Down at Our Pond
Pond biology, frog eggs, classroom nature study
Public domain by ageArchive
Public-domain, Creative Commons, and U.S. federal-source footage gathered for the three legal video treatments.
Forest Fire...Naturally!
Fire ecology, smoke, rangers, recovering forest
U.S. National Park ServiceThe Amchitka Program
Island water, instruments, test-site dread
Public Domain MarkThe River
Hydrology, dams, river systems, water force
Public Domain MarkThe Plow That Broke the Plains
Maps, plains, dust, government-documentary history
CC0 / public domainU.S. Fish & Wildlife refuge films
Birds, bison, marshes, desert, aerials, conservation
U.S. federal sourceMusic & Inspiration
With gratitude to Boards of Canada
The Field Film Reader is an independent study inspired by the music and atmosphere of Boards of Canada. Their work, especially its sense of memory, landscape, childhood, public-information media, and tape-worn technology, is treated here as an artistic north star.
With respect to Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin for the musical world that helped make these field-film treatments imaginable. This site is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Boards of Canada, Warp Records, or their rightsholders.
- 01sunshine recorder
- 02music is math
- 03julie and candy
- 04the beach at redpoint
- 051969
- 06Turquoise Hexagon Sun
- 07Happy Cycling