Last year, Jim LaDue and Greg Stumpf, along with their co-producers, brought to you the “Storms of 2004†DVD (
http://www.towerofstorms.net/sls22), the most unique compilation of storm chasers’ video of the incredible 2004 storm season of its kind. This 2 hour DVD production was the highlight of the American Meteorological Society’s 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms in Hyannis, Massachusetts in October 2004. The DVD was then subsequently sold as a charitable fundraiser, with proceeds benefiting the American Red Cross efforts to help victims of the natural disasters in 2004, including the four Florida hurricanes, and the Southeast Asian Tsunami. Proceeds were also donated to the Heart of Oklahoma Chapter of the Red Cross, who dealt with the devastating tornadoes in Moore and Oklahoma City in 1999 and 2003, as well as the Central Oklahoma Chapter of the AMS, who underwrote the costs of the production.
All profits from the sales of the DVD were donated to charity. In the end, over $4000 dollars were raised by the sales of the DVD.
Witnessing the catastrophic devastation in the Gulf Coast due to the impact of Hurricane Katrina, Jim and Greg are teaming up again to produce a “Storms of 2005†DVD. As like last year,
all profits for the sale of the DVD will be donated to charity, primarily to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to aid victims of the hurricane. Jim and Greg will be aided by the help of chapter co-producers, like last year, with some familiar names in the storm chasing community donating their efforts.
We are going to develop a DVD in which the "Storms of 2005" will be the focus. We plan to develop different "chapters" focusing on some of the more noteworthy storm events of the 2005 storm season, including a special chapter devoted to storm chase video from Hurricane Katrina. Each chapter will include some "set-up" information, including synoptic/mesoscale maps, radar/satellite loops, and storm verification information. Then, the remainder of the chapter will be a semi-chronological replay of video and digital stills of the event, with interlaced submissions from multiple chasers. The “Storms of 2005†DVD will also be shown at the 2006 AMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta, as part of their “Electronic Theatre†shows, and in conjunction with the special Severe Local Storms Symposium.
This announcement is the official solicitation for submissions of video and digital stills for the event. As like last year, submissions are 100% for charity, and therefore we will not be compensating anyone for their costs. For this year’s production, we are asking that contributors send their submission directly to the chapter producers. This will help save time in the production, so that the DVD can be ready for sale in the not too distant future.
Deadline for submissions is receipt of the video/stills to the chapter producers no later than Tuesday 27 September, 2005. This is two weeks from today. Please make every effort to rush your video submissions to the chapter producers if you wish to be included in this special fundraiser (Priority Mail or Fed Ex preferred). We hope to have the DVD produced and on the market sometime in early November 2005.
The following list includes the events from 2005 that we will be highlighting on this DVD. Please do not send any video/stills from any other event, since it will not be used, and don’t send submissions from multiple events only to one producer. Send your submission for each event directly to the chapter producer, and follow the guidelines below. The individual chapter producers may post/email additional information regarding their specific chapters in the next few days.
Please email (not PM) your chapter producer in advance of sending your video submission so that they can plan accordingly.
CHAPTER: PRODUCER / SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS / EMAIL ADDRESS
21 March (OK, TX)
Jim LaDue
901 96th Ave SE, Norman, OK 73026
[email protected]
10 April (OK, KS)
Mike Umschied
113 Plains St. #A, Dodge City, KS 67801
[email protected]
21 April (KS)
Shane Adams and Mickey Ptak
1300 Crown Point Ave. #15, Norman, OK 73072
[email protected]
12 May (TX)
Dave Lewison
51-E Sherwood Forest Rd., Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
[email protected]
4 June 04 (KS, OK)
Michael Peregrine
1601 SE Moore Rd., St. Joseph, MO 64507
[email protected]
5 June (OK)
Greg Stumpf
1413 Castlebay, Norman, OK 73071
[email protected]
7 June (SD)
Blake Naftel
515 Minor Ave. Apt. B, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
[email protected]
9 June (KS)
Amos Magliocco
1901 Jasmine Street, Denton, TX 76205
[email protected]
11 June (TX)
Blake Naftel
515 Minor Ave. Apt. B, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
[email protected]
12 June (TX)
Jason Politte
1313 McNutt Rd. #47, Conway, AR 72034
[email protected]
Hurricane Katrina
Martin Lisius
Prairie Pictures, Inc., PO Box 122020, Arlington, TX 76012
[email protected]
If you are submitting video or digital still material for the DVD, we request that the contributors follow these
STRICT GUIDELINES for submission (or risk not being included):
1. We need your best RAW video clips from 2005, with no more than 10 total minutes' worth of clips per person per chapter. By limiting the length of the submission, it facilitates the chapter producer’s job of hunting down the best video to include.
2. Contributors should include an index to their contributions with dates/times/locations of each clip. If you can, please include a few clips ("video bites" - perhaps 15 seconds each?) of storm structure and/or initial and ending shots of storms to help "tell the whole storm story".
3. Digital stills are acceptable. Each digital still will be counted the same as 10 seconds of video. Resolution should be at least twice the size of normal NTSC video resolution (so, twice the size of 720x480).
4. No "pre-edited" highlights productions will be used. We will take your raw clips and interlace them with others' clips. Please refrain from adding any music, video transitions, overlaid graphics, or special effects to your submissions. We want to interlace all the contributions from many chasers for each event showing a semi-chronological recount of the storms and tornadoes. If you've seen the “Storms of 2004" DVD - think that.
5.
DO NOT add your own copyright line or watermarks to the video. We will add a continuous text graphic with a copyright line per author for each scene at a specific location on the screen.
6. Formats allowed include AVI or MPEG2 files burned to CD or DVD, Mini-DV, Hi8, 8mm, or VHS.
DO NOT send video transfers to DVD (e.g., direct DVD recordings or VIDEO_TS directories). These are not easily nor digitally extractable for video productions.
7. Include any material that may aid in the "set-up" portion of each major event. This may include electronic graphics of weather data, and information on your chase strategy and decision making.
8. You must grant the right for your entire submission to be sold on a special fundraising DVD, with all profits being donated to charity.
Please fill out and sign a “Storms of 2005†submission release form and mail it to Greg Stumpf. By signing this form, you are not relinquishing an exclusive copyright. The release statement just allows for free non-exclusive use for the benefit DVD. You can still market your video elsewhere. This form is available for download at:
http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~stumpf/stormsof20...005_release.pdf
9.
Deadline for submission of materials is Tuesday 27 Sep 2005. Any materials received after the deadline
will not be included. We are producing this DVD on very short order since the need for Katrina charity is greatest now.
We will repeat this information at the following web page in the next few days:
http://www.stormsof2005.org
Remember, 100% of the profits will be donated to charity. There, we request that all contributors submit materials at their own expense (e.g., materials, postage), and all contributors to purchase their own copy of the DVD, so that we maximize profits. We hope that you can participate for this honorable cause!
Greg Stumpf and Jim LaDue
