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A short documentary featuring artists David Dowling, Dennis Svoronos and Brady Scott as they design and construct their steam boiler, Ignatius.

Directed by:
Patrick Johnson - journeymanstudios.com

Featuring:
David Dowling - studiokes@gmail.com
Dennis Svoronos - dennis@dennissvoronos.com
Brady Scott - brscottdesigns@gmail.com

Music by:
John Murphree - johnmurphree.com

Camera by:
Patrick Johnson
Ben Hartman - who-is-sure.com

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  • hadlock 4 months ago
    Why would you go through the trouble of making a mini-documentary and not upload the HD version? It's like mastering a fantastic DVD-Audio disc, and then giving everyone copies of a copy of a tape, recorded from a not-close miced speakers with the fan running in the background.

    Neat video though.
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  • Patrick Johnson plus 4 months ago
    I'm glad you liked the video.

    I wish I could get a HD version of the film. Unfortunately, it was shot on 16mm film which has a 4:3 aspect ratio. To get a HD version, I'd have to crop everything to fit into 16:9, which would mess up the framing of most of the shots. Hopefully my next film will be in HD.
  • Jim Helton plus 4 months ago
    people can deal with the pillar box :)
  • Spencer Black 3 months ago
    No need for HD, this could have been filmed with a Pixel Vision and been just as awesome. It's not about the "tools you use" it's your "tools upstairs" if you know what I mean.

    Great doc! these people were great characters and it really made me want to learn to weld and build things with metals. The idea of playing scientist is really great subject matter. I also really like the atmosphere you created, the pacing of the edits, opening sequence etc.. It all really came together.
  • Spencer Black 2 months ago
    That first bit was really meant for the guy at the top btw.
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  • Jared Flynn 4 months ago
    Thanks for the like and the comment on my reel, Patrick!

    I really dug this film-- the sound design was especially fantastic. The feel of this piece reminded me a lot of Magnetic Movie (vimeo.com/1166968), one of my favorites here.

    Cheers!
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  • Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. staff 4 months ago
    This is pretty chill. Modern Alchemy? Crazy. So when can I start sending in my base metals for gold?
  • Patrick Johnson plus 4 months ago
    I'll talk to David/Dennis/Brady and see how they feel about starting an alchemistic smelting service. It could be huge!
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  • Brian Van Peski plus 4 months ago
    rad. it's on the doc channel!
  • Patrick Johnson plus 4 months ago
    Thanks Brian. When are we going to see more of your work on vimeo? Your Vegan Brothers in Iron project sounds great.
  • Brian Van Peski plus 4 months ago
    When I stop procrastinating on logging and capturing the over 100 hours of footage :)
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  • Jim Helton plus 4 months ago
    good movie man, I dig it
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  • King Learie 4 months ago
    Trust men to enjoy making boys toys - take creative pleasure where you can.
    Check out the Tornado 1 on You Tube and be amazed - no honestly. I'm an artist but I cut my teeth on this sort of stuff before I did first year foundation art as a teenager. I prefer everything horse drawn these days. see here: vimeo.com/4897746
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  • Nat Bouman 4 months ago
    Hypnotic. I really wanted to see the end result in detail but you sort of denied me that which I actually think was a good choice for what you were trying to do.
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  • Scott Livingston 3 months ago
    Very well done - I especially appreciated the thoughts about creativity and changing nothing into something...keep making great stuff!
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  • JB Sapienza 14 days ago
    Pat, I can't remember if I ever told you how much I like this film. I know I told Ben. Anyhow, don't listen to the dude complaining about HD, 16mm is a beautiful beast unto itself and you used it really well.

    Thanks for watching and liking my stuff. Always a good feeling when you sign in and see that people watch.
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