Below, you will find a snippet of the written component to the video I produced for Foodable Network. This is probably my favorite episode I have ever produced, for the simple reason that I worked so hard to give this video a mini-doc feel to it. There was a lot of pre-planning, storyboarding, conference calls and creative meetings with colleagues that went into this production. I was given the freedom to make the Hama Hama, Food As A Lifestyle episode into what I wanted it to be and I feel like I successfully achieved my vision with the help of my team. The article was also a joy to write and I think it gives great context to the episode.
“It’s probably one of the most beautiful places on the planet...” says Adam James, operation manager at Hama Hama Oyster Company, referring to the farm bed located at the mouth of one of the shortest, coldest, and least developed rivers in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula: Hamma Hamma River.
“You could be out there, on a clear winter night, and the Olympics are blanketed in snow and the moon’s out, the stars are out and you almost don’t even need your headlamp...”