A person walks right into a pub in Glasgow along with his video digicam, and he says to his buddy, the place lets go? And he or she says, “South America?” And he says, “Peru!” They usually end their drinks and totter off to the airport.
That’s (nearly) precisely what occurred to younger movie maker, Fraser Gibb, and his buddy Kirsty. When Fraser returned, he locked himself in his enhancing suite/bed room and minimize an exciting brief movie about his time on the little-known sand dunes of Huacachina, in southwestern Peru.
I met up with Fraser in London to ask him just a few questions on his expertise in Peru, the place he hiked the Inca Path and explored giant stretches of the Pacific coast.
However earlier than we did something, I watched his movie. After which I watched it once more. And once more. After which I poured a espresso, and I watched it once more. And now you higher watch it, to get a sense for what we’re about to speak about.
Music by The Fridge Magnets
TRAVELLING TO HUACACHINA
I started by asking Fraser how on earth he managed to seek out this journey mecca.
“It was a traditional friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend kind factor. I met this man in a bar in London and he advised me if I used to be to do one factor in Peru, it needed to be this — it didn’t assist that he couldn’t pronounce the identify of the place!
“He informed me to take the bus to Ica, after which a mototaxi out to this tiny oasis, in order that’s what we did. After we bought there, we wandered up and down searching for hostels and located one which was actually laid again and had a swimming pool. That was it!”
Fraser went on to clarify in regards to the exhilarating buggy rides that rip throughout the huge sand dunes every night, when the sand has cooled down sufficient from the intense Peruvian sunshine.
SHOOTING FILM IN PERU
I requested Fraser about his package, and what sort of planning it took to seize his footage. “I solely took my digital camera up on to the dunes on the second day. The primary day I spent having fun with the exercise, and fascinated by what photographs I believe would possibly work.
“I solely had a two hour window to shoot, so I took a step again from the motion and took a couple of minutes to look at others’ hurling themselves down the dunes, earlier than I made a decision on one of the best locations to shoot from.
“My digicam gear is absolutely nothing to shout about. It’s a Sony HD Handycam, that I discovered in Amsterdam on a canal bridge! I handed it into the police, who unsuccessfully tried to seek out the proprietor. (On that word, if anybody studying this has misplaced a Sony HD Handycam in Amsterdam, let me know!).
“I edited in Closing Lower Professional, which I charge a lot larger than iMovie — particularly for extra skilled trying movies, like this. I additionally used this for a second film I made, about mountain climbing the Inca Path.”
I may inform I’d tapped right into a vein of ardour right here, Fraser’s comfortable Glaswegian tones started to canter.However because the movie maker, what had been his favorite take aways from his challenge?
“I’m actually happy with the vibe of the ultimate version. I at all times meant it to be quick and livid, however brief and snappy — I believe I achieved this very well.
“My favorite shot from the movie really options me! On the 53 second mark, you see me flying down the financial institution, disappearing over the forehead of the hill, earlier than roaring again into shot and up the dealing with sandbank.”
As time drew to an in depth, I requested Fraser what it was about Peru that appealed to him a lot.
“It appealed on each stage. Most individuals suppose Peru is only one massive strolling observe, culminating at Machu Picchu, however whereas that’s an unmistakably superb expertise, there’s a lot extra on supply, too.
“There’s the dense jungles of the Amazon, and the Cloud Forests of the Andes. They’re completely unimaginable. In 4 days, we went throughout oceans, over deserts, by the jungle and up within the mountains. There’s nowhere else on earth like Peru.”
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