how to make a good film out of your trips

[Threewheelbonnie]

A seven year old thread.

Has anybody actually managed to make a watchable "what I did on my holiday" film?

Your Granny watching doesn't count.
Forty seconds where you nearly die doesn't count.
The endless equipment reviews don't count.

Sorry, I just aren't really interested in your holiday anymore. Mondo Enduro will be 20 years old next year and was a novelty. The ones with the actor were the Hollywood version and needed the support vehicle to carry the gear, producer, director. These videos have become like cop shows on TV, running traffic lights and having gun battles just doesn't cut it , you need the detective to be a vampire or the murderer or both. As something real, stupid or bad behaviour is worse that the boredom of "aren't we brave, we are so far abroad they might need to stamp our passports".

I wish you luck and hope you succeed but personally I'm writing a novel about a psychologist changing the fuel map on a Moto Guzzi. It's part detective story along the lines of WTF did the Italians do that and part her internal torment over taking the left side throttle body away from the factory settings. In 50 years time they'll think I was as clever as the Pirsig bloke

Totally agree on the kit, I used to get through the helmet cam remote controls at about one a year.

Andy