By devinsupertramp
This entire film was filmed on the island of Kauai over a 9 day period. The first 3 days were spent hiking the Napali coast, a 11 mile hike along the coast. We did this for 3 days. After this we spent 2 more days exploring the island. I did this with 8 other friends. After the 5 days were up with them, they all flew back to Oahu where everyone was living, and I stayed on the island on my own for 4 more days.
I had a rental truck, that's how I got around. I didn't want to spend money on hotels though, so I slept in the truck, in a Walmart parking lot for the other 4 nights. A lot of cars get broken in on the island of Kauai, according to rumors, so that's why I would camp in the parking lots, so I was a lot more exposed if someone tried to break in where I was sleeping :) That way i wouldn't get robbed, raped, or murdered, ha.
At night when I got done filming, I would go into the only Walmart on the island, where they also have a McDonald's, and I would bum off there wi-fi with my ipod touch, and plot my path for the next day, then I would head out before the break of dawn every morning, and I would get back after sunset to do it all over again.
On a technical side, this was all all shot on the Canon 5D Mark II. Most of the shots were done with the Canon 16-35mm 2.8 L Series lens.
The smooth shots were done with a Glidecam HD-4000. You can check out the exact model on their official website here where you can also buy them. I've been shooting with there glidecams for the last 5 years, and love them. They do take a little bit of a learning curve, but once you get past that, it's all smooth!
By Attilio Cerqua
I spent there 9 days, but I feel it was not enough to see everything. It is not a big deal though because I will definitely come back to Kauai.
I used for shooting my Canon XHA1S and I added for wide shooting Opteka fisheyes lens, but I am not very satisfied. It look to me this lens creates some problems to AF, but I need to test it again. I also used for the first time Adobe Premiere CS 5.5 ( I am really slow )
By Matthew D. Cudmore
Kauai, Hawaii
December 2008/January 2009
Music by Ratatat, "Mirando".
Shot on a Canon 5D Mark II w/ 17-40 4.0L, 70-200 F4.0L.
