Monday, March 18, 2013
Learn how you can help an effort to rebuild osprey nesting platforms.
Ben Wurst and Larissa Smith of Conserve Wildlife NJ brought a team to the south end of Ocean City recently to erect an osprey nesting platform, replacing one that was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. John Thornton, a videographer who lives on Dory Drive in the Ocean City Homes neighborhood, was on hand to film the work. "I happened to look out the window a few days ago and saw some people erecting an osprey nesting platform off 55th Street in place of the one that was wrecked by Sandy," Thornton said. "Naturally, I ran out and filmed what I could. It is such a positive story, the people who do this work are are so likable — plus a lot of us people in Ocean City love our birds." Watch Thornton's film to learn about the conservation efforts to…
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Ocean City resident John Thornton produced the 21-minute film.
John Thornton — the Ocean City Homes resident who recently completed a four-part film series on the effects of Superstorm Sandy on the island and its inhabitants — recently completed a new film. In his words: One of the real legends of Cape May County was the brilliant jazz pianist George Mesterhazy, who presided for years at the piano in the Merion Inn in Cape May. George and his romantic partner, Vicky Watson, owned and ran the Merion Inn. George was a fixture at his piano bench when he wasn't traveling the world with such legends as Shirley Horne. Anyway, George died suddenly last April at the tragically young age of 59. More than 3,000 people attended his memorial service. I was looking at some old hard drives and started watching …
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
A local filmmaker completes the fourth and final part of a film about the Oct. 29 'superstorm' that devastated Ocean City.
John Thornton, a resident of the Ocean City Homes neighborhood on the south end of Ocean City and a teacher at the Art Institute of Philadelphia, recently completed the fourth and final segment of a film about the impact of Superstorm Sandy on his friends, neighbors and hometown. The first 14-minute segment of the film starts on Saturday, Oct. 27, two days before Sandy makes landfall and continues through the storm. The second part of the film is about Sandy's impact on Ocean City. It starts the day after Sandy makes landfall as Thornton gets his first look at the storm's effects. The third segment of film shows Thornton visiting the flooded home of his stepson and family as they start to gut their house and come to grips with their …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Ocean City filmmaker John Thornton mixes sounds and images from Ocean City's First Night and from the year 2012.
The Taiko-Masala Japanese Drummers provide a fitting soundtrack for a new montage of video clips and still images created by John Thornton, an Ocean City resident from the south end of the island. Thornton describes his work as "kind of a eulogy for 2012 and hope for better times in 2013." The video features clips and the Japanese drummers' performance from Ocean City's First Night celebration on New Year's Eve. Thornton is at work on the final segment of a series of films about Ocean City's recovery from Hurricane Sandy. He is a a teacher at the Art Institute of Philadelphia.
Monday, December 10, 2012
A local filmmaker completes the third part of a film about the Oct. 29 'superstorm' that devastated Ocean City.
John Thornton, a resident of the Ocean City Homes neighborhood on the south end of Ocean City and a teacher at the Art Institute of Philadelphia, recently completed a third segment of a film about the impact of Superstorm Sandy on his friends, neighbors and hometown. The first 14-minute segment of the film starts on Saturday, Oct. 27, two days before Sandy makes landfall and continues through the storm. The second part of the film is about Sandy's impact on Ocean City. It starts the day after Sandy makes landfall as Thornton gets his first look at the storm's effects. The new segment of film (featured above) shows Thornton visiting the flooded home of his stepson and family as they start to gut their house and come to grips with their …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
A local filmmaker completes the second part of a film about the Oct. 29 'superstorm' that devastated Ocean City.
John Thornton, a resident of the Ocean City Homes neighborhood on the south end of Ocean City and a teacher at the Art Institute of Philadelphia, recently completed the final segment of two-part film about the impact of Superstorm Sandy on his friends, neighbors and hometown. The first 14-minute segment of the film starts on Saturday, Oct. 27, two days before Sandy makes landfall and continues through the storm. The second part of the film (featured above) is about Sandy's impact on Ocean City. It starts the day after Sandy makes landfall as Thornton gets his first look at the storm's effects. To see the first part of the film, click on the YouTube icon above on the right.
Friday, November 23, 2012
A local filmmaker completes the first part of a film about the Oct. 29 'superstorm' that devastated Ocean City.
The floodwaters from Sandy stopped just shy of the first-floor living space at John Thornton's house in the Ocean City Homes neighborhood on the south end of Ocean City. But the physical and emotional devastation he witnessed in the aftermath of the massive coastal storm led the the Art Institute of Philadelphia teacher and amateur filmmaker to document the storm's toll on his friends and neighbors. Thornton, who has created a number of short films about Ocean City, is at work on a longer form movie called "Sandy, a Video Diary." The first 14-minute segment is included with this story. It starts on Saturday, Oct. 27, two days before Sandy makes landfall and continues through the storm. The film includes video and still images from Ocean …
Karen Jennings/Birds Eye View at Stainton's
1:28 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Thanks Barb! The osprey nest started out as a prop to give the right feel to our new space at Stainton's showcasing nautical themed furniture from "Authentic Models". We needed something to make a connection to two other spaces we have called "Birds Eye View", but the nest took on a whole new life of its own when Lance Lichtensteiger, a famous bird & wildlife carver came on board with us. We are … more ›