Documentary project - www.thebigtrip.se
In the autumn of 2010 I had a meeting with Emil Börner of www.thebigtrip.se. When I left that meeting I was inspired. Emil had told me that he was planning on biking from Stockholm, Sweden to Beijing in China which is a journey of 15 000 km.
Why he contacted me was because he was looking for a filmmaker who he could work with throughout the project. I thought about it and told him I was very excited on working with him.
Emil had during 2010 started this project and got sponsors on board but in the end of 2010 he lost his bike partner. Soon though he found a new one. This someone turned out to be Oscar Johansson. They met on a Swedish forum called www.utsidan.se where many adventurers meet online and discuss everything from equipment to the best travel routes.
In January we laid out plans and a roadmap on what we during this year would film. After some thinking we shot a couple of short films about preparations for an adventure and a new promo which they could use for promotional purposes.
Both Emil and Oscar live with disabilities. Emil broke his back 1.5 years ago and Oscar has Tourettes syndrome, which he was diagnosed with at the age of 12. But through rehabilitation and focus they have both got to the state where they are able to do this journey. Through this project they are also gathering money for a Swedish charity organization called Viktoria fonden
During February their project started to get more and more attention and closer to their departure they got to go on Swedish television where they during live broadcast spoke about their project.
4 months later I traveled down and met them in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Then during two weeks we shot a documentary about long distance travel and what kind of experiences you get during the journey.
It was a fantastic experience as a filmmaker to get to go to eastern Turkey and film where it is a very beautiful landscape and generous people who invite you left and right on different events. Everything from a Kurdish wedding to having breakfast with farmers on the countryside.
As for gear I brought about 50 kg of tripods, rigs, cameras, lenses, computer, harddrives etc... I shot the whole project on Canon HDSLR's (5d mark II and 7d) and for some action shots I went for 2xGoPro Hero HD. This was really fun since this allowed me to shoot very nice stills of the production as well being a one man band. So I left my XF300 at home.
Now the post production continues and the all the footage is processed and looked over for a trailer. The complete film will be ready somewhere early January of 2012 since that is when both Emil and Oscar are back home.
In January we laid out plans and a roadmap on what we during this year would film. After some thinking we shot a couple of short films about preparations for an adventure and a new promo which they could use for promotional purposes.
Both Emil and Oscar live with disabilities. Emil broke his back 1.5 years ago and Oscar has Tourettes syndrome, which he was diagnosed with at the age of 12. But through rehabilitation and focus they have both got to the state where they are able to do this journey. Through this project they are also gathering money for a Swedish charity organization called Viktoria fonden
During February their project started to get more and more attention and closer to their departure they got to go on Swedish television where they during live broadcast spoke about their project.
4 months later I traveled down and met them in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Then during two weeks we shot a documentary about long distance travel and what kind of experiences you get during the journey.
It was a fantastic experience as a filmmaker to get to go to eastern Turkey and film where it is a very beautiful landscape and generous people who invite you left and right on different events. Everything from a Kurdish wedding to having breakfast with farmers on the countryside.
As for gear I brought about 50 kg of tripods, rigs, cameras, lenses, computer, harddrives etc... I shot the whole project on Canon HDSLR's (5d mark II and 7d) and for some action shots I went for 2xGoPro Hero HD. This was really fun since this allowed me to shoot very nice stills of the production as well being a one man band. So I left my XF300 at home.
Now the post production continues and the all the footage is processed and looked over for a trailer. The complete film will be ready somewhere early January of 2012 since that is when both Emil and Oscar are back home.
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Great work Daniel!
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