How I contributed to Alastair Humphrey’s new movie
Ok, so I can’t take much credit for the filming, editing, music, voiceover or pretty much anything from the opening sequence to the closing credits. In reality I’m not even sure that ANY of the footage I shot actually made it into the final cut…
… but I was there and that’s got to count for something, right?!
It was an absolute pleasure spending a day in the blistering sunshine on an estuary on the south coast of the UK filming Al Humphreys splash about in the water like a playful otter pup. You can read about my day in this blog HERE.
But exciting news, microadventure fans! Al’s video is now live and you can watch it HERE and HERE. Pay close attention to the frame at exactly 2 mins 57. In my humble opinion it’s the best part of the whole picture.
MY NAME IN THE CREDITS!!!! WOOHOO!!!!
That makes me OFFICIALLY a professional videographer. Yeah!
Seriously though the whole thing is pretty special and is due largely to the efforts of Kev Merrey and the team at Skyrise Productions, and also to Alastair himself who came up with the idea. If you are thinking about having someone film one of your epic expeditions then definitely consider Kev and his team who were nothing but professional and creative geniuses.
(This is my own humble opinion and Kev didn’t pay me anything. He didn’t even buy me lunch, the stingy git. Al did!)
My take-away from the whole thing is this. What you really need is a brilliant idea.
(And a drone, a quality DSLR, some decent editing software, access to copyright free music and a fair whack of time)
However, it all begins with a brilliant idea. All the other stuff is just fancy extras that makes your idea look a bit better. But if you have a genuinely brilliant idea, you should get out there and film it (or get Skyrise Productions to film it for you!).
Maybe I’ll do a blogpost soon of the silly little tricks that I’ve picked up on how to film and edit an awesome video on the cheap. Watch this space...