In the fall of 2020, my old friend Joseph Pisenti - creator of the popular YouTube channel Real Life Lore - headed out to the Salton Sea community in southern California to document the sad story of how the once thriving resort town fell into ruin, and when he returned to Texas, he invited me to collaborate on the edit.
Joe and I go way back and have worked together on numerous projects over the years, so jumping into the work was a breeze, and we had a great time transforming the stunning footage captured in CA into a documentary with a dramatic, dynamic edge that we were really proud of.
Ghost Towns: The Lake with 100 Million Skeletons can be found exclusively on the educational streaming service Nebula.
Director: Joseph Pisenti
Producers: Dave Wiskus, Dom Burgess
Director of Photography: JT Chapman
Editor: Andrew Saladino
Motion Graphics Designers: Simon Buckmaster, Josh Sherrington
Animation: Vincent De Langen
Audio Editor: Eric Schneider