Athens Fair Documentary

The Athens Fair Documentary covers one weekend out of every year in northern Wisconsin, when the universe seems to be in perfect harmony. The footage was shot by myself(Joe Piemeisel) over the course of three days while vacationing in Athens, WI. The gear used covers: a Canon 60D(with Cinestyle, 24p), a Sigma 30mm F1.4 lens, a DFocus follow focus, GiniRig shoulder rig, Audio Technica shotgun mic using on-camera audio, and a Manfrotto tripod.

Post-production covers: Editing in FCP(before I switched to Premiere), color in Magic Bullet Colorista/Looks, license-free music from Soundtrack Pro, lower-thirds in Motion, and old photos were scanned and edited in Photoshop.

I created this short documentary for a final project in school, and out of deep love and sentimental attachment to the event documented. The town of Athens, WI is a small rural farm community with a population of 1,500. Many of my family members help make up that number, with their original immigration from Germany happening in the 1800's. They've had the tradition of the Athens Fair for 107 years and was started to promote the growth of agriculture in the town. Now many of the same traditions still exist, but with a lot more partying.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• athens
• fair
• documentary
• joe
• piemeisel
• sean
• roth
• small
• town
• carnival
• festival
• wisconsin
• weiler
• 60d
• dslr
• hdslr
• parade

[newkirk60]

Good job Joe! I now want to go to Athens, WI.

[AaronSchneider27]

Once again great job Joe, The final product turned out awesome!