This is a “Special Edition” of my Hong Kong at night film. The beautiful skyline of Hong Kong at night! Come with us through the brightly lit, and empty of people, Business District and then over the river to Kowloon Bay to look back. The buildings all come to life with colours and lights embedded [...]
This film is a compilation of clips and unseen footage from the games I attended run by Tier 1 Military Simulation. Before 2011 I had not played much milsim, now… well I recently laid in a puddle from 1am, freezing cold and surrounded by poisonous mushrooms, for 8 hours to spring an ambush! I fell [...]
Here is a quick cut, colour and render of the Helicopter Assault during Tier One’s Rolling Thunder Milsim event. I have put this together at the request of a friend, this isn’t the official film — I am doing an “end of year special” — this is just to wet your appetites! Rolling Thunder was [...]
My first ever commissioned film was released today and stands as a landmark for Basho films. I have learned more about Sony Vegas, filmmaking and special effects from this project than I could have ever imagined. The background to the film is what is known as “milsim” or “Military Simulation”. Here is the YouTube description [...]
I have often remarked that the challenge of making an airsoft film – when you are also playing in the game – is that you can only edit what you film. In other words: all the events and action is “live” and you cannot simply stop filming, back everyone up, and take a different angle! [...]
Note: The film is at the end of this article. If you want to just watch that then please scroll down. It was when I was sitting in the steam room at Virgin Active with 20 sweaty men all dressed in the same set of bright beach shorts, and making jokes about their penises, that [...]
A few weekends ago my airsoft brothers and I were players at the TA Event’s, “The Chernarus Conflict”. This was a 24 hour Milsim game using the, freshly revised, BattleSim rules developed by Iain of TA Events. To those of you who play computer games, the country of Chernarus may ring a few bells. As [...]
When Cesca first showed me the drawing plans for the UCS garden at RHS Malvern, I knew that it was going to be special. But nothing could prepare me for the final result. More a large scale high-art installation than a garden; it is playful, fun and definitely sending a message that we can all [...]
In 2009 Cesca and I visited the amazing slopes of Wudang Mountain. The mountain is located roughly in northwestern part of Hubei Province of China. This peak is part of the larger Wudang Shan mountain range that runs through the area, but it is this particular peak that is the most famous. This is due to its very long and interesting [...]
The DA’s have played some unusual games over the years, but this was a first for us: this was the first time that we were asked to be a scripted opposition. The idea has a lot of merit if you think about it. Firstly, games often ebb and flow randomly. One side may gain the [...]
"Lets go tubing!" This video highlights the crazy day my friends and I had while tubing the legendary Mekong river in Vang Veng, Laos, South East Asia in November 2008.
Happy Christmas everyone! Here is a short film of Cesca and I giving all our Christmas greetings from sunny Cambodia! We have been away for 6 months now – half way! – and are missing all our friends and families, especially around Christmas, however the modern cost of mobile roaming is too high. This way [...]
A short (10 minute) film highlighting New Zealand. Includes whales in Kaikoura, Fjords, Glaciers by Helicopter, The far north, the Volcanic heart, the sounds and a trip through the forests of this magical country!
A short fun film highlighting our trip to Australia, showing some of the fantastic things we saw in this wonderful country. A tribute to the nation before we move on to New Zealand… Oh! comments about the new intro welcome!
Welcome, Here is the latest short film for your enjoyment. This one shows our amazing time at Uluru over sunset and sunrise. See how the colours of the rock change in response to the light! As always comments are most welcome, Regards, Basho
Here is the next in the line of Basho Films. I am working hard on the next one and have something a little special in mind from then on. I love creating them and hope to show some vastly improved technique over the coming months! I have some simply amazing footage of Kangaroo Island coming [...]
Thanks for all the fantastic feedback on the last Basho Film! Here is the latest, I present Sydney Harbour! There is already another to upload and many more to come including Australia Zoo! If you like it please either leave a comment or digg/stumble it. Regards, Basho
I finally found enough bandwidth to upload my first travel film; San Francisco! I hope you like it and all comments are very welcome. This is the first of a ongoing set of films outlining our travels over the next year. Next to come is Sydney (complete) and Hunter Valley (half done). Enjoy: San Francisco!
The state of the badd'ass art! On the september bank holiday weekend, the DA's went to the National Airsoft Event hosted at Ground Zero. I made a movie of the event that shows how much great fun we all had!
