Kirk Mason
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updated 10 years ago
Music: Walkies - Vulfpeck
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Featured projects include:
Michigan State University College of Arts & Letters
- Behind the Will series (Cinematographer/Editor)
- ACHIEVE Dean's Report 2017 (Cinematographer/Editor)
Heroes 2 Hives Project (Cinematographer/Editor)
USGS Pollinator Research and Monitoring (Director/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor)
Break the Chain Documentary (Co-Director/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor)
Enjoki Zahwaho (Co-Director/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor)
Living at the Edge of Climate Change Documentary (Director/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor)
New Maize for a Changing Climate (Director/Cinematographer/Editor)
m-Omulimisa Mobile Extension Services (Director/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor)
Music: Tycho - Horizon
I do not own the rights to this music.
The changes in climate and the rise of temperatures for the last two generations, however, have markedly altered life in the region, including northern Tanzania. The impact of an inconsistent weather pattern on the whole environment is dramatic. It is affecting everything from the now-unpredictable rains and the length of the growing season to the escalation in the number of insects and the increase of disease in animals.
Farmers and Maasai pastoralists alike join with Tanzanian scientists and government officials in describing the transformations they are making to adapt to a new reality, a reality that doesn’t end in East Africa. The stories of older people who have witnessed the effects of life-altering temperature increases, as well as younger people rethinking their sense of future, come to life in “Living on the Edge of Climate Change.”
Executive Producer: Sue Carter
Chief Researcher: Jennifer Olson
Director/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor: Kirk Mason
Copyright © Kirk Mason Productions 2017
Music:
'Traditional' - Anonymous Uttarakhandi flutist
'Cirrus' - Bonobo
'Ine Ndidzapita Mawa' - Dedza District Women
'Traditional' was recorded in the northern Uttarakhandi village of Khati in May of 2013. Recorded using Zoom H4N external audio recorder.
'Ine Ndidzapita Mawa' was recorded in Dedza district of central Malawi on July 21st, 2014. Recorded using Zoom H4N external audio recorder. Song title translates: "I will not go today but tomorrow for development work". This song was created to encourage farmers and smaller communities to participate in government extension workshops, educating rural farmers in better, more sustainable agricultural techniques.
Chimpanzee video and audio recorded with permission in Kibale National Park in Western Uganda while conducting field research with PhD candidate Aaron Sandel from University of Michigan and field assistant Nathan Chesterman. Featured Chimpanzee is Django.
Audio: Kirk Mason
Audio Mixing: Matt Waterman
Recorded at Raft Hill Cooperative in East Lansing, MI.
Audio: Matt Waterman
Shot at Raft Hill Co-op on December 23rd, 2013
Inspired by the Goat Rodeo Sessions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMW5amo0Evc


