lights out northeast florida documentary

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What iis Lights Out N,ortheast Fl,Or'ii,da,?

• L.ights Ou.t N,ortheast Florida is a program that aims to pu,sh 'b,uildin:g and hou:sehold owners in J'ackso:n.viUe, Fl,or:ilda to turn the,:ilr lights off between. 11 P.M. and 5 A.M. durin.g the tw,o bird migratory· seas,ons each year' (Sprin.g and Fall).

• No,ctumally migrating 'birds ·u,se the moon and star:s to na vi.gate from o:n.e place to an.other.

• Artificial light, mainly pl'lo,min.ent in inner ... city are.as w:ilth. lar,ge skyscrapers, attracts m.ilgratin:g bir'd,s)"

causing them to fly into the,se deadly ar·e,as. At night,. it is very difficult for' b·ir'd,s to .see their' surroundings .. so bird,s caught in the :ilnner ... city ,o,ften fly into artificially lit buildings, r·e-.sulting in fatal co:nsequ,ence,,s.

·Each ·y·ear, about one bi11:ion birds die from either colliding into artificially, lit buil.ding;s

or from exhaustion.

Project Q,verviiew

• The ,objective, of this project was to cr·eate a do,cume:n.tary film to:

• Edu.cate viewers abo,u.t the effect ,of artificial light On noctu, · · m·· ally m1··gratin· · g 'b1··rds _ : • '_ , I - ••. · - , ' I •. _ ' I '.

• er·_- ·'e·ate aw· ·a·re- -·n.0-s·s of the, n· ·e·g·ati·ve �o-·n- ·se·q·ue:·n- -c·e-··s· o· - f.· .. ,· __ - :-:: .. . :-. . ·. ,·_._·. -�-- �I_. __ · ·_.· :-, . ::::_:_ .. -.- __ :. __ \..,.'._-_· :_ ·_.·." .. ,.�- ' ; - ._:,_·. i·."_·

artificial light • Gamer ,su.p,port for Lights Out Northeast Florida

• The documentary film contains audi•o commentary over vario,us image an.d vildi?o ,sequ.en.ce·s exh.:ilb:ilting artificiaJ light source,.s and b,ir'd milgr,ation patterns. Th:ils commentary is meant to ed.ucate an,d create awar·eness in. viewers abo,ut the dangers •Of art:ilficial light with r·e·.spect to b·ird migration ..

• P·taced throughout the docume,ntary ils f,ootage •Of interv:ilews with:

• 'Tony Ve,c,chio: Exe·cutive Dilrector at JZG • Mik'e 'Taylor: Curator· •Of bir'd,s at JZG • Lu,cas Meers: ,Conservati,on P'rogr·am Officer· at JZG • Caro.l Bailey .. ·White: P·resident of Duval Aud·ubon

Society

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Viideo-Makiin,g Pr,ocess an,d Tasks

• One of the focu,se,s ,of Li,ghts Out Northeast Florida ils to gain volunteer' support from the pub,]ic to travel around the d,ow.n.town area of J'acksonville to gather' any 'birds that have been fatally wo·unded fr,om

,strikin.g artificially lit build:iln.gs at ni_ght. • In additi,o,n t,o m·y do·cumentary)" I v,olunteered. with

Li,ghts Out Northeast Florida t,o condu.ct searches for' these deceased b,ir'd,s t,o help pr·ovide data .about the num'ber of pr,o:b,lems bir·ds face when. n,o,ctumally migrating.

• The main pr,oces,s of creating this d,ocumentary· was to:

• ,Create a ,script ou.tlij�11in.g the :negative effects ,of artificial l:ilght and how Li,ghts Out Northeast Florida will help migrating bird,s

• Rec,ord the audio for the script an.d record footage ,of vari,o,us artificial lights in J acks,onville

• Ed:ilt the vid.eo usin.g .Ab·ode Premiere Pr'O

lts's time that every city, esp,ecially tho,se alo,ng the migrato,ry p,athway, get invo,lve.d with this progr·am. -Tony Vecchio

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