On board GS in Mongolia video test

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The music, which starts with Mongolian throat singing is called 'No Mercy' by Tuomas Kantelinen from the film Mongol by Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov.

Synopsis: Award-winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov (Prisoner of the Mountains) illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in his stunning historical epic, Mongol. Based on leading scholarly... Award-winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov (Prisoner of the Mountains) illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in his stunning historical epic, Mongol. Based on leading scholarly accounts and written by Bodrov and Arif Aliyev, Mongol delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. As it follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotype, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader. Mongol shows us the making of an extraordinary man, and the foundation on which so much of his greatness rested: his relationship with his wife, Borte, his lifelong love and most trusted advisor.

Filmed in the very lands that gave birth to Genghis Khan, Mongol transports us back to a distant and exotic period in world history; to a nomad's landscape of endless space, climatic extremes and ever-present danger. In a performance of powerful stillness and subtlety, celebrated young Japanese actor Asano Tadanobu (Zatoichi, Last Life in the Universe) captures the inner fire that enabled a hunted boy to become a legendary conqueror. Asano's achievement is matched by those of his co-stars, including the radiant newcomer Khulan Chuluun as Temudgin's courageous, spirited wife Borte, and the Chinese actor Honglei Sun (The Road Home) as the Mongol chieftain Jamukha, Temudgin's dearest friend and deadliest enemy. Masterfully blending action and emotion against some of the most arresting terrain on earth, Bodrov delivers an exciting and awe-inspiring tale of survival and triumph, and a love story for the ages.

http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/mongol/

A brilliant film in it's own right, let alone to watch before a month long ride around Mongolia:thumb
 
When I put this music to the film clip of chasing across the Gobi Desert and watched it the first time, the hairs on the back of my neck literally stood up...and still do!

I'll put together some more footage...and music:)
 
 
I reckon that you should have turned your lights on for the last minute or so! :augie

Seriously. Not bad at all.

The things that I have learned the hard way about filming from a bike:

Getting a helmet mounted camera aligned isn't easy. There's a tendency for the rider to drop his chin and then look up slightly (especially affected by sun or rain), so the camera needs to be mounted so that it's aimed slightly above the eye-line.

A rider moves his head a lot more than he thinks. When the camera is running you have to bear this in mind. I try to keep my head still and just use my eyes to glance down or from side to side.

Providing that you can find a suitably damped mounting with a good POV, having a second bike-mounted camera gives better results most of the time.


After messing about with my two-camera set-up for a few years, I reckon that I'm just starting to get the hang of flicking between the cameras at the right time. Looking back through all the hours of film, I've realised that if I only had the one cam, I'd mount it on the bike because on average the results are better.
 
MikeP said:
I reckon that you should have turned your lights on for the last minute or so! :augie

Seriously. Not bad at all.

The things that I have learned the hard way about filming from a bike:

Getting a helmet mounted camera aligned isn't easy. There's a tendency for the rider to drop his chin and then look up slightly (especially affected by sun or rain), so the camera needs to be mounted so that it's aimed slightly above the eye-line.

A rider moves his head a lot more than he thinks. When the camera is running you have to bear this in mind. I try to keep my head still and just use my eyes to glance down or from side to side.

Providing that you can find a suitably damped mounting with a good POV, having a second bike-mounted camera gives better results most of the time.


After messing about with my two-camera set-up for a few years, I reckon that I'm just starting to get the hang of flicking between the cameras at the right time. Looking back through all the hours of film, I've realised that if I only had the one cam, I'd mount it on the bike because on average the results are better.
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Yes I know all that:blast The problem with these over rated XC Tachyon helmet cameras is they need good light and a computer to see if the cameras aligned correctly, it was much later that I checked it out and gave up on it although do have some more and better footage.

In the past I've used a quality bullet camera mounted on the bike and feeding into a camcorder, this time I didn't want the hassle and have a some regret....feck I'll have to go back!

I've had trouble getting it into the correct format for Utube so lost quality...time to start again:(

I didn't really want supersharp HD quality anyway.....perhaps just as well:D
 
Timolgra said:
The music, which starts with Mongolian throat singing is called 'No Mercy' by Tuomas Kantelinen from the film Mongol by Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov.

A brilliant film in it's own right, let alone to watch before a month long ride around Mongolia:thumb
Click to expand...

I loved that film. My adult kids did not.
The music is so right though for that video:thumb2
 
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