Run, Pharm Boy, Run! - an ultrarunner documentary

"Run, Pharm Boy, Run!" is a short documentary profiling Charles Wickersham, pharmacist and ultrarunner, as he undertakes the San Francisco One Day race. The One Day is a 24 hour race run annually at Crissy Field next to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

Charles races in support of a charity called "Teens Run Modesto" which helps local teens learn and grow through training for a marathon. For more information, please visit their website at:

teensrunmodesto.org

For more information on the SF One Day race, please visit:

pctrailruns.com/​SF_One_Day.htm

RPR is It Donned On Me's first non-competition film (we primarily compete in timed filmmaking events such as the 48 Hour Film Project), and is the first in a planned series of profiles of ordinary people who do extraordinary things.

Music by brokenkites - for more incredible music and information on the artist please visit:

hollowscene.com

Production info:
Shot entirely on a Canon 5DmkII. Dual system sound recorded on a Zoom H4n and synced via Pluraleyes. All location audio & interviews used the H4n built-in mics, home interview miked with a Countryman B6. Edited in Final Cut Pro, color correction in Color.

It Donned On Me is a competitive filmmaking team from San Francisco, CA. For more films and information on the team please visit our web site at www.ItDonnedOnMe.com

Some rights reserved: creativecommons.org/​licenses/​by-nc-sa/​3.0/

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• run
• running
• runner
• marathon
• ultramarathon
• ultrarunning
• ultrarunner
• race
• San Francisco One Day
• 24 hour
• fitness
• training
• short film
• documentary
• pharmacist
• San Francisco
• Modesto
• California
• Canon
• 5DmkII
• Zoom H4n
• Zoom
• DSLR
• HDSLR
• Pluraleyes
• Countryman

[tristanfc2]

what were the settings on the h4n for most of this? and how far away from the subject was it? thanks!

[ItDonnedOnMe]

@tristanfc2 Not sure about all the settings, generally recording at 48/16. For all the race/post race interviews it was on a boom and probably 3-4 feet away from Charles, with the mics set to the 90 degree spread. For the sit-down interviews we used a Countryman B6 lav which is taped just under his collar, it slipped down at one point early on which is why the tone changes after the first minute or so.

[kenkraker]

Did you reduce the noise in post even after using the H4N?

[ItDonnedOnMe]

@kenkraker No, we didn't do any noise reduction in post, generally haven't had to with the H4n.

[rgs650]

I liek how he's talking about stress at work just as you see the screen on his computer show the facebook hoempage :P

[tomsega]

In England, bonking is a very different thing..

[runcauseitsfun]

Looks very cool!

[Mxsmanic]

Nice work on the documentary (and I guess on the running part, too).

[runwithkyrstin2002]

i am sort of doing my own doc on running, starting at age 8 running 5 km in hopes of a scholarship, check my channel out!

[jojoman2367]

this guy speaks so gently like ted in wongfu

[nakaf2]

busy on facebook.. 0:42 haha

[cajunveggie]

just as I thought our profession could not get any less manly

[MegaUndead11]

I'm going to eat 200 pieces of chicken nuggets a big mac and super size fries before i run the 24 hour race

[ActiveCambridge]

Love this...Thanks for sharing! Check out the Reactivating Dean Running Series on my channel featuring a local police officer learning to run.

[JakeTheShep]

And here I was, feeling really athletic running 8 miles every few days...