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This week on a special High-Definition edition of Bill Green's Maine.... We're traveling to the four corners of the state. We'll visit the International Town of Escourt at the very northern tip of Maine. We're down south in Ogunquit to catch the new wave of Paddlesurfing. We'll head Downeast to meet a remarkable eight year old hero. And we'll find paradise in the Western Mountains at Grant's Kenebago Camps.
This special will air at 8pm!
This week's Blog written by Bill Green.
It's a very little known fact that there have been threecommercially- produced TV shows done in Maine and I have been the host of allof them. I don't know thesignificance of that or how it will fit into my obituary, but I'm proud ofthat, High definition is aninteresting format and I'm learning every time I do a show.
When we decided on the four corners of Maine, I was aware ofhow big Maine is, However, drivesto Escourt Station in the Big Twenty Township, Beals Island and Kennwbego reinforced that thought. Still, getting out is the best part ofthe job. So many little thingshappen on the road. It might beseeing a bear (whichwe did up north) or stopping for a gourmet meal Downeast(can't remember the place, but I could point it out) are the little surprisesthat make the job fun.
So many people got involved. Brett Whitmarsh did a super job marshalling all theresources along in order to get a high-def product on the air. In order to do high-def, everything hasto be high-def. This means thatthe old open doesn't work, certain things like music have to be re-recorded ifnot reformatted, chyrons change, closed captioning changes, and so muchmore. Brett does a great jobmaking sure nothing falls through the cracks.
Nathan Tinsley came up huge producing a new open and severalother things that I don't understand. Nathan is working in the commercial production department and all hisstuff is high-def. So he'ssomething of the expert.
Gary Sturtevant shot the show. A member of Maine's Broadcasting Hall of Fame, Gary and Ihave ridden an awful lot of miles together. He's seen it all. It was fun watching him respond to the new challenge. He did a great job and then took a weekoff because his son Kevin was getting married. I remember the day Kevin was born. Now he's in graduate school, teaching writing. That's probably the reason we work, butit's amazing to have watched him grow up. To have heard a lot of stories about his life from Dad's persepective is pretty cool. Good luck Kevin and Mo.
Harry Harris did the editing and what a wonderful job hedid. In some large markets theyhave people who are just editors, Here, the shooters like to edit the stuff they shoot. Harry really relished the chance toedit, was most familiar with the editing system and I thought made a Herculeaneffort.
I like the selection of stories, although a show aboutpeople is better than a show about places. I think the story that best emphasizes the people in the oneabout the lobstermen Downeast. That's an interesting slice of Maine life. In many ways, much about that story goes unsaid. That's kind of the Maine way. I hope you like my treatment of thestory.
Paddlesurfing is cool. I think the state should pay those guys to just paddle around and enticetourists. Kennebago is one of themost beautiful places in Maine. Nine-eleven has changed Escourt Station and Ithink it will end up entirely Canadian. Still, it's an interesting place to visit.
Thanks for joining us this week. The show was a lot of fun to do. I'd love to hear what you think of it.
Bill
