Film & Editing Blog - Behind the Scenes

Blimey! it's a hard day and it's only lunchtime! We've trecked for about 4 hours in the baking heat and high altitude and I'm really glad we've got this break. It also gives me a chance to pull down the footage from my 5D mk II onto the MacBook Pro so I can take a look. We are days away from any power supply so I'm using the Goal Zero Sherpa Solar Powered kit which consists of a solar array, battery (very heavy!!!!) and inverter. This allows me to completely recharge the MacBook pro and still has enough juice left to recharge several 5D batteries and the HF s21 battery. A bonus of the heat and sunshine is that there's plenty of sunlight to recharge the solar array battery! :)

In this picture you can see the 5D mk II rig connected to the MacBook Pro via USB and the laptop is plugged into the Goal Zero Solar Array.

The yellow tent is the kitchen tent where Alex our cook is preparing something yummy to eat!

It's hot hot hot! We've started our trek along the Inca Trail and I'm carrying the filming equipment I described in my behind the scenes blog post. It's hard work and in this shot I've stopped to film the participants crossing a bridge over the river. I don't know if it's the same river I saw earlier in the day but one things for sure this amazing landscape has been forged by water and glaciers. I've done a lot of walking in my time especially in Wales, Italy, the Lake District and Scotland but I'm blown away by the sheer scale of this place. When you're up high you can see for miles and it's just mountain after mountain! Awesome!