Film about the area: Black Stork and Beautiful Flood Plain – Pegnitz

In his previous job as a sales manager at a car dealership, for example, he was unable to maintain a balance between work and free time. Having exhausted greatly, the Pegnitz countryman retired early, and then finally found time for his hobby. From today’s perspective, he says, “Nature photography has made me healthy again.”

More recently Bock has devoted his individual productions, for which he only gets the backing of a professional speaker, to more important topics, such as groundwater pollution with nitrates (“Shadow in Heaven”) and the consequences of the spread of animal and farming in New Zealand, especially the associated massive agricultural fertilization. . It is characteristic of the well-travelled Brunner, who had already visited the United States and Australia four times, that he questions things even when away from home and is always glad to be back in Franconia: “Such great things as you see abroad, I am glad to be back.”

Who saw the branch?

The old man thinks it is good that the boys now devote themselves more to environmental problems. Because: “Our generation will never be able to fix it.” However, he warns, for example, that meat consumption should be reconsidered in order not to increase climate change. He also directed a proper film on the subject, titled: “Who Spreads the Branch We All Sit On?”

In the nearly 40 years Bock has been making animated films, a technical revolution has taken place: He used to spend hours collecting material on videotapes “until something is put together,” and today he’s helped by two drones and a wildlife camera with automatic recordings. In contrast, it took him a while to teach himself a good digital editing system, and controlling the drones also required a lot of practice.

“I’ve had between 50 and 60 cameras over the years,” Bock looks back. He made himself a camera crane and slider for low-speed ground shots; Today, he uses his tiny 249-gram quadrocopter for this, which he can fly just about anywhere and who occasionally sends him alone into the vicinity to get good shots hunting particularly shy perch who are native to Pegnitz, Wiesent and Klumpertal. By the way, that’s what his next film project is all about.

Info: Anyone who wants to watch Journey to the Front Door has the opportunity to do so at the Blue House in Bron on Saturday, January 28, from 8 p.m. Bock is also planning another show in February in Pegnitz, organized by the Swiss Franconian Society, as well as a “summer movie night in the quarry” between Bronn and B2.