Videos
My Duluth: Short film about saying goodbye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnhhwBA4cys
If you enjoyed it, please help me out and vote for this short film at rodemic.com. The grand prize is a bunch of really great film equipment, which would help me make more short films in the area and another feature! Thank you for your time. I hope you enjoy it!
Enger Tower inside and out
The PDD Drone takes an up-close and faraway look at a Duluth icon.
Duluth Man on the Street circa 1994
The low quality of this video is not just because it’s 20 years old; it’s also because I was the camera man and I probably neglected to white balance or something.
The low quality of the content is because it’s all made up on the spot. My then-UWS classmate Trent Jameson simply asked me to go shoot some video of people on Superior Street with him. (more…)
Helmet Cam: Shark Pilot, Diorama-rama
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbahU_ClTmw
What the Shark Pilot Helmet Cam saw.
Ice Cutter on Lake Superior
Amazing images by Carl Sauer of an ice cutter takin’ care of business on Lake Superior.
Minnesota Workout: Shoveling Snow in Duluth — March 27, 2014
I decided to put on my boots and go out and get a little workout today as only a Minnesotan can. Here is a video of how to workout in Minnesota … with a little Minnesota accentuation.
Bliss – “The Most Important Things in Life are Invisible”
Video by Duluth rapper Bliss for a song from his new album, The Most Important Things in Life are Invisible, which will be released May 17.
Homegrown flashback through one lens
Photographer Rich Narum strung together all of his 2013 Homegrown Music Festival photos — the good, the bad and the out of focus — for this silent video. Running time is well over an hour, so grab a beverage.
The Perilous Inlet (a short film)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWbO6j6_FDQ
Final, scored version of something I’ve released excerpts of over time.
Four harrowing stories from one of Lake Superior’s perilous inlets, as told through the magic of toys.
Cabin Fever
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C2Sk4DbZfM
Sound design created by Bryce Kastning.
Winter Ruled
Highlight reel of sights and sounds from extreme winter 2014.
PDD Drone over the ice … and on the news
The PDD Drone’s latest mission took it to the skies of Grand Marais last week, hovering across the icy shore of Lake Superior. Before the trip, however, the drone and its “pilot,” Cory Fechner, spent some time with the Northland’s NewsCenter’s Kevin Jacobsen for the report below.
Apologies for the commercial before the clip, which we can’t control.
Portage – Columns
The band Portage was formed in Duluth, but is now located in Minneapolis. Band member Trent Waterman shot and directed this video. Portage plays at Amazing Grace Bakery & Cafe on May 2 during the Homegrown Music Festival.
Goat Pro Camera
Spankie eating cheese balls.
Glen Avon outdoor hockey is postcard classic
In an era of kids walking from heated SUV seats to climate-controlled arenas, Duluth is home to one of North America’s last all-outdoor youth hockey leagues. (Story via KARE-11.)
Dad’s Acid – “Red Surf”
This music video from Duluth band Dad’s Acid kicks a reasonable amount of ass. The footage is from the film They Call Her One Eye.
Wired’s 15 Most Fascinating at SXSW – Duluthian Mike Scholtz
Mike Scholtz and Amy C. Elliott
Wired magazine posted “The 15 Most Fascinating Filmmakers and Stars at SXSW” and right up there with Tilda Swinton, Robert Rodriguez, and Jon Favreau is our very own Mike Scholtz and his partner on Wicker Kittens, Amy C. Elliott.
Wicker Kittens premiered at SXSW, and apparently got great response. Here’s the trailer.
“Plumb” by Caleb Wood
Caleb Wood drew columns of freehand animation directly onto the gallery wall at Duluth’s Prøve Gallery for this snappy little video.
Video Archive: Mötley Crüe at the DECC in 1998
This post originally featured nearly an hour’s worth of amateur video from Nov. 25, 1998, when Mötley Crüe played the DECC Auditorium on its Greatest Hits Tour. Unfortunately, the video has been removed from YouTube.
Local metal band Nobody opened the concert. It was the Crüe’s third performance in Duluth — the band played a sold-out Duluth Arena show in 1985, before the DECC was the DECC, and returned in 1990 to play for over 8,000. By 1998, things were on the downswing for the band. Tommy Lee had been out of jail for two months when this show came to town. His sex tape with Pamela Anderson hit the Internet about a year earlier.
A Trip to Grand Marais
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQCnmJnBG-8