It is up there with the best in the world and to even to be able to visit was an honour, let alone two nights. I LOVE animals, fascinated by them and have of course seen countless nature documentaries. This is a part of the world, not just of South Africa, that I have always wanted to visit. It’s in the Kruger National Park, about 5-6 hour drive east from Jo’Burg. I was lucky enough to be invited to be a guest at the quite spectacular Londolozi Game Reserve. Rich Laburn, who works there and shoots a lot of their stuff, came to my Cape Town workshop and invited me up there. Great visuals are also nice to have and I have done pieces just for visuals… my, as I call them, “mood pieces”, but nothing makes me happier than telling a proper story, and real stories always interest me more than fictional ones! They are all incredibly different in style, but I think the stories are utterly fascinating. If you get a chance to, please watch them all. INSANE but fascinating… Shot on the Sony FS700. Again shot in a couple of hours. Shot in around 2 hours.įilm 3 was an insight into what a lot of black people do in the Durban region and the surrounding areas do to “stay healthy”…they drink sea water. I loved this piece. Shot in around 6 hours.įilm 2 was a moving portrait of a film projectionist who loves his job so much that his projectors have become his family and his realisation that things are going to change drastically soon… This was shot on the 1DX. There were stories out there to be told and I wanted to tell them AND see and meet new things, amazing people.įilm 1 was a powerful trip into Ponte Tower, like something from a Dystopian nightmare. My first trip to South Africa ever and there was no way I was going to lie in, watch movies and relax. All fine with me 🙂 Mine is filming.īetween workshops, did I rest? Nope. Dale’s thing was his love of 50’s musicals. Rick’s thing for instance was his love of middle of the road awful rock music. just more or less in line with us!Īs you may or may not know, I love to shoot. Beautiful, friendly and so rich and diverse … it’s also more or less on the same timezone as England which helps a lot. These things NEVER go smoothly! I met so many great people, both at the workshops and in general. Dale and Rick were amazing guys to hang out with and organised the smoothest running workshops ever, and that is a feat, I promise you. My time in South Africa was quite wonderful. Not helping, but she is keeping me warm and the purring is sweet. My lovely old cat Noodle is sitting on my chest as I attempt to write this post. Cold, wet, miserable England … but not all doom and gloom. Movember Video Blog 1 from Philip Bloom extras on Vimeo. You can win incredible gear or software worth thousands by donating to the prostate cancer fundraiser here! Great cause great prizes!!!
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