Bird Call

Scrawling from the Wreckage: Bird Call: A mysterious omen is ignored until a young woman is confronted by its terrifying message. Currently in pre-production,  this short film ...

Rising Forests: A New Way of Farming Video

Here is the educational outreach video I just completed for the Tree Bank Hispaniola project. Please visit earthsangha.org for more information or if you wish to donate to this great project. A special thanks goes to Chris Bright and Gina Biver for their time and dedication to this piece.

Rising Forests: A New Way of Farming from Steven Biver on Vimeo.
Rising Forests is an educational outreach video shot along the Dominican Republic-Haiti border for the Tree Bank Hispaniola project.

Directed, photographed and edited by Steven Biver
Original music by Gina Biver
Script by Chris Bright

Behind The Scenes - Tree Bank project video

I'm in the final stages of editing the outreach video "Rising Forests: A New Way of Farming" for the Tree Bank project.  Here are a few BTS shots courtesy of Chris Bright from the Earth Sangha.  We spent most days on the hillside village of Los Cerezos along the Dominican Republic - Haiti border, about a 20 minute drive from our home base in Loma. This is the first time I wore a cowboy hat and the first time for a whole week...the sun was relentless.

All the folks in Los Cerezos were so warm and friendly - within minutes of arriving on their property they would offer us a small cup of their tasty sweet black coffee.  I must of had five a day!  Homemade lunches were usually at one of Gaspar's family member's home.

Group portrait after shooting some coffee grinding b-roll footage 

Interview segment with farmer Suna Martinez

At the Tree Bank nursery with Gaspar(L) and Quiterio(R), both of whom are
 featured in the video

This is where we had lunch most days

Matt Bright and Chris Bright with Earth Sangha and Gaspar Perez Aquino
the Tree Bank project director

Adonis helping out with the beans and rice

Shooting the final scene of the coffee grove deep in the old growth forest

Tallgrass Film Festival

SHIFT will be shown at the 10th Annual Tallgrass Film Festival opening for the feature film California Solo.

http://www.tallgrassfilmfest.com/guide?category=0&cmd=film_detail&id=42

Vance Bockis, D.C. Punk Rocker, Dies at Age 50

Vance Bockis, D.C. Punk Rocker, Dies at Age 50

©Steven Biver, 2012

Tree Bank Hispaniola project

I just recently spent a week on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, shooting an educational and outreach video for the Tree Bank Hispaniola. The Tree Bank works along the Dominican Republic / Haiti border to restore native forest and improve the incomes of impoverished small-holder farmers. The video documents the group’s effort to reinvent small-scale tropical farming; the idea is to move beyond “slash and burn,” and create a community-based resource for conservation. Stayed tuned for the final edited video this fall. The folks in the village of Los Cerezos were wonderful – very hospitable and always eager to be photographed. Here are some portraits of the farmers and kids. All images ©Steven Biver,2012

Mouth Party Caramels

This was a fun and yummy video shoot. You must try these.

Mouth Party Caramels from Steven Biver on Vimeo.

Created by Steven Biver
Music by Gina Biver