Can high-def footage, shot in a compressed format at 720p/30, survive the rigors of extreme conditions and remote travel and make it safely out to HD, SD and film? Documentary filmmaker Andrew Young, armed with JVC’s GY-HD100U, decided to find out.
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Andrew Young leaves modern transportation behind for ox carts and river rafts.
Shooting in and around water definitely has its hazards. After a disastrous slip on a rock in a stream bed in the Makira Forest, Young literally roasted his camera over an open fire in an effort to dry it out and revive it. Guess what? It worked.
Young gets in close on the faces of the village children who greeted the team after their journey. The camera and tripod (below) serves many purposes on the long trek.
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