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Final Group Shoot

admin — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:24:34 +0000

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It finally arrived – Break the Cycle’s final shoot, and we definitely finished off the shooting in style. Andy and I met up with all the Break The Cycle riders (minus two) this morning bright and early at Moneyscalp forest, Co. Down. It was an amazing day, one of the best we have had for a while with sunny blue skies. We were really lucky to have zip line extraordinaire Shane McCauley to come and set up a zip line for us! It took a little longer to set up than he had hoped, Moneyscalp forest is pretty dense and it was hard finding a spot where Andy would stay clear of nearby trees, but he managed and it turned out really good, the fastest and longest one Andy had experienced yet!

After the riders had a quick warm up , we started filming as Shane got to work with the zip line. Was a strange but cool day having Irelands top riders all together but not competing against each other, I think everyone enjoyed the experience of riding together and checking out each others lines and riding styles! Was very chilled out and funny when the riders started trying to overtake each other, there were a few funny falls! After the zip we had a few interviews to finish off then called it a day. A few of the riders took the opportunity to spend another few hours out on their bikes together while they were all in the same part of the country and had the chance.

So with shooting finished Andy is now getting stuck into the editing. We have had requests from people in Canada, America and UK for screening evenings, and are currently checking out some film festivals also. Subscribe to the site to be the first to hear of screening event details and World Wide dvd release dates. I am currently trying to organise a launch party in Belfast which should be pretty big with some of the bands involved playing. Details will be posted here when I have them, don’t miss out!

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Colin Ross Interview Shoot

Fuzz — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:37:46 +0000

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Andy and I spent the afternoon today with current Irish Downhill Champion Colin Ross at his parents house. We have already got most of the action shots for Colin so we were there mostly to capture some of his lifestyle. We headed out to a spot of wasteland behind the house where Colin has built a track with some small jumps. We got him riding them on his mini bike and then on his hard tail too. Andy and I both had a go on his mini bike, was good fun. I didn’t attempt any of the jumps though!

Next we headed to a reservoir just opposite his house where he would normally do a cross country run. We got him to ride across the edge of the dam for some fun, he had been eying it up for ages but needed a little push to actually do it.

We headed back to the house where we had some fun watching Rosco ride the smallest motorbike I have ever seen, was pretty funny. Finished off with some interviews and some shots of his family. Check out the pics below.

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Rosco Day 2

Andy — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:45:53 +0000

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This was the second day of shooting Rosco at Cave Hill, Belfast. It was very wet this time but the light was better in the forest than usual so I got some good shots. I can’t give too many away so these are some random shots from the day, and one of Rosco who will be in the film.

Robert Ferguson (Rab) was also up there today with his mad dog. He’s been riding bikes for years and after a long break, is starting to get into it again. Rosco was saying he must have the record for the most sign ons at races without racing!

I’m probably going to have one more day shooting with Rosco but i will have to wait until I get my microphone set-up for the interviews.

Jamie McCullough is hopefully going to be the next rider to get footage off, and then Ewan Doherty. Check back soon for more updates

Cave Hill Shoot

Andy — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:11:37 +0000

Just back from Colin Ross’s (Rosco) Cave Hill shoot in Belfast. It was a pretty good afternoon, some pretty sick riding from rosco. We met at the Castle car park after Rosco finished work and decided to head straight up to the top to start shooting.

Hopefully we have some good footage for the film. I’ll probably need another day with him to finish off his section. We were out for about five hours but it started to get dark in the forest towards the end of the day. Rosco was wrecked and had a few good crashes but walked away in one piece.

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Colin Ross at Gym

Andy — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:17:11 +0000

I’m just back from shooting Colin down at the gym where he works. He was taking a spin class and found out how hard he pushes the people he trains. Fuzz got a few photos of the shoot. We plan to try to get all of his section in this weekend to keep checking back for more updates.

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Colin Ross test shoot

Andy — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:22:06 +0000

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I’m still doing some testing with the camera set-up that I will use so I hooked up with Colin Ross to see how footage would turn out in low light. The weather could not have been worse. We started off at 8.30am with clear skies but the rain came in quickly.

As you can see from the video the footage is on the edge of being useable. It was then that I realised that I have lots of work ahead over the next few months to try to get the time shoot all the riders in good condidtions.