Horse welfare
GY-HM100 documents vital evidence of horses suffering
Leading international horse “The small form factor of the GY-HM100 “The layout of the camcorder is perfect for
charity World Horse Welfare has
was perfect for this filming assignment," filming around nervous animals, with all
been using the new JVC HM-100
said Basil, "as it enabled me to travel with controls to hand and easily accessible.
camcorder to document one of the
minimal shooting kit; the camera, spare
The GY-HM100 also has an excellent
biggest abuses of horses in Europe.
batteries, SDHC cards, radio microphone
automatic mode for “run and gun” situations
The charity campaigns against the
kit and a small tripod, but still capture fine
such as the loading of horses into lorries
HD images at 35mbps.”
long distance transportation of
that can be fraught with incident and the
horses to slaughter in Europe and,
need to relocate quickly and effectively.”
The June field trip followed the trade route
in a recent fact finding trip, Film and from Romania, where horses are sourced,
The footage from the trip was all filmed in
New Media Officer Basil Hayes used
through to their arrival in Italy, where the
720p 25fps .MP4, which was then dropped
the GY-HM100 to document this
horses are processed through abattoirs
straight into Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
needless suffering.
into the human food chain. Around 100,000
for editing without the need to transcode
horses each year are made to endure
into a different format. The final edited
agonising journeys lasting many days and
package will be presented to the European
covering thousands of miles across Europe
to slaughter, often travelling in cramped
“Filming with the
conditions without adequate food, water
GY-HM100 allowed me
or rest periods.
to take more discreet footage.”
With such a sensitive subject, filming was
often taking place in potentially volatile
Commission to highlight the need for better
situations: “Without a doubt, filming with legislation and enforcement. The film will
the GY-HM100 allowed me to take more also be uploaded to YouTube (in HD) to
discreet footage. There were situations help raise support for the campaign and will
where the drivers of the transportation be used at the World Horse Welfare Annual
lorries were not keen to be filmed, and yet
Conference to highlight the work we are
we still needed to gather evidence of how
doing and the overwhelming need to end
the current legislation isn't going far enough
long-distance transport to slaughter.
to protect the horses,” Basil continues. “The
compact nature of the camcorder allowed
It is hoped that the footage captured with
it to be placed in confined spaces, showing
the GY-HM100 will help to bring an end
the cramped conditions these horses are
to this inhumane and unnecessary trade.
subjected to, not being able to move for
To sign World Horse Welfare’s petition
days at a time, in extreme heat. please visit www.makeanoise.co.uk. n
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