Behind rebel lines with the HVX (Africa doc)

theJAKE

theJAKE

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In February, I traveled to the Ivory Coast to conduct a documentary on the people
suffering from the Civil War. I brought my HVX along, and got some pretty nice
footage. I put together a 13 minute piece. Comment back and let me know what
you all think. Below is a screen grab from the doc

http://www.jakeviramontez.com/the_forgotten.mov

TheForgotton_rebel.jpg

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Wow, Jake! Very compelling and eye opening. We take so much for granted.

The solution seems so simple. But I guess as long as there is power to be had, there will be corruption :-(

I am actually considering a trip to Zambia to doc an effort to build orphanages for the many homeless children left parentless due to aids.

Can you give me a basic breakdown of what equipment that you were able to take, and maybe some that you wish you would have taken?

My cameras are HPX500's or Sony PD-170's. I assume the 500's would be to large to take on a trip like that, so I guess I'll have to use my smaller cameras.

If you would like to discuss this off-line just PM me.

Very nice work, and thanks for posting.

-Brad
 
Brad, I was able to take everything I needed in a backpack. I put my HVX, Firestore, laptop, bounce cards, headphones, microphones, batteries, chargers and cabling all in a backpack, and I strapped my tripod to the backpack. I had to make sure that I had all the vital equipment on me, so that way I didn't have to risk anything being broken or lost in transit, but also had to take into consideration the size of the overhead bins on the planes.
Obviously, as a filmmaker, I cant genuinely say that I think it is better to take a PD-170 than an HPX500, but it may be better for you traveling. For me, I had to make sure that I was highly mobile because I was traveling over dirt roads on the back of motorcycles in order to get to these villages so being agile was vital.
I definitely condone your trip to Zambia, any trip to a foreign country is a good opportunity. I look forward to seeing your posts with some video from Zambia!

Jake
 
Jake, thank you for taking the time to make this docu, and for sharing it with us.
It felt like being there.
Too bad these kinds things cant be eradicated in todays world... but there is alot of good being done by the people there that are trying to help.
 
theJAKE said:
Brad, I was able to take everything I needed in a backpack. I put my HVX, Firestore, laptop, bounce cards, headphones, microphones, batteries, chargers and cabling all in a backpack, and I strapped my tripod to the backpack. I had to make sure that I had all the vital equipment on me, so that way I didn't have to risk anything being broken or lost in transit, but also had to take into consideration the size of the overhead bins on the planes.
Obviously, as a filmmaker, I cant genuinely say that I think it is better to take a PD-170 than an HPX500, but it may be better for you traveling. For me, I had to make sure that I was highly mobile because I was traveling over dirt roads on the back of motorcycles in order to get to these villages so being agile was vital.
I definitely condone your trip to Zambia, any trip to a foreign country is a good opportunity. I look forward to seeing your posts with some video from Zambia!

Jake
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Jake,
Thanks for the rundown on your equipment list. As you mentioned, mobility will unfortunately win out over technology. As with you, lots of dirt roads and uncertain travel will force me to take a PD-170, but man I wish I could take a 500:Drogar-Angry(DBG):

I did shoot some footage in North Africa this past March which was very rewarding, but I am really looking forward to visiting the southern region.

Anyway, thanks again,

Brad
 
Nice doc it was done very well.

I also wanted to mention that the folks at hannaproject.com do a great amount of work with people that are not as fortunate as we are. I encourage everyone here on dvxuser to make a donation to help out others in need, it's a great cause!
 
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