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Doug Thompson

Photojournalist who retired from the day-to-day grind in Washington, DC, in 2004 and relocated to the mountains of Southwestern Virginia to open a studio and work on video documentaries, photo essays and other projects.


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  • 9-11

    A montage of photos from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon. I covered that event as a journalist and put this video together for the anniversary a year later. Cast: Doug Thompson

    Published 2 months ago

    By Doug Thompson

  • Homecoming

    Montage of scenes from Floyd County High School's 2007 homecoming in Floyd, Virginia. Cast: Doug Thompson

    Published 2 months ago

    By Doug Thompson

  • Floyd County High School Homecoming

    Scenes from the 2008 Homecoming for Floyd County High School in Floyd, Virginia. Video originally prepared for use in the local newspaper's web site. Cast: Doug Thompson

    Published 2 months ago

    By Doug Thompson

  • Atticus Stovall

    Young blues singer Atticus Stovall performs at Cafe del Sol in Floyd, Virginia Cast: Doug Thompson

    Published 2 months ago

    By Doug Thompson

  • FloydFest 2007

    A short video overview of FloydFest, a summer music festitval in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia, featuring the music of Sam Bush. Video originally shot as part of a contract assignment for The Floyd Press web site. Cast: Doug Thompson

    Published 2 months ago

    By Doug Thompson

  • Floyd, Virginia's Friday Night Jamboree

    Test video using Canon's 5D MKII digital SLR featuring the Friday Night Jamboree in Floyd, Virginia. Cast: Doug Thompson

    Published 2 months ago

    By Doug Thompson

  • Bluegrass Jam Session

    Each Sunday, bluegrass musicians from Southwestern Virginia gather to jam and enjoy themselves. Shot with a Canon 5D MKII digital SLR Cast: Doug Thompson

    Published 2 months ago

    By Doug Thompson

  • A Town Jubilee

    Short clip of a Saturday fair in my hometown of Floyd, VA. Shot with a Sony V1 and edited in Final Cut Pro.

    Published 8 months ago

    By Doug Thompson

  • The Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall

    Several scaled-down replicas of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, tour the nation to bring the experience to those who can't make the trek to the Nation's Capital. Doug and Amy Thompson shot and produced this documentary on the traveling wall in 2002.

    Published 10 months ago

    By Doug Thompson

  • Floyd Virginia's Friday Night Jamboree

    A short clip of the young bluegrass band "Statement" performing "Man of Constant Sorrow" at the Friday Night Jamboree in Floyd, Virginia. Shot with a Sony V1U videocam and a Canon 5D MKII at 1080p at 30p and converted to 24p in Final Cut Pro. This clip is part of a larger documentary project on the Jamboree, a weekly event that draws bluegrass fans from all over the world. It will update a documentary we shot in 2002 in SD DV.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Doug Thompson

  • Bluegrass video clips shot with Canon 5D Mark II

    Short video of the Friday Night Jamboree in Floyd, Virginia. Shot as a test of the capabilities of the Canon 5D, Mark II, DSLR. Video clips are part of larger project of updated documentary on the Jamboree. My wife and I originally filmed a 30-minute doc on the event in 2002 in SD, using a Canon XL1s (video can be found at http://www.blueridgemuse.com/node/1389). We are currently working on an updated version in HD using a Sony V1U as primary camera and Z1U as secondary. Based on this experience, the Canon 5D will probably replace the Z1U. Details: All shots handheld, using 5DII with Canon 24-70 f/2.8 zoom lens. No color correction on files. Images are as they came out of the camera. Everything available light. Sound recorded with a Sony Sony UWP-V6 wireless mike transmitter attached to a Shure microphone on stage and receiver mounted on hot shoe of camera. Band playing at beginning of clip was base track, laid down as background with sound eliminated on cutaway shots. Edited in Final Cut Pro.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Doug Thompson

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