I went hiking this afternoon and decided it was warm enough to record a little drama on the edge of the swamp. It’s mostly a “stuck” clip, but it’s also a dramatic attempt to escape from an unseen captor.
I changed into my moccasin boots and short jean shorts, and I tied my wrists behind my back … a little too well. When I was finished shooting the scenes with my wrists tied behind my back, I had a hard time getting them untied.
The scene that plays out is, in a nutshell, John Marsh, running through the woods, slogging a bit over soft ground, then getting hopelessly stuck when his entire leg gets almost instantly swallowed in what looks like a safe place to walk. Before he knows it, he is trapped and he doesn’t have much time before the people pursuing him will find him. After a lengthy struggle, he does manage to free himself, but he is recaptured while he is taking a brief rest against a tree … with his wrists still bound, and now muddy too.
C4S Store link: John Marsh Attempts to Escape
Hello Doug…
MERRY CHRISTMAS. With a new computer, I’m back to normal communicating. Liked at lot the “Stuck in a red brief” video.
Yes. It’s Christmas, again. Can’t wait for the days to start getting longer. I’m glad you enjoyed the red-brief video. I’m not sure when I’ll be able to shoot, again.
Hello Doug…HAPPY NEW YEAR…I hope it is a good year for you.
I would imagine you’re not adventuring into the marshes and swamps right now. The fires still continue to burn, and there is a prediction of 40+mph winds starting some time tonight or early tomorrow morning. This a really horrific…nothing like it for at least 40 or 50 years. I had a family of six evacuees staying in Apartment B of my building. They seemed to return to their place which was in a nonmandatory evacuation zone. The air quality is not good…in fact, bad…all sorts of soot, ash, and who knows sorts of chemicals in the air now. Needless to say I’ve got a N8 mask on whenever outdoors, even for just a few minutes.
Hope you are doing ok these days. I’m tentatively planning a visit to Hendersonville in mid to late April…sort of around the Easter holiday.
I’ve been following the fires in southern CA. Even from way over here it looks pretty catastrophic. I hope the smoke doesn’t get too bad for you and I feel for all those people losing their homes, and sometimes their lives.
This has been a brutally cold winter. The weather seems to be crazy all over. I’m anxious for a warming trend. I go out as often as I can, and I do what I can. When it’s this cold, that usually means just hiking and sitting around a campfire. I still go camping in the winter, but I’m definitely not getting wet if I have a choice.
I’ve been super busy in the office the past month or two. I hope my workload moderates before spring, but at least I have something to do in the cold months.
Stay safe.