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FEATURED IN THE NORTH TEXAS DAILY NEWSPAPER ON 11/2/99
"Down and Dirty" 'North Texas Explorer' digs into geological features By William Hogue Two long-time friends are producing a television show that seeks to
make learning about North Texas geology and history more interesting. Todd Kent, Denton senior, and Devin Dennie, graduate student at Texas
Christian University school of geology, are the producers of the
television series "North Texas Explorer," airing on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Friday's at 3:30 p.m. on NTTV, Channel 22. Kent and Dennie are not producing the show for a class, nor are they
doing the work just to make money. The idea comes from Dennie's ambition
to make a name for himself in the geology field, and Kent's personal
ambition to direct a television series. "It'll look good on a resume and be good experience for our
careers. But for now, we're just enjoying this," Kent said.
"It's something we've wanted to do since we were kids." They filmed the first episode in and around Glen Rose. Dennie hosted
the show in complete geologist regalia, with a tan fedora-styled hat and
his trusty pick-hammer named "Vic". Dennie takes the viewer on a
tour of Dinosaur Valley State Park, and shows the viewer examples of
dinosaur tracks and other curiosities of ancient history. "Let's go down to the creek, and see what this fellow left
behind," Dennie said casually to the camera while standing in front
of a large Tyrannosaurus Rex statue. Dennie gave information about what time period the creatures existed
and which species of dinosaur left the tracks. Kent followed him with the
only piece of equipment that is used, a camera borrowed from the radio,
television and film department. Only Dennie and Kent are on location. A
minimal crew helps to preserve the environment they are documenting. "We want to set an example of low-impact hiking and
minimum crew, rather than having a large camera crew and audience
following us and trampling over everything," Kent said. |
