Two Finnish guys Tomi and Tommi travelled to Czech Republic in the July of 2016. This positive and humane travel documentary, spiced with great music, tells of their trip.

Locations:

  • Prague
  • Vyšehrad
  • Basilica of St Peter and St Paul
  • Petřín Hill
  • Petřín Lookout Tower
  • Černín Palace
  • Nový Svět
  • Prague Castle
  • St. Vitus Cathedral
  • Český Krumlov
  • Šumava National Park
  • Prášily
  • Prášilské Lake
  • Charles Bridge
  • Old Town Square
  • Prague Astronomical Clock
  • Old Town Hall Tower

 

Editor, Director, Producer, Main Footage:
Tommi Karjalainen

Host, Additional Footage:
Tomi Pelkonen

Photo Gallery

Soundtrack:

“Princess (Instrumental Version)”
by Josh Woodward
Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
https://www.joshwoodward.com/

“July”
by Kai Engel
Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
http://www.kai-engel.com/

“Marathon Man”
by Jason Shaw
Under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License
http://audionautix.com/

“Acoustic Blues”
by Jason Shaw
Under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License
http://audionautix.com/

“Nice and Easy”
by Jason Shaw
Under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License
http://audionautix.com/

“Sanctus”
by The Tudor Consort
Under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
http://tudor-consort.org.nz/

“Too Many Valleys (Instrumental Version)”
by Josh Woodward
Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
https://www.joshwoodward.com/

“Back to the Woods”
by Jason Shaw
Under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License
http://audionautix.com/

“Mockingbird (Instrumental)”
by David Mumford
Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
https://davidmumfordmusic.bandcamp.com/

“Twinkle Twinkle (Instrumental)”
by David Mumford
Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
https://davidmumfordmusic.bandcamp.com/

“Jenny’s Theme”
by Jason Shaw
Under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License
http://audionautix.com/

“Má Vlast – Vltava (The Moldau)”
by Bedřich Smetana
Performed by Musopen Symphony
Public Domain Mark 1.0

“Let It In (No Vocals)”
by Josh Woodward
Under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
https://www.joshwoodward.com/

“Main Stem”
by U.S. Army Blues
Public Domain Mark 1.0

“Stardust”
by U.S. Army Blues
Public Domain Mark 1.0

“Once Tomorrow (Instrumental Version)”
by Josh Woodward
Under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
https://www.joshwoodward.com/

“Beyond Home (Orchestral Rock)”
by Brandon Liew
Under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
http://brandonliewmusic.com/

 

I recorded most of the footage with a Panasonic HC-V750 camera combined with a 0.75x wide conversion lens VW-W4907HGUK and an external windshielded Røde VideoMicro microphone. There was about 6 hours of source footage. The project took three and a half months to finish. I wrote previously about the pancake timeline and dynamic linking. Both worked well with the project. Premiere Pro slowed down considerably when I color corrected and stabilized the 50 fps project. The final render time was a whopping 21,5 hours. I rendered out the project master as image files in case there would be problems with the output. I imported the master image sequence to a new Premiere project and did many corrections to the master sequence by rendering out only the fixed parts from the main editing project and placing these fixed short image sequences on a higher track in the timeline that contained the master image sequence.

Music plays an important role in this travel doc. I wanted less narration and more of a visual experience supported by the music. It was a challenge to find and choose songs with the right feeling for each section. Free Music Archive and Musopen were the main music resources. I found several great artist and you can check them out through the soundtrack links above.

The map animations were inspired by the Indiana Jones movies. I used vector maps from Maptorian in After Effects. The advancing red line is a path drawn on a shape layer. Trim Paths feature was used to reveal the line. The map was overlaid on the footage with blend modes.