Grammy-Award winning flutist Molly Barth performs “Mollitude” from the Beta Collide album ‘Psst!Psst!‘
Filmed and produced by Bluedot Productions at the Oregon Coast Heceta Head light and innkeepers house, Spring 2011.
A special thanks to the Oregon Arts Commision
University of Oregon School of Music & Dance
State of Oregon Parks Department
The word is out. The word is up. The word is X.
Bluedot provided graphics art services, cd mastering and duplication, music video and web development services for this spoken word rock and roll band. Enjoy!
Tony Kaltenberg and Michael Manring perform the song “Thread of Joy” at the Yachats Guitar Festival, 2008.
VJ’ing by bluedot productions using rear projection, and modul8.
When the Gaden Shartse Monastic Tour visited our hometown in 2008, we had the opportunity to mount an HD 1080p camera to the wall above the mandala table. We then ran the camera directly to a Macpro via firewire so it could create daily quicktimes.
The creation of a sand mandala is a sacred event that creates a vortex of intention and prayer into a tangible blessing that can be felt by anyone. The intricacy and attention to detail is unmatched, and the symbolism unparalleled.
We then compiled over 24 hours of footage and sped it up about 10,000 percent so you could enjoy it in 3 minutes instead of 3 days.
Ten years ago, Hollywood filmmaker Betsy Chasse co-created a movie on science and mysticism (subjects she knew nothing about), and was forevermore plucked from the oblivion of Valley Girl “shoe consciousness.” The movie, “What the Bleep Do We Know!?,” changed her life and the life of millions as it went on to make spiritual cinema history.
For the last three years, Bluedot has been filming some of the most beautiful places on the West Coast. A dream project – Bluedot has been shooting and editing 1080p nature cinematography for Healing Healthcare Systems, who operate this great idea… the C.A.R.E. Channel.
The CARE Channel provides beautiful imagery with soft jazz across America’s hospital system, where users can tune into the beauty that nature has to offer, instead of just their regular choice of television programming.
The Bluedot team has been having a lot of fun working on some promotional films for the Gaden Shartse Monastic Tour; a fund raising and outreach program from the tibetan buddhist monastery located in the refugee area of southern India. The footage in this 7:00 introduction was collected from old archival pieces from the monastery, and when we toured with the monks to Aspen Colorado in 2008.
Enjoy!
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A few selected photos of the Gaden Shartse Monks at the Long Beach Convention Center this last week.
An important initiation had been planned with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, but alas – he had fell ill in Tokyo and missed the weekends events planned for him.
Bluedot was there to film the “Journey to the Roof of The World” performance of the Gaden Monks in a world class location.
Luckily, the Gaden Monks were making an amazing sand mandala, as well as a teaching by Khen Rinpoche (The Abbot of Gaden Shartse Monastery), and a talk by Robert Thurman and Thupten Jinpa.
An excellent opportunity for a few snaps!
It was an exciting 10 days in Los Angeles, filming the Gaden Shartse Monastery Tour, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama at both the Long Beach Convention Center, and University of California at Irvine.
All the approvals, all the state department reviews, all the driving were worth this one moment of His Holiness coming on stage at UCI while the Gaden Monks provided an introduction purification ceremony. Look for more in the upcoming feature documentary “For All Sentient Beings”
