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#TheRiverIsMyOfficeJoin us in celebrating the people who can say #TheRiverIsMyOffice! A nationwide community of professionals work to ensure the health and wise management of these and other rivers: dedicated advocates, legislative leaders, agency planners, and field staff... along with river guides, engineers, legal experts, and YOU. RMS members, river-colleagues and friends: post your videos stories and photos on social media and be sure to use the hashtag #TheRiverIsMyOffice so that we can include them! Check out our YouTube playlist to see and share all of these videos. Share a video of your river office!Our goal is to showcase exactly what your job is like and why it's so important. We hope to inspire future generations of river professionals and to cultivate an appreciation for the people that protect and maintain our rivers. This can be shot entirely on your phone, so don't fret over not having a fancy camera or studio. We will do the editing for you! Check out this Example Video shot entirely on iPhone with Voice Memo for the voice recorder. Main Footage: The InterviewIn your video interview, please respond to one question from each of the categories below in this order: start with what you do first, into why you do it, and finish on the message you want to share. Please do not exceed 5 minutes. Tips before your record:
Category 1: What You Do
Category 2: Why You Do It
Category 3: The Message You Want to Share
B-ROLL: A Day in the Life Footage from the FieldConsider the questions and answers you recorded, and determine a few key things in your daily routine you can capture on video to really elaborate and support the information you’re offering. This footage may play in the background while your recorded interview (main footage and sound) is used for the voice over - so you don't necessarily need speaking in B-ROLL footage unless it’s to explain something helpful or interesting. Be sure to get wide shots of your work space (office, river, etc). Please do not exceed 5 minutes. Uploading Your FootageWe will do the editing for your video! All you need to do is shoot the footage and submit B-roll and sound. Here's how:
Check out these Stories from our State River ManagersYou may be one of the millions who enjoy the outdoors each year by visiting rivers, to wade, skip a stone, fish, float, or simply walk along side and enjoy the view. Your hosts are river managers, park rangers and other town, county, state or federal staff who know and provide facilities, information and the means to keep folks safe on and off the water. We thank them for their skill and commitment to rivers and further, to the expertise and care necessary to manage them wisely. (Video stories of Lisa Machnik, Colin Maas, Larry Freilich, Lisa Byers, Lynette Ripley, Shana Stewart Deeds, and Ryan Turner) View Stories from our River Managers |