Show 1901 "Transparent Nature"

The Kentucky Life show #1901 on Kentucky Educational Television is now online.

©Kathleen O'Brien, page 24 from WOW Journal, watercolor, ink, KET card, 7x5"

It is about half hour long and the segment about my art "Transparent Worlds" is the last 10 minutes. I am very happy with it. It is amazing the detail closeups they capture. The first 2 segments are very interesting, about Bardstown being named America's most beautiful small town, and Doc Shuffett, who I would like to have as my doc. I think you will enjoy the whole show. Please let me know!

KET showtimes...

Valerie Trimble just contacted me to say the show on Kentucky Life about my art will air on Saturday, October 5, at 8 pm and will repeat Sunday afternoon, October 6 at 4 pm. Within a day or so after its air date, it will be up on the KET website and can be watched there. Since they were here for  two whole days, it will be interesting to see how it is edited.

Please tell me what you think of it!

Behind and Around the scenes

Last Friday KET, Kentucky Educational Television film crew returned for the second day of filiming for my show on Kentucky Life program this fall. This time it was to shoot the interview and closeups of artwork. Observing the setup was quite a learning experience. I came to appreciate the level of expertise each person brought to the occasion and how well they all worked in harmony with each other.

 

© Greg Orth, Valerie, Adam, Roger & Prentice

 In the picture above, Roger, the audio supervisor shows Transylvania University intern, Adam how Prentice the videographer (who is fooling around) sets up the lighting on the camera. Valerie, the producer gets her screen set up.

© Greg Orth, Prentice and Valerie

Valerie was very particular about having the light setting just right. She patiently went through many trials with Prentice using his "monkey book" of gels, as she held the white paper to test the color.

© Greg Orth, Prentice, me, Roger & Adam

In this picture we are ready to roll. The light is right and Roger (with the KET shirt) is happy with the sound. Meanwile, Valerie has rearranged the corner of the room where I sit for the interview. We all joke about how everything serves what is seen within the frame of the camera.

© Greg Orth, Valerie and Prentice

After lunch we moved into the studio, where Valerie wanted to shoot closeups of art. Here they are focusing on the AlphaBetaZinnia, AlphaBetaCollages book.

© Greg Orth,Valerie Trimble, producer

Here Valerie checks her screen for accuracy. That rectangle above her head is a reflector.

© Greg Orth,Valerie, Prentice and me drawing on the porch

It was such a perfect day that I drew on the large collage I began on the first filming day. When the weather is like this I prefer to be outside.

In the next post I will show the works in progress I began  for this show. It will air in the fall, I will let you know when.

KET films on a perfect day

Friday was such a perfect day. 61 degrees in July? And non humid, calm with blue skies! So when the KET, Kentucky Educational Television film crew showed up for the first day of filming the show for Kentucky Life, award-winning series celebrating the people and places of the Commonwealth, we chose to start with filming the gardens, instead of the planned indoor interview.

©Greg Orth, Prentice Walker, KET videographer  

The film crew was so relaxed, they put me at ease and we had a great time together. Valerie Trimble is the producer, Prentice Walker the videographer and Roger Tremaine is the audio technician. I learned a lot about how films are put together, and how much goes into their excellent programming. I recommend you checking out their shows. My show will air in the fall, I'll let you know the date.

It was the first time I had been directed, which I found quite fun. In the afternoon Prentice set up the lights in the studio and they took footage of me collaging and drawing on some abstract paintings I had already started. I also did some walnut ink drawings and painted some brush stokes on a virgin sheet of Arches, which was the first time I let anyone watch me paint. It will be interesting to see how they edit it. 

They return in 2 weeks to do an interview and shoot closeups of the art I have here. I look forward to that time, because it is so enjoyable, and not nerve wracking as I wondered it might be!

©Greg Orth, KO'B with KET film crew Prentice Walker, videographer, Valerie Trimble, producer & Roger Tremaine, audio

Roger, sorry about the gladiola bisecting your face, we'll get a better photo next time.