Together with cinematographer Milan Collin, the Dutch production company deepeei film productions initiated the environmental project “Going South, cycling through the Americas“. Two cycling teams go on an expedition across the American continent – in search of exemplary climate projects.

"THE DUTCH LIVE ONLY FIVE METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL"

Brechtie Smidt, founder and director of deepeei, received inspiration for this film project from Al Gore´s documentary “An Inconvenient Truth“: “The Dutch are especially threatened by climatic disaster because we only live five meters above sea level. Thus we got the idea of travelling by bicycle and toting a camera to visit people and companies involved in protecting the climate.” The Dutch selected the best cyclist teams out of 100 applicants for the project. Sachtler supported the teams, who used the Panasonic AG-HPX500 and AG-HPX171E camcorders with Cine 30 HD and Video 15 SB support systems.

SAFETY OF EXTREME CONDITIONS AND QUICK FILMING 

On route from Alaska to the southernmost point of Argentina, covering nearly 27,000 km (17,000 miles), deepeei documented environmental projects in the rainforest and in the wilderness, on islands and in the mountains. “It was a road movie marked by extremes – from the chill of Alaska to the heat of the jungle, on dangerous roads or by boat in small shells. When filming for the project everything had to work right the first time. “We usually didn’t get a second chance when rolling footage”, says Milan Collin. 

SACHTLER FLUID HEADS: STABILITY AND PRECISION

Due to extreme requirements, all the equipment had to be light, robust, easy and fast to set up. “Sachtler tripod systems guaranteed stability and extreme