A Look at Nature

A Look at Nature is a video series produced by Black Fire Productions and Jack Webb Entertainment. Currently, ten episodes have been completed. Its first "set" was released in May of 2008, and its second in September of 2009. A third installment is said to be underway.

So far, the episodes have focused on hiking trails in and around Orange County. In an interview with producer/director/creator, Cole Webb Harter, he announced that the third set will center in northern California.

History

In July 2007, creator Cole Webb Harter saw some hummingbirds play around on a feeder. He decided to film it and see what he could get. This short, ten-minute film became the series' first episode, "The Feeder". Harter took the footage to Jack Webb from the aforementioned Jack Webb Entertainment. The hummingbird footage was produced, and the series was started. The two men formed a partnership between Black Fire Productions and Jack Webb Entertainment.

In August of the same year, a pilot presentation was produced entitled "The Sanctuary". This was well received, but the official premiere episode was not shot until February 2008.

The partnership between Jack Webb and Cole Webb Harter continues into the third set.

Production

Episodes of A Look at Nature are produced sporadically, sometimes with long intervals between episodes.

• Produced by: Jack Webb and Cole Webb Harter

• Directed by: Cole Webb Harter

• Camera: Rock Harter

Jack Webb has produced several small DVDs independently. Programs before the partnership with Black Fire Productions include: Come Fly With Me (2003) and Skating (2005–2008). Productions after the partnership, but independent of Cole Webb Harter, include "Merry Christmas" (2008) and "Suzie's Roses" (2007).

Black Fire Productions has produced numerous trailers and promos for outside sources. The have produced several videos for the Pacific Suzuki Strings Program as well as many in partnership with Jack Webb Productions. In 2008, a promotion for an up-coming production of Paul Williams' musical Bugsy Malone was created by Cole Webb Harter and Jack Webb. The video was directed by Harter and stage director Andrew Levey. The project was overseen by show producers Tricia Heines and Laura MacAdam.

Releases

The first set of the series was released on 18 June 2008.

Second set was released on 29 September 2009.

The third set's release date is yet to be determined, but will likely be in August or September 2010.

Episodes

A full episode list is as follows.

VOLLUME ONE:

"The Feeder"--27 July 2007 (Irvine, CA)

"The Sanctuary"--04 August 2007 (Irvine, CA)

"The River"--10 February 2008 (Irvine, CA)

"The Trail"--01 June 2008 (Laguna, CA)

"The Pools"--08 June 2008 (Newport Coast, CA)

VOLUME TWO:

"The Highlands"--31 August 2008 (Newport Coast, CA)

"The Wetlands"--07 Semptember 2008 (Huntington Beach, CA)

"The Oaks"--30 May 2009 (Foothill Ranch, CA)

"The Ridges"--27 July 2009 (San Juan Capistrano, CA)

"The Loop"--23 August 2009 (Tustin, CA)