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Wilderness versus Society Short Film

This is a Something Clever Production.

We’ve been steadily working on our own short film that I (JWB) wrote a few years ago while attending the University of North Texas in Denton. It juxtaposes the lives of two men, one who resides in the woods, and one who goes about his daily struggle with a frustrating job in the city.

The woodsman hacks at a stick he carves into a spear.

Josey, a man of the woods.


I have not thought of a title yet, but that will come to fruition after the film is completely edited. I’ve been referring to it as “River Flows” in the script and editing files.
The routinist sips coffee

The routinist gets ready for the day.


I love how slow and easy we’ve been filming this project, I’ve rerouted ideas, scratched old ones, and even formulated new ones that give a whole new light to the short. Ryan Preston plays the protagonist, and has helped a lot with the filming process. There are quite a few locations for how short it will be so we have been taking our time truly exploring every possibility in each situation. I do not have any video to post as of yet, I’d rather come out with this once it is 100 percent complete. This film will be directed towards the Nomadic Gear series of posts, pictures, and videos about camping and the outdoors I will be creating for some time to come.

Nomadic Gear’s blog

Post written by JWB

The city man needs a shave
The fire consumes the woodsman's emotions.