Most of the last two weeks I’ve spent in the field, filming in the port of Paramaribo, irregular schedule of ships coming and going, super stackers and forklifts racing past us, containers swinging dangerously close which brought flashbacks of Road Runner and Coyote cartoons of heavy loads flattening characters like post stamps. A welcome change of the usual indoor shoots I do when filming music videos, gigs or drama. I still prefer the sense of reality and danger that you get on location + nothing beats fresh air (although with heavy machinery around there’s always a whiff of diesel floating by).

Last Tuesday 1 July was the 145th anniversary of the Emancipation of Slavery in Suriname. Missed most of the festivities as I joined a group on a mountain biking / Freeriding expedition in the jungle. Enjoyed the sharpness of mind needed to race down mountains and jungle paths, canopy gliding and more, similar sharpness a filmmaker needs to get the right shots. In between I filmed as much as possible of the trip, nearly flew out of the 4W drive pick-up a few times and off the bike, but the result is already edited. We went back to the city later in the night after a boat ride with bruised elbows and a mouthful of sand, but it was all worth it.

Check it out:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLHMcOf3Ya0

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