UPDATE: We've finished our post-production for this documentary and have rebuilt the website: http://tripledividefilm.org/

Our new trailer can be seen here:

http://vimeo.com/ondemand/tripledivide/63571188

And you can watch the film online via VOD: http://rent.tripledividefilm.org/

Thanks again to everyone for their input on the film and for taking time to watch the final product. Cheers, Joshua

Thank you @leftedit ! Feels good to get the work online after a year in the box.

@davhar Thank you!

New Triple Divide Chapter on Vimeo:

In Pennsylvania, mineral rights trump surface rights and tax paying homeowners are left in the dark on their lifelong investment. For David Barndt in the documentary film Triple Divide, paying taxes on a split-estate does not guarantee you right to your land. https://vimeo.com/publicherald/splitestate

Read more about Split-Estate & Forced Pooling @ http://www.publicherald.org/archives/16893/investigative-reports/energy-investigations/fracking-energy-investigations/

Learn more about Triple Divide Documentary @ http://tripledividefilm.org/

Here's a new set of clips from Triple Divide, and another way natural gas well pads can contaminate groundwater. Meet Judy & Judy.

Complete article on the topic with a set of Judy's file: http://www.publicherald.org/archives/16925/investigative-reports/energy-investigations/fracking-energy-investigations/

Here's a few more clips from one of our ten chapters in the film:

We transcribed the script of this chapter and made available the docs we researched here: http://www.publicherald.org/archives/16730/investigative-reports/energy-investigations/fracking-energy-investigations/

Anyone have any thoughts on the transition at the beginning?

A bit of critical advice here. I found the story moved too slowly. To me it appears as though the nitty gritty is how fracking could effect this key watershed, so let's get to it! Say a 45 second intro to talk about the importance and beauty of the area, and then the big BUT and introduce the fracking and all the inherent problem. Then maybe leave us with the question of how this will play out ... leave us wanting more.

Hope that's helpful.

@Bueller @Christianhubbard @mee @rajamalik Thank you! Great to hear you like what we have and that it's drawing in the viewer.

@rajamalik What's Cluster all about? I'm suppose to be shooting a group of commercials for a law firm in the winter (first solo job)... would it be better to use Cluster?

Very nice. Definitely draws one in.

YO JBP great coloring and shot selection

Loved everything about it. As well as everything others have already said, I wanted to compliment you on the typography as well. That's something I always look for, and you really nailed it.

@driftwood Right now we're applying to festivals, but we have no plan, as of yet, for getting it to a broadcaster. Thanks for the encouragement!

@cupanudles Thank you! It is certainly a point of climax for our society in relation to energy, philosophy and resources. There are so many facets to this, and not enough pails to go around.

@n5p We had a 14-140mm panny zoom lens that a newbie used on the set, which worked out great, but in the first month it was stolen and we never had enough of a budget to pick a second one up. The stabilization on the zoom was key, we could use it handheld in interviews with decent light and it was perfect. After losing the zoom we were stuck with primes and basic equipment: cowboy rig, tripod, custom slider, fly-cam stab; but they did the job I think. The best part about using the GH2 is two things: people weren't as intimidated by it (shot w/ a french filmmaker one day who had big cam and audio and people had the deer in the headlights look), and it looks like a photo cam so many times (under the right condition) you can be capturing a raw moment in video when people think it's just a photo cam.

Since this is my first film, and I haven't had a chance to work with many of the traditional shoebox cameras, I can't give the best comparison. I know that audio was tough since everything was off-cam, but I think it paid off in the end.

Josh Fox worked with us one day during a file review at a state office and he used on of the panny P2 cams, and for run-and-gun it couldn't be beat... unless you had someone on a DSLR with lightning smooth reflexes and a proper zoom lens.

About the map, my partner said the same. I had to overexpose it to get rid of the insane amount of text in the map that made it hard to focus on the three spots we were identifying. Had plans to print out a large simple looking map, but $80+ at staples for a decent print wasn't cutting it, when the around the corner $8 school map did the job. I'll keep the exposure opinions in mind when we test-screen it. Thanks for the feedback!