simonpwood
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So, this is my entry for a short competition that is usually based around wildlife, and this ended up winning.
I decided to go out of my comfort zone and made a mondo style documentary (where some scenes might be creatively manipulated or staged) and this is the first documentary where I have a narrator (though the narration is sarcastically pithy, and hopefully a bit droll).
Anyway, the theme for this competition was to make your own TV episode in 5 minutes:
So, I figured that there is a real lack of Biker / Wildlife documentaries with an Italian Mondo (circa 1960's) sensibility on the TV at the moment....so thats my TV show. Yes, this is a Biker Wildlife hybrid documentary with a mild Mondo aesthetic influence.
In this, the first episode of Mondo Safari, the 'Expeditioneer' goes off in search of the elusive, prehistoric, man-eating, Whale Headed Stork. On a vintage motorcycle:
This documentary is actually a recreation of a trip I did a number of years back, when I took my old vintage motorcycle on a road trip to see the Shoebill Stork. In order to shorten the journey I took the bike across a section of lake on a wooden canoe, as it was much quicker than driving around the lake. I did not have a camera with me, but I did get a photo on my mobile phone as proof. But later I lost the phone so no one ever believed me. So by doing it again I got to kill 2 birds with one stone.
Obviously the documentary is a tongue-in-cheek homage, and not meant to be taken to seriously.
I shot this on a Canon XLH1 with the stock lens (I usually use a 6x wide, but the 20x was needed for the bird in the swamp), and a GoPro Hero HD which I used for the first time.
This was the first project I have cut on FCPX, and I have to say it has been a joy to work with! The program is very quick to work with, and rough cuts come together in no time. J and L cuts are unbelievably easy, as is audio editing. I'm never looking back.
Shot & Cut by: Simon Wood
Expeditioneer: Jotie Van Droogen Broek
Pathe Newsreader: David Wood
Music: Kevin MacLeod
Support Driver: Nelson Nyanzi
Support Rider: Moses Kaseddi
Maps & Graphics: Tom Tamale
I decided to go out of my comfort zone and made a mondo style documentary (where some scenes might be creatively manipulated or staged) and this is the first documentary where I have a narrator (though the narration is sarcastically pithy, and hopefully a bit droll).
Anyway, the theme for this competition was to make your own TV episode in 5 minutes:
So, I figured that there is a real lack of Biker / Wildlife documentaries with an Italian Mondo (circa 1960's) sensibility on the TV at the moment....so thats my TV show. Yes, this is a Biker Wildlife hybrid documentary with a mild Mondo aesthetic influence.
In this, the first episode of Mondo Safari, the 'Expeditioneer' goes off in search of the elusive, prehistoric, man-eating, Whale Headed Stork. On a vintage motorcycle:
This documentary is actually a recreation of a trip I did a number of years back, when I took my old vintage motorcycle on a road trip to see the Shoebill Stork. In order to shorten the journey I took the bike across a section of lake on a wooden canoe, as it was much quicker than driving around the lake. I did not have a camera with me, but I did get a photo on my mobile phone as proof. But later I lost the phone so no one ever believed me. So by doing it again I got to kill 2 birds with one stone.
Obviously the documentary is a tongue-in-cheek homage, and not meant to be taken to seriously.
I shot this on a Canon XLH1 with the stock lens (I usually use a 6x wide, but the 20x was needed for the bird in the swamp), and a GoPro Hero HD which I used for the first time.
This was the first project I have cut on FCPX, and I have to say it has been a joy to work with! The program is very quick to work with, and rough cuts come together in no time. J and L cuts are unbelievably easy, as is audio editing. I'm never looking back.
Shot & Cut by: Simon Wood
Expeditioneer: Jotie Van Droogen Broek
Pathe Newsreader: David Wood
Music: Kevin MacLeod
Support Driver: Nelson Nyanzi
Support Rider: Moses Kaseddi
Maps & Graphics: Tom Tamale