” by Lilly Ollinger, Cindy Neal, and Jane Siegal. Kids are interviewed about what they want for Christmas in front of the Roosevelt Theater. Ollinger is interviewed – she wants new deck, tapes. 53:20 Miami promo. The Sun is Alive and Living in Miami. 54:00 Teagarden by Dana Hodgdon. Film footage of mournful looking woman who lip-syncs old blues song…. Continue reading →
00:00 Color bars. 00:10 B-roll of an auto service garage, a man is putting snow chains on a tire. 02:46 The man opens a cash register and puts in cash. 02:59 B-roll of the shop, the layout, the shelves holding various auto parts. 03:26 A man is working on another tire. He is takes the tire off the rim, selects a new rim, cleans it and puts the tire on it. He fills the tire with air. 06:34 B-roll of shelves with auto supplies. 06:59 B-roll of a m… Continue reading →
Chicago, Guerrilla TV, Image Union, Roots of Video
…25:26 “Jane Byrne Election Night” Produced by Scott Jacobs for “The Video News, ” with Cindy Neal and Lilly Ollinger. [Note: This version of “Jane Byrne Election Night” was re-edited by Image Union for this episode. For the official director’s cut, visit: https://vimeo.com/139883277] We follow Jane Byrne on February 27, 1979 at the Ambassador Hotel. Byrne is just finding out that she may have won the Dem… Continue reading →
0:00 Image Union opening. 1:09 “The Deep Tunnel” by Cynthia Neal. Images from Chicago’s massive Deep Tunnel Project. Lyrical and otherworldly. 15:32 “Jessica’s Run” by Lilly Ollinger. Brief portrait of an 11-year-old marathon runner. 20:17 “Mr. X Talks” by Tom Weinberg. Weinberg interviews a producer of x-rated films about the videotape pornography industry. The talk is very business-like, but it w… Continue reading →
Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, Image Union, Politics, Roots of Video
…n. 3:35 “Jane Byrne Election Night.” Produced by Scott Jacobs for “The Video News” with Cindy Neal and Lily Ollinger. [Note: This version of “Jane Byrne Election Night” was re-edited by Image Union for this episode. For the official director’s cut, visit: https://vimeo.com/139883277] We follow Jane Byrne on February 27, 1979 at the Ambassador Hotel. Byrne is just finding out that she may have won the demo… Continue reading →
American Way, Guerrilla TV, Roots of Video
0:00 Barney. Shots of trucks. 1:12 Title: It’s a Living. Barney. 1:55 Garbage truck doing rounds. Following truck in car, down Lake Street, under “El ” tracks. Barney collects the garbage. He does voice over about his feelings about his job. Barney talks about how even though he is officially allotted an hour for lunch, he never takes a break because he doesn’t have time to get his route done. He is depressed by the fact… Continue reading →
American Way, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Roots of Video
0:49 “Jane Byrne Election Night.” Produced by Scott Jacobs for “The Video News” with Cindy Neal and Lily Ollinger. [Note: For the official director’s cut, visit: https://vimeo.com/139883277] We follow Jane Byrne on February 27, 1979 at the Ambassador Hotel. Byrne is just finding out that she may have won the election for Mayor of Chicago. She watches TV and talks about the havoc handshaking has wrought on her nails… Continue reading →
00:00 Opening station identification. 00:24 “I’m getting on TV. I don’t know for what, but I’m getting on TV.” Title: “It’s a Living: Paper Wagon.” Some truck workers crack jokes. 1:31 One of them talks about unloading the trucks and what the day is like. A truck arrives, and the workers unload bundles of newspaper. 2:10 “I drive the truck, I don’t load it… I’ve been in this… Continue reading →