Finally back..

The last three days were a bit of a “whirlwind” and now we are all safe and sound after travelling for 24 hours.

As we progress with this project, we will continue to update this, post interesting tidbits, some sneaks of the movie, thoughts on the process and art behind what we’ve done and lots of stories.

After going to bed at 11 and waking up at 4:30.. im still adjusting and not sure if I can make a qualified blog post.. but I will post some stats and trivia about the trip below:

32 – total hours of footage captured during this initial trip
1000 – Estimated number of KM traveled throughout Kamchatka
20,000 – Frequently flyer miles earned per person
36 – number of hours stayed up each time we traveled between Petropavolsk and New York
“ochen horosho” – most frequently used Russian word said by all three americans
12 – Average number of hours the mosquito bites lasted after initial bite
5000 – ridiculus estimate of number of mosquitoes per square foot in Dolinovka by Chris while siting on a abandonned balcony
50+ – estimated number of horses that we have filmed in kamchatka
2/3 – fraction of horses that were “wild” or “not broken”
100+ – amount of times chris and gus tried to say “quiet on the set” and “cut” in russian while filming and got it wrong
5 – amount of abandonned buildings we filmed in
20+ – Estimated number of seperate locations filmed at during the trip
30+ – Estimate of total number of people [read cast and crew] involved in helping the production happen while in Russia
3 – Number of times Steve almost got trampled by a running horse while shooting
0 – number of live bears seen
3 - number of volcanoes skirting the city of petropavlovsk
2 – number of volcanoes seen acitvely smoking the last view days in Kamchatka
1 – number of people involved in the production who doesnt actively smoke
4 - number of puppies we came across on the trip
1/4 - fraction of total days puppies were on “set” with us
3000 – amount of photos taken on the trip
“Maslo Slevichnoy” – favorite russian word of crew [means CREAMY BUTTER]

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