Want to know what goes into creating an hour-long documentary? For starters - 570 individual shots, 131 pages of dialogue, a lot of time editing and a good team 🎥
Check out “GROWING Tradition” on the @lifestyletucson podcast if you’d like to learn more!
We had a great time chatting with host @bestfrankforever about the documentary, LightsUp! A Festival of Illumination and all things #TootTootTucson!
Plus, we shared some fun behind-the-scenes stories from the making of the film!
Lifestyle Tucson is a platform where local organizations, non-profits, and businesses share how they’re impacting the Tucson community. You can find this episode and more on, YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
🎥 “GROWING Tradition” is now streaming on @primevideo for just $0.99! A holiday film made by and for Tucsonans! (Link in bio)!
We hope you are enjoying the holidays!
#tucson #holiday #documentary #podcast
Merry Christmas from Davis de Dios Media!
We’re spreading holiday cheer by sharing some of our laughs from “GROWING Tradition”—even if a few came after the fact!
If you’re looking for something to watch with your family today, check out “GROWING Tradition” on @PrimeVideo.
It’s a film made especially for the Tucson holiday season!
#tucson #holiday #documentary
Meet Joe. His job is to make art pieces out of metal. We met Joe during the filming of “GROWING Tradition”.
Creating with metal brings joy to Joe’s life and that joy extends to the people who see his art out in the public.
You can see Joe’s work and a little bit of his story in “GROWING Tradition” which is now available on Prime Video.
#tucson #holiday #documentary
What does it take to create a new holiday tradition? A vision, the Tucson community and over a million lights!
Check out “GROWING Tradition” now on Prime Video!
(Link in bio) It’s only $0.99!
“GROWING Tradition” tells the story of how the Tucson Botanical Gardens created their holiday light show — LightsUp! - A Festival of Illumination.
The film is perfect for your Tucson holiday! 🎞️
#tucson #holiday #documentary
Our film, “Growing Tradition” is now available on Prime Video! Woot woot! 🎉
“Growing Tradition” tells the inspiring story of how the Tucson community united during the COVID-19 pandemic to help the Tucson Botanical Gardens create a new holiday tradition—“LightsUp! A Festival of Illumination.”
The film, directed by Alan Scott Davis, follows Adam Farrell-Wortman, the Gardens’ then newly-minted director of horticulture, as he leads the Gardens’ team as they embarked on one of their most ambitious projects: designing and constructing a holiday light show featuring nearly one million lights.
With just five months to bring this vision to life before opening night, the team faces both logistical and emotional challenges.
This heartwarming documentary highlights the resilience of the Tucson community, showcasing how collaboration, creativity, and determination helped build a magical, new tradition—one that will illuminate Tucson’s holiday season for generations to come.
Now Available on Prime Video! Link in the bio or follow the QR Code!
Here’s a hyperlapse of Dabne’s Funhouse & Remains of the Occultists, our favorite attraction at Nightfall.
It captures the fun and fear that make the spooky season so great.
Definitely worth checking out! Make sure to bring a friend to say, “Be brave!” 👹
Underwater Filming in an Arizona River
Ever since we put our probe lens in the ocean, we’ve been looking for another opportunity to film underwater.
John suggested Cienega Creek Natural Preserve. We hadn’t been there before, but our good friends Cecil and Carol Schwalbe mentioned it to us years ago.
We waited until after it rained before venturing out there. We were in luck! Not only did we find water but we found fish, a lot of fish!
Finding them with our eyes was easy, but trying to capture them on camera took some practice and patience.
The fish didn’t like us or our camera in the water. Shoot, the first day of filming, we didn’t get any fish on camera.
With every nudge of the camera or shift in focus, the fish would hide under the roots of a nearby tree, and we’d have to wait again.
Sometimes the fish swam near the lens, we’d get excited, grab the camera and find the shot was out of focus.
Thankfully, the trees provided shade, the Arizona climate was forgiving and our tripod was steady.
After multiple attempts we found placing the camera on the slope of the hill to be affective and we got the shots we hoped for.
We’re not professional fish identifiers, but the area is a wildlife preserve that is a habitat for the Gila Topminnow, Longfin Dace, and Roundtail Chub.
We’re excited by the results and we’ll definitely try this adventure again. Maybe in the winter 😊.
This video was taken at Cienega Creek, south of Vail, Arizona. We visited for two reasons. First, to fly the drone for our friend’s promotional video. Second, to film endangered species native to Cienega Creek.
We hoped to find Chiricahua Leopard Frog, the Spikedace, and the Gila Topminnow but there wasn’t a lot of water in the creek. It wasn’t a total loss though! We just filmed the Arizona sunset and that’s always a winner!
The zoom feature on the @djiglobal Mavic 3 allowed us to create cinematic shots that resemble the range of motion of a crane boom with a 100-foot reach.
We plan to revisit the location after it, hopefully, rains this weekend. We’re excited to share an image of the fun cinema rig we’ve assembled for underwater filming.
We’re working on creating content that is quick, memorable and effective.
One way to do that is by creating content that is thematic. The theme of this video advertisement is desert wasteland.
Once we embraced that theme, the rest of the creativity flowed naturally! 🔥
Aside from the drone shot, which was recorded at the salt flats in Utah, all of the footage was gathered in AZ. Fun right?!
Point is, keep it simple, keep it thematic and follow your plan/instincts to better content.
How would you describe the vibe of this video?
Now we’re off to the next creative horizon, partner 🤠
You never know what you’re going to find in Arizona. It has a little bit of everything—the desert, the mountains, the plains—life is everywhere.
We’re still waiting for a chance to film rattlesnakes, river otters, and bald eagles. They can all be found in our state. 🦦
We tried adding Mercy into this piece over and over again, but let’s be honest, she’s as wild as a houseplant.
Bilingual production services gives us an opportunity to better serve the communities of which we are a part. We take pride in being able to do these for our partners.
Visit the link in our bio to read more and see other Spanish videos we have produced.
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Learn how Javier Osorio, assistant professor at the UArizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (@uarizonasbs), uses big data and advanced analytical methods, such as machine learning and natural language processing, to understand the factors driving migration in Central America and Mexico and prepare better at the US border to receive these migratory flows.
Link in bio to read more about how University of Arizona scientists are harnessing the power of data.
Descubre cómo Javier Osorio, profesor asistente en la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y del Comportamiento de la Universidad de Arizona, utiliza grandes datos y métodos analíticos avanzados, como el aprendizaje automático y el procesamiento de lenguaje natural, para comprender los factores que impulsan la migración en Centroamérica y México y estar mejor preparados en la frontera de EE. UU. para recibir estos flujos migratorios.
#DataConnectsUsatAZ #UniversityOfArizona #UAZData
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