Paris-Dakar rally
Photographs courtesy of Kevin O’Malley
Gruelling event captured tapelessly with ProHD
Established in 1978, the Paris-Dakar British-born-Canadian, Mark Jennings- particular endurance race with the Bowler
off-road rally has seen thousands
Bates, will be the driver and British man, team. AMG producer/director, Alexandra
of vehicles attempt to complete
Mick Extance, his co-driver/navigator. Mick Thompson, talks about their plans to record
the 10,000 kilometre race. The
is a veteran biker, who has been racing a documentary about Mark and Mick’s
GY-HM100 and GY-HM700 cameras
since 1978 with a vastly successful career journey to Dakar 2011, and the fact that
will be used to follow two drivers
in the Dakar rally, and is currently the most they have the added challenge of raising
successful British rider to have taken part in $4m or more for two charities, ‘Just A Drop’
as they prepare for the 2011 rally,
the event. This will be his first Dakar in a car; in Britain and ‘FeViva’ in Canada, dedicated
raising money for two drinking
he will join Mark, a 2006 Novice and Open to bring fresh water and sanitation to
water charities as they go.
Class Champion, as the top Open Class outlying regions of Africa.
driver in 2008 as part of Team Bowler.
“The documentary we’re creating will
After a successful run with JVC’s GY-HM100 be in two parts. The first will focus on
and GY-HM700 camcorders, everyone the preparation for the race, with some
involved agreed that the cameras would fit background on all concerned, as well as
Antares Media’s requirements to film this the fundraising drive and hopefully covering
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