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Title: Typewriter Artist
Added: Aug 10, 2007
Author: NorthwestCamera
Duration: 3:37
Description:
Paul Smith, the Typewriter artist. Originally aired March-April of 1976 on KOIN-TV in Portland Oregon.At-Large Reporter Ray Summers wrote and narrated. I shot, edited and selected the music. Ray learned about Paul from a newspaper feature in the Roseburg, Oregon newspaper. Ray and I roamed Southern Oregon for a week in February and dropped by the Roseburg nursing home one wintry morn. We were in and out in 90 minutes, but what we captured was an amazing story on many levels.I shot the story with a single system Frezzolini 16mm film camera. I shot daylight Ektachrome with dichroic filters on my lights since so much daylight was coming in the windows. I put an ECM-50 microphone inside Paul's typewriter to capture the sound. I got the music from my personal library.A week or two later, Assignment Editor Norm Gunning gave me a whole day to cut this piece. I synched 4 reels of film and sound and pretaped to 2 inch tape. By the reaction of the crew we knew we had a special piece.I submitted the piece to the National Press Photographer Association's 2nd quarter clip contest in 1976. It won 1st place nationally as the best television news story.It had been lost on 3/4" Beta tape in my hot attic for years. I just bought an used 3/4" deck off EBay and recorded this story to my computer. It suffers a bit from generation loss. I count 3 generations: film, 2 inch tape, 3/4" tape. Enjoy.Mark Gardner is a regular contributor to WhackyNation.com.
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Youtube Comments: 46
lin2k4 Says:
Jul 17, 2009 - Wow!
pigeonbeatbox Says:
Oct 27, 2009 - Man that is truely phenomenal!!Such an inspiration!
hotstix12 Says:
Dec 1, 2009 - "Paul smith has a nervous disorder" listen next time
hotstix12 Says:
Dec 1, 2009 - that "dusty old type-writer" in your basement may not be so useless after all, as this truly inspirational man has tought us.
Dragonese1 Says:
Dec 19, 2009 - This is one of the best videos yet. Such a totally beautiful person. He is awesome and an inspiration for all. Thank you for sharing. They are masterpieces.
MONIQUEIJ Says:
Dec 28, 2009 - nive
dinfg6 Says:
Feb 7, 2010 - Is the Typewriter artist sill alive as of 2010
diamonddust22 Says:
Mar 25, 2010 - genius
MangakaLuna Says:
Mar 27, 2010 - No, he passed away in 2007
N8wood1 Says:
May 19, 2010 - everyone please check out the video of my Oil painting. It took me 5 months to finish and its 4 feet by 6 feet. let me know what you think of the piece. the video is called - Monumental Oil painting- from start to finish
yodoshow Says:
Sep 2, 2010 - its a good thing that there isnt any body who gave this a thumbs down
oxx Says:
Oct 15, 2010 - Amazing
FoxyLady9112 Says:
Feb 25, 2011 - amazing. Its great that someone who is unfortunate in birth from a disease can harness an amazing mind to great something so insanely epic. I hope I can be like him someday.
sandrateager Says:
Mar 25, 2011 - That is utterly amazing! Never seen anything like it!
lukereynoldstube Says:
Dec 6, 2011 - WOW WOW WOW.... and for good measure WOW!!!!
stuart8965756799 Says:
Jan 1, 2012 - wow just wow!! amazing artist
TheDish47 Says:
Jan 4, 2012 - Wow...we should never judge a book by it's cover, or a man by his outward appearance.
Phyrie Says:
Feb 3, 2012 - Thank you for posting this great story! I wish we had had a chance to hear the man speak, but if he wasn't capable...well. Regardless, I am grateful you were there, and had the chance to capture this artist at work. Well done.
BKtypewriters101 Says:
Mar 15, 2012 - Amazing guy. But where did his typewriter(s) and artwork go when he died?
sue sylvestro Says:
Mar 15, 2012 - I feel honored to be able to see the fantastic works that this great man has accomplished , they should be treasured and displayed for the world to see , he is with God now , whom he beautifully portrayed ... God Bless You Paul ...
thekimward Says:
Mar 20, 2012 - What an amazing artist and so wonderfully captured! Thank you for your hard work in Savin
thekimward Says:
Mar 20, 2012 - (as I was saying before my iPad (so rudely) decided I was ready to post...) thank you for your hard work in saving this footage. Now your work and Mr. Smith's work can continue to touch lives. Thank you!
pooandawesome Says:
May 10, 2012 - What kind of person could dislike this video? This is amazing!!
Angel83579 Says:
Jul 10, 2009 - WOW! He is amazing! Good for him!!!