Eva Sturm

Iceland

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This is a short edited out of 14 hours of footage I took between 2005 and 2007 in Iceland. I want to show a land of contrast: The beautiful and rough landscapes, appearing just like after the Genesis of the planet. Giant glaciers and innumerable hot springs. Phenomenal waterfalls and endless plains with nothing but dust and pebbles. And in harsh contrast the high tech use of geothermal energy, providing an endless source of energy and wealth for a small nation, which was thereby pitchforked from Europe's poorhouse to a wealthy society in a few decades. A land of contrasts, right in the middle between Europe and America, constantly facing the unpredictable activities of huge volcanic activities.

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Peg Futrell

April 02, 2008 06:00 PM

I love the music and the way the edits of the various shots of the landscape go with the music. Minimalistic, sparse, yet majestic both in pictures and music. Iceland looks to be a very interesting place.

Mark Williams

April 04, 2008 07:55 PM

Very nice video. Lighting was spectacular. Its great to be in the right place at the right time.
Regards,
Mark
www.natureflixs.com

Euan Preston

April 09, 2008 08:12 AM

Stunning work!

Filippo Chiesa

April 18, 2008 12:16 PM

Eva,
very, very nice work and very, very nice place.
Excellent stuff.

Filippo Chiesa

Michael Strickland

April 23, 2008 04:45 PM

Wonderful images.

Breathtaking images, Eva. I like the mix of movement and still shots. You did a great job cutting together a mix of footage shot over 2 years! Matching color and exposure is difficult with so much footage that spans time (and camera settings.) I'm curious to know what type of post-production work you did on this piece? Color correction, etc.

Eva Sturm

April 23, 2008 06:22 PM

@Michael

Thank you for your nice comment. I used only a few color corrections. All done in SONY VEGAS.

Daniel Weber

May 02, 2008 12:39 PM

Eva,
Very nice!! I lived in Iceland for 2 years and is one of my most favorite places on earth!!
Is that Sigur Ros?

Daniel Weber

Marco Menestrina

May 04, 2008 05:42 PM

Eva,
I really enjoyed this video: beautiful composition and lighting. What's fantastic about these extremely northern countries is that the "golden hour" lasts for about half the day!
Have you ever seen this film Noi Albinoi?

Daniel Weber

May 04, 2008 06:41 PM

It is really cool being able to shoot at 2:00 am!!! The worst part is the winter when you only get about 30 minutes or so to shoot. There is no light like that up north.

Daniel Weber

Adrian Frearson

June 04, 2008 12:12 PM

Eva

Some really graphically beautiful shots, you've really captured the mystery of this place. I was up there a few summers back and had to keep reminding myself I wasn't in a dream, an amazing country.

Adrian

Carl Adams

June 05, 2008 08:47 PM

Wow,

That was beautiful! very powerful, who's the music by and what's it called? it's a lovely track.

I love the time-lapse and slowmo shots, and It was nice to see the red 4x4 parked outside the factory with the zoom out from there. This gave a sense of perspective to the size of everything.

What a lovely place, Iceland is country on my list of places to visit within my lifetime.

Rob Morgenstern

August 13, 2008 12:06 PM

Well done, i was overwhelmed by the Waterfall at 4:20... How did you get the sky so dark with the Z1? Did you used some gradient filters on site, or is it done by postproduction? Sometimes it even looked like HDRphotography....

Eva Sturm

August 14, 2008 05:26 PM

Hi Rob,

thank you for the feedback. I always use gradient filters (grey) to compensate the sky and avoid clipping of the lights. I didn't use hardly any correction in postpro.