Photos — Spectres of Shortwave / Ombres des ondes courtes

First film shoot: Oct. 2012

photo by Dan Grady

First shoot: Oct. 2012

photo by Marcel Cantin
crew (left to right):
Key grip / driver: Dan Grady, Camera Assistant: Mel Chiasson,
Director / Photography: Amanda Dawn Christie, Cinematography Consultant: Christopher Ball

Filming solo: Nov. 2012

farmer's access road behind the towers
dirt roads with deep tracks from tractors

Filming solo: Nov. 2012

filming sunrise
from Bridge street overpass

Filming w. Cédric: Nov. 2012

photo by Cédric Chabuel

Filming w. Cédric: Nov. 2012

photo by Cédric Chabuel
filming the towers and highway at night
from the Aulac overpass

Filming Solo: Jan. 2013

iPhone selfie in the van
Filming in a blizzard / ice storm
from the shoulder of the Trans Canada Highway
filming out the window of the van

Filming solo: Jan. 2013

using van for extreme weather protection
filming location / headquarters in a blizzard

Filming solo: Feb. 2013

driving on site in a blizzard
highways were closed
Dale plowed the site so I could get in to film

Filming Solo: Feb. 2013

filming from the van in extreme cold
high winds and ice on the wires

Filming solo: Feb. 2013

iPhone selfie
Filming ice on the wires.
That hard hat probably wouldn't have helped
if an ice chunk actually hit me from 400 feet....

March 2013

Rob Arseneault's car with the camera mounted on by Dan Grady.

March 2013

photo by Rob Arsneault
filming from the roof of the control facility

March, 2013

photo by Rob Arseneault
Cinematography Consultant, Christopher Ball
and Amanda Dawn Christie.

March 2013

photo by Rob Arseneault
Cinematography consultant, Christopher Ball,
and Amanda Dawn Christie
at the edge of the river next to the broken bridge

Filming solo: June 2013

self portrait taken by DSLR on a timer
waiting for the tower lights to come on at dusk behind the cows
as fog and rain rolls in

Filming solo: June 2013

fog, drizzle, and dusk from the cow pasture behind the radio towers

Aerial shoot: June 2013

photo by Bob Rosebrough
preparing to go up to shoot from the Cesna

Aerial shoot: June 2013

photo by Bob Rosebrough
getting ready for take off
aerials from the Cesna

Aerial shoot: June 2013

control panel in the Cesna
pilot = Bob Rosebrough

Aerial shoot: June 2013

view from the window of the Cesna
I was filming through the opening at the bottom

Aerial shoot: June 2013

Pilot Bob Rosebrough

Aerial shoot: June 2013

we had some company on our aerial shoot
Pilot: Bob Rosebrough

Audio recording: May 2013

camping for overnight to do some audio recording
behind the radio towers
also shot some 16mm film

Filming solo: June 2013

Overnight timelapse
my Arri BL4 didn't have the option for 30 sec. exposures
so I put the camera in a change tent
lens out one sleeve, my hand in the other sleeve
and manually advanced the inching knob
every 30 seconds, all night long.

Filming solo: June 2013

Overnight timelapse
my Arri BL4 didn't have the option for 30 sec. exposures
so I put the camera in a change tent
lens out one sleeve, my hand in the other sleeve
and manually advanced the inching knob
every 30 seconds, all night long.

Filming solo: June 2013

overnight timelapse set up
just before sunset... getting ready to hunker down for a long night of turning the inching knob manually every 30 seconds.

Filming solo: June 2013

(iPhone selfie between exposures)
overnight timelapses
My Arri BL4 didn't have the option
for 30 second exposures,
so I put the camera in the change tent,
with the lens out one sleeve,
and my arm in the other.
My fingers were inside the camera body,
and I manually turned the inching knob
every 30 seconds from dusk until dawn.

Filming solo: June 2013

overnight time lapse set up
dawn, just before packing up

Filming solo: June 2013

another overnight timelapse
this time from the other side
van on the shoulder of the Trans Canada Highway
Camera set up on the bank of the river

Filming solo: June 2013

the morning after an overnight timelapse
filming the sunrise next to the towers

Filming solo: 2013

the morning after an overnight timelapse
just before packing up
van was parked on the shoulder of the Trans Canada Highway
Camera was set up on the bank of the river

Audio recording : August 2013

capturing the sounds of bugs and birds that only came out at night

Audio Recording: August 2013

home made contact microphones
on the wires

Audio recording: August 2013

home made contact microphones
on the wires

Audio Recording: August 2013

iPhone selfie
at the base of Tower C

Audio Recording: Aug. 2013

home made contact microphones
on the wires
looking up from the base of Tower C

Audio Recording: Aug. 2013

home made contact microphone
on the ladder

Audio Recording: Sept. 2013

switched from tape to clamps
for my home made contact microphones.

Audio Recording: Sept. 2013

home made contact microphone
clamped to a vertical stay

Audio Recording: Aug. 2013

recording the sound of windmills and a passing train

Audio Recording: September 2013

dusk and night sounds

Audio Recording: September 2013

Audio Recording: Sept. 2013

wind on the water
wind in the bushes next to the broken bridge
footsteps and passing trains

Audio Recording: Sept. 2013

passing train from next to the train bridge

Audio Recording: Sept. 2013

recording the night train
next to the train station

Audio Recording: Sept. 2013

camped out in Sarah and Al's van
so I could get a few short naps in between
night recordings by the train tracks
and later next to the towers.
Morning sounds of insects and cows

Audio Recording: Sept 2013

Cow licks the microphone
ready for her close-up

Audio Recording: Sept. 2013

flies on a hot day
flies on a microphone

Audio Recording: Sept. 2013

recording the train
from directly beneath the train bridge

Audio Recording: 2013

Interview set up at CHMA

Audio Recording: Sept. 2013

Interview set up next to the Black Duck
(in the space that is now Coy-Wolf)

Audio Recording: Nov. 2013

photo by Ryan Hillier
home made contact microphones on tower bases

Audio Recording: Nov. 2013

photo by Ryan Hillier
home made contact microphones on tower bases

Tower Climb 1: February 2014

photo by Hilary Cantin
prepping to climb tower M
wearing two GoPros
a lav mic and a contact mic

Tower climb 1: February 2014

photo by Hilary Cantin
prepping to climb tower M
wearing two GoPros
a lav mic and a contact mic

Tower climb 1: February 2014

photo by Hilary Cantin
prepping to climb tower M
wearing two GoPros
a lav mic and a contact mic

Tower Climb 1: February 2014

photo by Hilary Cantin
prepping to climb tower M
wearing two GoPros
a lav mic and a contact mic

Tower Climb 1: February 2014

photo by Hilary Cantin
prepping to climb tower M
wearing two GoPros
a lav mic and a contact mic

Tower Climb 1: February 2014

photo by Hilary Cantin
Climbing tower M
wearing two GoPros
a lav mic and a contact mic

Tower Climb 1: Feb. 2014

photo by Hilary Cantin
Climbing tower M
wearing two GoPros
a lav mic and a contact mic

Filming solo: February 2014

the demolition begins

Filming solo: February 2014

filming the demolition of the site

Filming solo: February 2014

filming the demolition

Filming solo: February 2014

During demolition, access to the site becomes more restricted.
Steel plated boots are required in case of stepping on sharp debris
Steel plates get cold in the winter

Filming solo: February 2014

filming at sunrise as they lower the curtains

Filming solo: February 2014

sunrise demolition

Shipping film to the lab

After every shoot I would ship boxes of film
to Montreal to be processed...
first at Technicolor,
then after they closed their lab,
I would ship to Vision Globale for processing.

Filming solo: February 2014

two time lapse cameras on the roof
these cameras filmed the dismantling of the curtains in 2K.

Filming solo: February 2014

two timelapse cameras on the roof
capturing the dismantling of the curtains.
I knew the imagery wouldn't match
my 35mm footage,
but I wanted to shoot it anyway...
for future projects.

Demolition: March 2014

walking through the demolition site between shots.

March 2014

On the roof:
I filmed the towers as they fell
Rob Tough record the sound of them crashing down.

March 2014

On the roof:
I filmed the towers as they fell
Rob Tough record the sound of them crashing down.

March 2014

On the roof:
I filmed the towers as they fell
Rob Tough record the sound of them crashing down.

Demolition: March 2014

Images from a walk through the demolition site between shots

March 2014

Home base was set up in the space next to the Black Duck (what is now Coy-Wolf)
There I had a change tent to load and unload my magazines at the end of every day,

March 2014

Filming the towers falling
and recording the sounds of them falling.

March 2014

waiting for towers to fall

March 2014

Rob Tough standing between two fallen towers.

Demolition: March 2014

Images from a walk through the demolition site between shots

Demolition: March 2014

Images from a walk through the demolition site between shots

Demolition: March 2014

Images from a walk through the demolition site between shots

Filming Solo: March 2014

Filming tower M fall from a distance.
Shot from inside the van
on the shoulder of the Trans Canada Highway
For all except the first tower,
I simultaneously shot digital DSLR footage
of towers falling,
just in case something happened to my 35mm footage.

Demolition: March 2014

images from a walk through the demolition site between shots