XH-A1, Packing to go to Nepal (A new production diary blog)

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We've been invited to travel to Nepal to create a documentary highlighting the operations of the Little Sisters Fund, an org that provides scholarships for girls in that country to go to school (rather than be sold into the sex trade or other child labor).

The XH-A1 is the basis of our kit, with an HV20 and a modest kit of production gear supporting it all.

I've just had what I think is some real success packing a very complete video/audio/stills kit into two Pelican 1510 carry-on roller bags. I've put up some pictures and discussion of this on our production diary blog.

Please have a look. http://www.nonfictionmedia.com/blog

Your thoughts are welcome, regarding any aspect of our endeavor.

Scott Squire :: nonfiction media
 
Just added your RSS to my google reader. Have a safe trip and let us know about your progress.:love4:
 
Yes, thanks very much for sharing. Will follow along. One tip to share if you want to bring any gaff tape; take some gaff tape and wrap it around a pen or pencil. Travels well without having to bring a whole roll (even a small roll takes up space!).

Also the "Culture Smart" series of travel books are great. Not sure if they have one for Nepal.

Have fun!
 
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When you order Nepalese food, be sure to tell them to take it easy on the cilantro. (that is, unless you like a cilantro salad on top of your plate)
 
Thanks for the replies all... After the longest airplane flight of my career, we're in Bangkok, awaiting passage to Kathmandu. Will be blogging from there, and hitting in here if we come up with any XH-A1 specific thoughts or queries.

This site has been a tremendous resource for us, and I want to say thanks all-round to the community for building one of the best forums I've had the pleasure to frequent.
 
I was reading the contents of your mobile video package, and I see you've listed five tapes. how much do you plan to be shooting? the reason I ask is that I filmed a documentary in the philippines and I brought fifty tapes - I had planned to shoot every one of them too, except I only made it to around twenty five. also, about recording sound - do you have a dedicated boom operator that just follows around the camera man recording sound, or do you have a shotgun mic mounted on the xh-a1?
 
Just uploaded a long gearhead blog post:

Just uploaded a long gearhead blog post:

After several weeks in the country, three weeks on trek (and up a huge mountain), and quite a bit of shooting around Kathmandu, I've just posted some gearhead thoughts on our production blog.

In answer to the earlier post here, five tapes is just in the field shoot bag--we've got 50 with us (and something in the high 20s filled). We're micing mainly with a wireless lav into one channel and a hypercardioid on top of the camera into the other. No boom op.

Most of our A audio will be from controlled interviews, where the subject will be mic'd with a lav and a hyper on a stand. B audio will be mostly wild sound, so on-camera mic seems like it's doing fine.

Anyhow, please have a look at the blog...

http://nonfictionmedia.com/blog
 
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