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she leapt out at 8,990m. Holly landed her Rohan, a professional filmmaker, graduated
custom-made parachute at 3,760m - the from Bournemouth university with a degree
highest drop zone in the world and in interactive media production, and was
a height more typical of the start
awarded the Europix Top Talent award for
of a typical skydive.
Amira, an interactive short film and his final
year project. Since then, he has worked for
The shooting of the entire
various corporate and private companies,
adventure was captured on
including Brunswick Films, Amnesty
Rohan’s JVC GY-HD111 camera.
International and Global Angels. His last
“We shot constantly for over two feature, Solidarity in Art was shot in Cuba and
weeks on location in Nepal”, won best score at the 2008 Orlando Hispanic
said Rohan, “so to ease things, Film Festival. Rohan says, “Cuba was very
I attached a hard drive to the back interesting, but travelling to Nepal and filming
of the camera. This allowed me while trekking up to 4270m to a town called
to check the content of tapes
Pheriche - the last town before Everest base
at the end of the day quickly
camp - was really something else. It was
via my Apple MacBook
quite a feeling, especially carrying all
Pro, which was
the film kit too. At one point, we came across
very useful.”
a little local girl who was using the camera
tripod as a climbing frame!”
Filming in difficult locations isn’t anything
new to Rohan, but he acknowledges that
Skydive Everest was a far tougher test. The
trek lasted eight days, through the incredible
scenery of the Himalayas, with the aim of
acclimatising Holly to life at high altitudes
in advance of the 8,990m jump over Mount
Everest. “The camera had to be put through
very intense and difficult conditions,” Rohan
explained. “I chose the JVC camera as it was
HDV with manual focus, had a great lens and
the weight ratio was perfect. It is small but
professional and was rugged enough to cope
with the physical demands the project put on
it. I found it extremely easy to operate and the
content output was fantastic.”
In the end it was worthwhile. On 5th October
2008, Holly fell at 290Km/h, looking onto the
summit of Mount Everest, flying past it and
some of the other highest mountains in the
world. There was worldwide media coverage,
and footage from the jump was aired on the
BBC and CBS. Rohan and Holly are currently
producing a fifty-minute documentary on the
record-breaking attempt. As well as setting
a new record, Holly raised money for The
Hampshire Autistic Society and Regain.
“Filming Holly skydiving over the peak of
Mount Everest was something very special”,
exclaimed Rohan Tully, “It’s not everyday
that you get an opportunity to experience
and capture a record breaking success like
this, and the camera performed brilliantly
for this unique moment!”
“the camera performed brilliantly
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