Carrier (documentary)
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| Genre | Documentary |
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| Directed by | Maro Chermayeff |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Mel Gibson Bruce Davey Nancy Cotton Mitchell Block Maro Chermayeff |
| Producer(s) | Deborah Dickson Jeff Dupre |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 10 hours, 1 hour each episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | PBS |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV letterboxed), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original run | April 27, 2008 – May 1, 2008 |
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Carrier is an Emmy Award-winning 10-hour documentary television series about a six-month deployment of a United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in 2005 from the United States to the Middle East and back.[1][2] Carrier is supplemented by a 90-minute companion documentary film called Another Day in Paradise.
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[edit] Synopsis
Carrier follows the deployment, from May 7, 2005 to November 8, 2005, of the supercarrier USS Nimitz, along with Carrier Air Wing Eleven, from her home port at North Island, in Coronado, California to the Persian Gulf during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and includes extensive footage shot aboard, as well as interviews with many of the crew about their various experiences, as well as their own personal concerns and fears.[1][3] Along the way to the Persian Gulf and back she makes stops in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Guam, Kuala Lumpur, Bahrain, and Perth.[4][5]
[edit] Production
The miniseries in ten parts was conceived by Mitchell Block, directed by Maro Chermayeff, and produced by Deborah Dickson (Dickson also directed the 90 minute, companion feature documentary Another Day in Paradise) and Jeff Dupre (who was the Senior Story Producer on both programs). The executive producers were Block and Chermayeff for Carrier Project, Inc. (headed by Block) and Mel Gibson,[6] Bruce Davey and Nancy Cotton, for Icon Productions.[6] The film first aired two hours each night from April 27 through May 1, 2008, on the television network PBS.[4] Seventeen filmmakers shot 1,600 hours of film for the series.[7]
The series and companion feature were the first documentaries that were ever produced on a U.S. Naval warship on active duty over an entire mission. David Kennedy (Captain, U.S. Navy, Retired) working with Block obtained permission to embed on the USS Nimitz.[6] The series was shot using the Panasonic Hi Definition cameras (VariCam24P) which gives the series a unique theatrical look. Technical difficulties that needed to be overcome during the shoot included having to shield the cameras from radio-radar electronic interference on the flight deck of the carrier and dealing with loud background noises generated by the carrier that could ruin sound recorded when cameras were running.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "The Journey" - Carrier - at PBS
- ^ "2007-2008 Creative Arts Primetime Emmys." Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 13 September 2008. Retrieved on 30 December 2008.
- ^ "Nimitz Highlighted in PBS TV Series and Premiere" - U.S. Navy - (c/o Navy.mil) - 4/23/2008
- ^ a b "About the Film: Episode Descriptions" - Carrier - at PBS
- ^ Havrilesky, Heather. "City of lost children". - Salon.com. - April 24, 2008
- ^ a b c "Glimpsed for ’08:Carrier miniseries"
- ^ "About the Film: Making of Carrier - Carrier - at PBS
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