OUTTAKE STORIES / 001 / KAURI ARCHIVE
One log.
More than one view.
Sometimes a few recordings can tell us more together than any one of them could alone.
Contributed archive footage · 37-second silent editorial cut
At first, it is a load on a trailer. Then a view of a person beside a cut face appears, and its scale becomes easier to understand. Later in the edit, torchlight picks out the rough surfaces in the dark.
These four files show different parts of the same kauri log, as confirmed by their owner. They include two short transport recordings, a screen recording of an earlier social post, and a night-time view. Each offers something different: movement, scale, colour or texture.
This is not a complete account of the log’s life. It is a small record of what was noticed along the way—and a demonstration of how scattered footage can become something worth watching.
01 / SCALE IN MOTION
Before you see
the grain.
The transport footage puts the timber alongside wheels, lifting equipment and familiar surroundings. Those details help a viewer understand its size.
Selected frames from IMG_6369 and IMG_6371.
02 / A DIFFERENT VIEW
Then the surface
takes over.
The earlier social post preserves views of exposed cross-sections and grain. Cropping away the app interface makes those images easier to see. This material comes from a screen recording, rather than the original camera files.
The music in the social post is omitted from this silent sample.
03 / AFTER DARK
Another moment.
Another detail.
The night-time recording brings the camera close to the timber. In torchlight, edges and rough surfaces become the subject. The edit combines these views without assigning a filming chronology that the source files cannot establish.
FROM ONE STORY TO NEW STARTING POINTS
Look at the individual scenes.
The transport, grain and night-time excerpts could serve different creative purposes. These are examples to explore, not footage offered for licensed reuse.
Scale & movement
A giant log on a trailer, followed by a lifting view.
Imagine using it for
A material journey, an industrial sequence, or a reference for movement and scale.
Silent, watermarked editorial excerpt. Viewing only; reuse requires permission. Licensing and AI-use permissions are not offered through this demo.
THE RECORD BEHIND THE STORY
- Material
- Kauri log footage from the owner’s archive
- Connection
- Same log, different parts—confirmed by the uploader
- Source files
- IMG_6369 · IMG_6371 · IMG_7517 · one social-post screen recording
- Date & place
- Recording date and exact location not yet supplied. File export dates are not used as filming dates.
- Editorial work
- Six selected passages, app-interface cropping, chapter titles, a silent 37-second cut and embedded Outtake watermarks
- Possible new uses
- A material story, a documentary sequence, a texture study or an AI-assisted visual reference. These are suggestions; reuse and AI permissions have not been granted.
Shared for viewing. Permission is required for reuse. The private originals are not included in this page.
WHAT’S STILL ON YOUR PHONE?
Your recording
could be next.
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