Travel Film Of The Week: The Nature

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“The Nature” by Tensing

As part of a new series, (actually everything here could be considered a new series), I’ve decided to highlight interesting travel films from around the web. The first is a short montage of Tibet, with its people, landscape, and culture captured beautifully.

The Good: Nice mix and composition of shots, including people, animals, and mountains. Editing is thoughtful, with slow fades guiding the viewer throughout the country.

The Slightly Annoying: The opera music adds an interesting tone to the film, but after a few minutes it begins to grate on the nerves a little. May have been better to try another track intead of using the same throughout, or supplement the music with more “on location” audio, which is used a little.


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Ian MacKenzie is the founder and editor of Brave New Traveler. He is currently editing the One Week Job documentary. Aside from writing, he spends his time exploring the fundamental nature of existence and wishing he did more backpacking.

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  • sean replied on October 30, 2006

    I totally have to agree, I loved the images, yet by about half way through the opera music was unbearable!

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  • ianmack replied on October 30, 2006

    Absolutely. I love the imagery though, especially the prayer flags at the end. Perhaps some actual Tibetan music would have been more fitting, and less “claws on chalkboard.” Either that or shortening the film could would have kept the music to a minimum to allow for maximum emotional effect.

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