Video Production at a Waterfall


Eric Brown committed to finance the

video production

of Elizabeth Hepburn’s Better & Better Series in February 2004. None of us is certain when the title came into being but we do know its derivation. In all the programs Elizabeth quotes Émile Coué de la Châtaigneraie the French psychologist and pharmacist who introduced a popular method of self-improvement based on the autosuggestion: “day by day in every way I am getting better and better”. All five video (and audio) programs – conceived, written and performed by my wife Elizabeth – are designed to aid both patients and caregivers in preparation for and recovery from surgery.

Since we were in high school Bob Collins and I had talked about working together, me as director and him as cameraman. The wish finally came true that April when I flew down to Winston-Salem (where BC was head of the North Carolina School of the Arts cinematography department) and we went waterfall scouting for four days.

The location that had looked most ideal on the internet was Pearson’s Falls near Saluda, North Carolina.

Video Production at a Waterfall

Scouting Pearson’s Falls

We saw it on our last day of scouting and this waterfall had the size and beauty we needed but it was not frightening as Niagara can be. There was a kind of lace-like delicacy about it and its environment was picturesque, offering a variety of beautiful settings: tiny waterfalls, small and large bubbling brooks and a wealth of flora. It seemed made for our purposes.

Here are two short clips from the twenty-five minute program Post-Surgery for the Patient. (Introduced by Elizabeth)

More and details about this and many other video production stories are in my third memoir volume Waiting for Elizabeth.

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