Category: The Film
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Film Blog: “So When Can We See It?”
The answer, I’m afraid, is “not quite yet”! I owe you a better explanation, though. Previous videos I’ve made have been quite simple — go adventuring, collect the footage, edit, edit some more, and upload to Vimeo. That’s how the Lapland, Mongolia and recent micro-adventure videos worked. Janapar is a bit different. Continue reading →
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Film Blog: Janapar’s First Private Screening
Late on Saturday afternoon, James and I walked gingerly onstage in the Royal Geographical Society’s Ondaatje Theatre. Around 200 people sat in the audience — a handful of family, friends, fellow adventurers and cyclists, and a large proportion of the delegates from the RGS’ “Explore” annual seminar. I thanked those in attendance for coming. I […] Continue reading →
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Film Blog: I might live to regret saying this, but…
A word or two about this whole film thing, while it’s still a hot topic. (Warning — this post may contain ranting.) It was never my idea to video my bike trips. Andy gets full credit (blame?) for that. I was seriously unconvinced that it was worth the bother and stubbornly ignored his attempts to […] Continue reading →
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Janapar: A Long-Awaited Title (Thanks To You)
Writing and filming the bloody thing was the easy bit. After months of fruitless pondering and a last-minute flurry of readers’ ideas from Turn to Tom’s Bike Trip: What Not To Do If You Want To Cycle Round The World, it was only last night I finally decided on a title: Janapar. Most people’s reaction […] Continue reading →
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Film Blog: The Results Are In, And The Title Is…
…well, that’s the thing — I don’t think we’re quite there yet. So I’m extending the deadline as far as physically possible — this Friday. More than 60 70 80 90 100 comments have been posted in the discussion so far, an overwhelming amount of input and thought, for which I can’t thank you enough — […] Continue reading →
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Film Title Needed In The Next Three Days! (Competition)
UPDATE: For lack of a decisive title, I’ve extended this to Friday 23rd — after that, there’s really no going back. I’d like to ‘crowdsource’ a film and book title by Saturday, the 17th of September. This weekend. If you come up with the magic bullet, I’ll send you: an invitation to the U.K. premiere next year, a […] Continue reading →
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Film Blog: How To Find An Adventure Cyclist’s Inner Storyteller
When you’re trying to record voice-overs for the film you’re making about an adventure cyclist who hates being put on the spot at the best of times, there are a few things you might try in order to get the results you need: Wake the adventure cyclist up at 5:30am Throw him in a lake and […] Continue reading →
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Film Blog: Coming Soon — Tom Allen The Movie! (Groan)
No no no, I’m joking, thank goodness, that’s not the title of the upcoming film! But a few people joked recently that it might as well be. At 4am this morning, my mate James arrived home, having completed the laborious job of editing the story of the fragmented bicycle trip (and the very significant events […] Continue reading →
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Film Blog: The Big, Scary World Of Independent Filmmaking
James Newton is the same age as I am. While I’ve spent years galavanting off on cycling jaunts, he has forged his way into a cushty, enviable freelance existence making factual programmes for prime-time British TV, many shows of which are household names in the UK. But today he’s chosen to spend his time doing something […] Continue reading →
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Return To The UK — New Projects On The Horizon
In the last four years I’ve made three visits back home — once by overland transport, once by hitch-hiking, and finally by bicycle. Last week I arrived back without any plans to leave again — the idea being that Tenny and I will now (at least attempt to) settle here. I always have mixed feelings […] Continue reading →