What is Organic Storytelling?
The word ‘organic’ gets tossed around a lot in the world of creatives and filmmaking. Organic this. Organic that. Blah blah blah. People will say they want a video or film that makes them authentic and/or...
Filmmaking
Ornithologists’ Workshop Video Filled With Inspiring Stories and Experiences
WorkCabin Creative has filmed and produced a new storytelling film for the Long Point Bird Observatory. Filmed over the span of a week in various locations, this conservation film captures the incredible experiences behind this...
Canada launches Key Biodiversity Areas Program (KBAs)
WorkCabin Creative is a contributing conservation filmmaker to a national film project launching Canada’s Key Biodiversity Areas Program (KBAs). WorkCabin Creative supplied some footage of wildlife and landscapes, and filmed interview segments featuring Patrick...
Filming series for ALUS Canada
It has been a busy September for filmmaking. WorkCabin Creative has been on the road to Sarnia, Peterborough, Keene, Vanessa, and Sparta, Ontario to do filming work with ALUS Canada. Several days were devoted to...
Filming for Long Point Bird Observatory
One of my favourite places to film is at Long Point Bird Observatory's Old Cut Research Station. It's also a favourite place to just put my filming equipment down and see and listen. The...
What Exactly is Run & Gun Conservation Filmmaking?
I've made a career out of run and gun filmmaking for conservation. But what exactly does that term mean? What's different about a run and gun technique? Well, let's look at what a typical professional...
A Solid Video Library Is Two Tiers of Content
I've heard every excuse about why some conservation organizations don't want to use professionaly filmed and produced video in their marketing and educational efforts. OK, I get it. Your organization actually is using video. But...
What does natural, raw and authentic really mean?
No doubt, you've seen the words somewhere on this website describing WorkCabin Creative's conservation and outdoors videography style as real, raw, authentic and natural. But what the heck does that really mean? Well, you could...
New storytelling video about Forest School
WorkCabin Creative's newest filming and production work is a one-minute video for Forest School - Nature's Calling Environmental Education. This short video is an excellent example of how storytelling can be used in videos of...
Filmmaker vs Videographer. What’s the Difference?
Purists might say that the filmmaker is dead. Everything is all digital today. True, but filmmaking is very much alive and so are filmmakers. So what's the difference between a filmmaker and a videographer? Anyone can...