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Taking the Trans Siberian Train to Go Mountain biking in Mongolia
May 16, 2010
I travelled by bus (Eurolines and Ecolines) from London to Moscow. Tom came from Yerevan on trains and buses and took the ferry from Trabzon (Turkey) to Sochi (Russia). We met up and hauled our kit across Moscow on the tube to the train station. We have travelled 5600km on the Trans Siberian train, which took 4 days. Now we I are in Ulan Ude. The countryside from the train looked mainly forested.
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Travel Filmmaking Pre-Production Tips
January 1, 2010
Message What is the message i want to communicate? This is important because it is the main objective of your film. Audience Who is the audience? Is it for the general public, kids, schools / education. It is meant to for public relations to attract corporate sponsorship. Is it an academic anthropological record? What is the best medium to reach this audience? ls film best or something else? If film, then what genre, style, format and structure?
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Travel Filmmaking Post Production Tips
January 1, 2010
Post Production Editing the style and professionalism of your edit will be dependent upon what film you are making and for which audience. Presentations - cut short films to illustrate your talk. Alternatively cut the audio from your him and set it to photographic slides. Other places for your film if no one seems to want it. Don’t give up hope. Consider Video libraries (Ike photo libraries), Video archive libraries, news organisations (if news angle).
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Travel Filmmaking - What to Shoot and How to Shoot
January 1, 2010
To Zoom or not to Zoom? Keep zooming to a minimum if you want a closer shot, get closer to the subject rather than zooming. Tripod If possible ensure all shots are ‘locked-off” on a tripod. Lighting Use natural light where possible, best times are early morning and late afternoon Use reflector/lamps if required. Other What makes a story and what doesn’t? Go back to finish a story off if you don’t have all the pieces
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Curry, Dolma and Wilderness Mountain Biking in Armenia
November 15, 2009
Tom emailed me last week to tell me he was going to follow an old man on a horse to a hot spring at 3000m. That sounded like my idea of fun so I decided to go to Yerevan and do it. I went to the bus station in Ortachala in Tbilisi at 9.30 am and cycled practically straight onto a Marshrutka (transit van minibus). This dispelled my fears of being able to take the bike in the cramped little bus.
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