Sea of Cortez

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Sea of Cortez

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  A voyage through the Gulf of California by filmakker John Knoop.
  
  From the filmmaker:
  
  I've made a film for Tim Means to promote the trips offered by his Baja Expeditions outfit. We go on several great trips to the most beautiful parts of Baja, and he provides me with financing for the film. It's a trade. My method is to concentrate on the place and its flora and fauna. Not only does that suit my style, it seems to me that the best way to encourage people to see Baja is to avoid showing other people in these pristine desert spaces. There is no sales pitch or narration. There are only the natural sounds I record on my Nagra SN as I film, and In C, Terry Riley's hypnotic music.
  
  This is my most ambitious attempt at working alone, without a soundman, recording sync sound with the high quality little reel to reel recorder and an AKG directional mic mounted on top of the camera. It turns out well.

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• John Knoop's Website
• John Knoop Filmography
• John Knoop on IMDb
• Wikipedia Entry on the Sea of Cortez