Jul 10, 2011
Summer Plans
We are gathering a team and plans are being made to go back to Europe. I am very thrilled to get to return to Norway! The project is moving forward never fast enough for me, but things happen in their own time. We want to shoots be right and show BASE jumping filmed in ways we have not seen before.
We are also still getting through footage and scanning photos, letters, and the history of BASE jumping. I feel like I have a beautiful story that I can’t wait to share with the world. The footage is inspiring and totally feels like Carl knew how important this footage would be for future generations. He has inspired us to overcome artificial human limitations. I am so inspired and feel so fortunate to have worked with this material.
About
Gravity is a non-fiction feature that captures what it feels like to jump off a building, cliff or bridge and walk away alive. It is about the essence of life, of freedom, of what it feels like, for a moment, to defy gravity, and to fly.
In the early eighties Carl Boenish coined the acronym “BASE” (standing for Buildings, Antenna, Span, and Earth, the objects jumped) and invented a sport. Carl was the catalyst behind modern BASE jumping; an electrical engineer and filmmaker who believed that BASE jumping would allow mankind to overcome artificial limitations. He religiously chronicled the early days of BASE in beautiful 16mm film, often with cameras mounted to the jumpers’ heads. He saw BASE as the next amazing thing to film. Subscribe via RSS.
In the early eighties Carl Boenish coined the acronym “BASE” (standing for Buildings, Antenna, Span, and Earth, the objects jumped) and invented a sport. Carl was the catalyst behind modern BASE jumping; an electrical engineer and filmmaker who believed that BASE jumping would allow mankind to overcome artificial limitations. He religiously chronicled the early days of BASE in beautiful 16mm film, often with cameras mounted to the jumpers’ heads. He saw BASE as the next amazing thing to film. Subscribe via RSS.
