"The Paper People" How Paper is Made

Now featured in a BBC radio interview: http://youtu.be/RFHTrYHcSd0 This was my first commission to produce a professional video documentary. It showed how paper was manufactured by DRG, at Nash Mills, Hemel Hempstead, England. A secret: I'd never previously operated a professional video camera! The night before filming I was avidly reading the manual. Fortunately, I got away with it and the paper company loved my film, showing it all over England.

I did almost everything for the production: scripting, shooting, lighting, editing and the voice-over. My friend, Steve Skinner, did the music. Later, I learnt the value of hiring a crew! I'll always be grateful to the paper company for my first commission, especially their Marketing Director, Ian Monro, who supported my ideas from the start. It was the launch of my career as the owner of a niche media production company, Look-Hear.com

The original documentary was 20 minutes long, and I've cut it to 15 minutes so it could be uploaded to YouTube. Alas, DRG Nash Mills is no longer - the site of the old factory is currently being knocked down for a new housing development. I wonder what happened to the DRG staff, and the children from the local infants school, who appeared on the film.

See newspaper story: http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/local/using_the_future_of_film_to_share_indu...

'The Paper People' - written, filmed and directed by Jon Danzig. Music by Steve Skinner. © Jon Danzig Look-Hear.com MCMLXXXIV

Category:

Education

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• paper
• DRG
• Dickinson Robinson Group
• Jon Danzig
• Steve Skinner
• Danzig
• Look-Hear
• John Dickinson
• Croxley script
• Hemel Hempstead
• Apsley
• Two Waters Primary School
• paper people
• Nash Mills
• environment
• educational

[keithealy]

wow paper started to sound weird 

[crankmeup1]

Funky ass song don't u agree

[juarezrt]

paypah!

[guolha]

peipar!

[2bsure]

A bet a lot has changed since this 1984 video, like that then "hi tech" computer system. Very interesting video though. Thank you.

[blajno]

Oh god the "sound effects":x

[imegatrone]

Your Video "The Paper People" How Paper is Made Is Very Useful Sharing

[tsegod143]

it's a bg funny and so much interesting, the techs and involving beautiful kids and U all.

Thank U..

[h7dders]

That was amazing.

[TechnoL33T]

I LOVE your musical taste. Can you recommend some of these tracks?

[sanzo87]

interesting video, but stupid music

[moniapadme]

That looks so old.