Practice & Space

Ep 4. | Virtue Cider

sergio — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:44:19 +0000

Virtue Cider is a Michigan–based craft cider company. Partnering with local family farms to find the highest quality heirloom apples, we produce ciders that combine old world farmhouse styles with modern craft fermentation and aging techniques.

Practice and Space was excited to work with Virtue Cider. Greg Hall’s and Stephen Schmakel’s commitment to craft, ethical practices, high quality product and their beautiful cider house were a perfect fit for the series.

Shooters:
Sergio Salgado
Brian J Wong

Music:
“Skyline Horizon” by Rho
“Week Seven” by Ben von Wildenhaus
“Outtakes” by Shave and a Haircut

Practice & Space Ep. 4 | Virtue Cider Premieres at Lincoln Hall

sergio — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:24:50 +0000

Post-production on Ep. 4 | Virtue Cider wrapped a couple of weeks back. I shared it with the team over at Virtue and they were very happy with it, so happy that they decided to premiere it at their 2012 RedStreak Harvest Celebration at Lincoln Hall on Wednesday, March 13th 7-9pm. The event is being put on by Virtue Cider & Time Out Chicago.

Tickets to the event are free/general admission but if you want to RSVP on Lincoln Hall’s site, please do. Come have a glass of RedStreak and watch the newest episode of Practice & Space!

Stills from Virtue Cider project

sergio — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:59:54 +0000

What a better way to kick off December than by shooting at Virtue Farms up in Fennville, MI. This past Saturday, I was invited to film at their brand new cider house. Brian J. Wong tagged along and helped me capture the entire cider making process, we learned a whole bunch about Virtue Cider and their practices. If all goes well, I expect to have this piece done in January.

In the meantime, check out some of these stills from the footage we got. Let me know what you think!

Ep. 3 | Strand Design

sergio — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:10:46 +0000

Strand Design is a product design studio located in Chicago’s West Loop. In addition to providing design services for clients both big and small, they create beautifully crafted objects from sustainably sourced and locally manufactured materials.

Ted and Sharon Burdett welcomed Practice/Space to talk about their process and values . Their dedication to quality, community and sustainable practices fit perfectly with the series. Learn more at stranddesign.org

Animation sequence by LooseKeys, learn more at loosekeys.tv

Music is “Gentle Marimba” by Alastair Cameron, learn more at cameronmusic.co.uk

Stills from next Practice & Space w/ Strand Design

sergio — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:49:47 +0000

Finally, the next Practice & Space episode is under way. This past Friday was spent interviewing and capturing footage with the amazing team over at Strand Design. Strand is a small product design shop run by Sharon & Ted Burdett. They were kind enough to fill me in on what they do, how they do it and why they do it.

The episode is slated to launch at the beginning of November, I know that’s a ways a way… So in the meantime, check out these production stills from the shoot. Really excited to tell this story!

Ep. 2 | The Bird Machine

sergio — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:26:11 +0000

The Bird Machine, inc., is a screen print poster workshop, owned and run by Jay Ryan, which is located very close to Chicago.

Jay has been making hand drawn screen printed posters for bands, and the clubs they play at since 1995. Jay is joined at the Bird Machine shop by Michael Lauritano and Jack Ryan. Many thanks to Jay and everyone at the Bird Machine for letting me invade their space.

www.TheBirdMachine.com

More Resources
www.ScrewballPress.com

P&S Site Launched!

sergio — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:14:41 +0000

It’s true, Practice & Space has in fact launched a web presence. The site is currently in it’s infancy stage but it will soon be growing with more content and resources. The goal (in a perfect world) will be to release a new episode once a month. Each episode page will serve as a resource for the topic covered with links to more information on the subject.

And for the camera/documentary nerds there will also be blog updates talking about my experience shooting each episode and how I pulled off certain things. Questions and comments are always welcome, so participate in the conversation and leave a comment!

Ep. 1 | Butcher & Larder

sergio — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:44:45 +0000

The mission of The Butcher & Larder is to be Chicago’s first sustainable, all whole animal butcher shop. We custom cut meat from animals that are responsibly raised on small, Midwestern family farms. In addition, we make a variety of sausages, patés and prepared deli items such as ham, bacon and corned beef for retail sale. We offer butchering and charcuterie classes (sausage making, etc.) at the shop, and plan to periodically hold small, casual family-style dinners.

www.TheButcherAndLarder.com

More Resources
www.thebutchersguild.org