CityGo Short Film from Salina, KS

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This is a short film about the new fixed-route public bus transit system in Salina, KS. The system is called CityGo and is managed by OCCK.

http://www.salinacitygo.com/

Mad propz to the interviewees on the street. We found em all on the spot, and we couldn't have scripted it better if we had a week to plan it. Oh wait, we did have a week and we had no script. You guys not only made our day, but you made me smile every minute I edited your shining faces! The same was said by everyone who prescreened this for me. Feel free to contact us!

The concept and initiative were all provided by Ian and Mike; storyboard by Ian, Mike, and Dan; editing mostly by Dan. Camera 1 and director is Ian, the interviewer is Mike, Camera 2 and editor is Dan, and the music composer is Mathew. This was produced using Access TV's Canon DV camcorder and mics, Dan's iMac, and Dan's Aiptek Action HD camcorder. Dan used Final Cut Studio (Final Cut Pro and LiveType) for everything.

It involved 5 hours in the field of finding and shooting locations and interviews, about $50 in volunteer expenses, and about a week's worth of editing just to produce a 5 minute short film. It often took 4 hours to produce 20 seconds of final footage, because of the amount of cleanup of all this wild footage, and because of a high tech creative direction and the learning curve. It could have been done a lot simpler and easier ;) Nevertheless, this is the first draft. We're thinking of making a PSA, and/or a longer documentary, pending substantial feedback from OCCK or anyone else.

There are still cosmetic problems in it such as analog noise, slight desynch, etc. Youtube doesn't let anyone reupload though, so I might reply to this one later.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• citygo
• salina
• kansas
• ks
• public
• bus
• transit
• volunteer
• community
• access
• television
• tv

[WhatYouGots]

pretty good

you could even enter one of those online video contests, like yobi film

[smuckola]

Hey thanks a lot. I hadn't thought of that. I'll look into that kinda thing, and I'll check your stuff out. How'd you find this video?

[trussell2949]

buster is the best

[gamerpuppeteer]

Thank you so much smuckola..my parents got a divorce and I'm having a tough time and I'm hoping to go to salina central...and seeing that this town is friendly, I hope to meet all of you, and become good friends...thank you for helping me through this tough time...just by your smile and your happy attitude

[ManhattanMusician]

@smuckola

Lived in Salina once. Nice town

[420jeska]

@jadejohnson2233 HAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAH

[iandangerfield]

I Like Butter

[Eworannod]

They need to get some benches. Not everyone who uses the system is able-bodied. At some stops it might be impractical, but maybe at the transfer points? I haven't used the buses yet, but I would like to try them out. The CityGo system looks pretty cool.

[crimson2001]

super mario music at the end lol

[gera123avl]

i havent gone on the buses bfore

[smuckola]

Thanks so much! Good luck on your travels!

[chavez78]

The bus drivers are really nice. Buster is my favorite.