Franklin Springs Family Media

Pursuit of the Story

Thursday, June 25, 2009

A fundamental axiom of production is that you never know what you might have access to if you don’t ask.

At the George Washington Carver museum at Tuskegee, the curator graciously allowed us to get within the protective Plexiglas to shoot artifacts.

The grounds crew had yet to reach Carver’s grave when we were ready to shoot.  A call was made, and they were happy to oblige.

Documentary filmmaking requires an awareness of peripheral stories that augment the core subject.  We came to focus on Carver, but couldn’t ignore Booker T. Washington.  Below is his famous monument “Lifting the Veil of Ignorance”.

Similarly, we had to pay visual homage to the inspiring story of the Tuskegee Airmen.

We’re now nearly finished with principal photography; the George Washington Carver DVD should be ready for release early this Fall.

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