It wouldn’t do much good to write about making adventure videos if I never actually made any of my own. So here is Starship Monkey’s most recent adventure; Cambodian Motorcycle Adventure. We travel from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap on 100cc Scooters to check out some of the most awesome temple ruins on earth. This is a bit of [...]
Sure Gortex is nice, but some times you want that old school safari feeling. Getting that perfect look isn’t always easy though, and that’s when you turn to the Internet. Tag Safari has an interesting range of safari gear including the essential Livingstone Pith Helmet. The gear is made from quality, durable fabrics and comes [...]
Have you been focusing to much on your production skills? Falling behind in your adventurer obligations? Then maybe Expedition School is for you! Just check out the itinerary, it’s awesome: Thursday 19th August 2010 PM Collection from airport (if required) Welcome Brief about weekend – Expedition introduction/discussion Light dinner Friday 20th August 2010 AM Conditioning [...]
Starship Monkey recently went to Cambodia and made a video about it. Totaling in 7 days, we rode 100cc motorbikes from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap checking out temples, markets and a little town we couldn’t find on the map. The video is still in production, but you can catch the teaser right here. UPDATE: You can see the finished video here! Cambodia Adventure [...]
This great site lets you choose any airport and then find out how far you can get for x amount of money. Whilst it doesn’t cover all available flights, it gives you a good idea of prices and can be helpful in the planning stages of your travels. You can find it here.
Shooting high quality video/photos in remote places is always a challenge. This short behind the scenes documentary follows a young photographer and his team into remote parts of Indonesia. The Mentawai, Behind the Scenes Documentary from Joey L on Vimeo.
Salewa are celebrating 75 Years by giving away 75 sets of hiking gear. To enter you and a friend need to put together a little video explaining where you would go if you won the gear. I personally love free stuff and this seems like a pretty easy one to enter, so give it a [...]
Kick start your documentary career by going on assignment into the Amazon with documentary producer Trent O’Donnell (who filmed our Positive Footprints series screened on Nat Geo Adventure Channel). This scholarship is open to anyone over 18 who can do a bit of hiking. All you need to do is compile a 3 minute video [...]
I recently went to the Seoul International Photo & Imaging Show (video here) where I came across this great 60L camera backpack from a Korean company called Kolon Sport. Kolon Sport is a well known hiking brand in Korea and the quality of the pack is similar to that of better know western brands. Its costs a reasonable (but not [...]
So you’ve finally saved enough money to get to India and make that awesome travel video you have been planning for ages. You’re there standing in front of the Taj Mahal, you fire up the camera and bam, your video looks like this: But in your mind it was going to be more like this: [...]