Killer Vacation

No, this isn’t the title of the latest cinematic summer slashfest.  I just wanted to announce that I will be on hiatus this week and next because I am going to be in Washington state looking for killer whales (Orcinus orca) via kayak, boat, shore or whatever I can afford, while I can.  This is the time for ‘da kine’, and unfortunately my frequent flyer miles won’t get me to Hawaii and my lovely spinner dolphins just yet.  Also, it looks like another series is coming to Oregon in September (yeehah!) and I may be tied up on that one or another film for months.  So, I make my escape.

In the meantime, for a short look at filmmaking and the environment, please check out my article on green film production for the magazine Media Inc. which you can read online at http://www.media-inc.com/.  Click on the magazine cover that says “Green Issue”.  And for those of you interested in more information on Lolita the killer whale or the killer whales I mention in that article, take a look at http://www.orcanetwork.org/.  This site has fantastic photos as well as amazing amounts of information about killer whales from the latest orca research around the world.   If you want to learn more about Harrison Ford’s conservation organization, Conservation International, jump on over to http://www.conservation.org/learn/oceans/Pages/overview.aspx.  This is the “Oceans” page, but you can check out any number of issues from there and even learn what you might be able to do to make a difference.  Because you can make a difference.  Every day.  Even if you’re working on a film with absolutely no redeeming artistic value—yes, even if you’re working on a cinematic summer slashfest—you can still do something to make that film greener just because you were there.