About this video:

Salsa Kingdom takes place in Southport and features the absolute best Salsa dancers from around the world and some of the world’s finest Salsa Groups. Over the course of three days there are workshops, parades, parties, live music and a show – The Magic of Salsa Kingdom.

I was commissioned to make the film to promote the next years event. The brief for the film was to highlight all of the different aspects of the festival and to maintain a slick and snappy look and feel throughout.

The film required a mixture of interviews and footage of all of the varied events that take place over the course of the festival weekend. Some of the technical challenges included shooting in very low light, shooting alive stage performance from different angles and delivering a lot of important information whilst keeping the film nice and pacey.

The final film was delivered for the web and appears on the company’s website as well as their Facebook page and various other social media channels.

Technical Info:

This film was shot entirely with the Panasonic GH1 Digital stills camera. It was shot in 720/50p and edited in Edius 5. I used a mixture of the stock lens as well as a selection of Canon FD primes, including 28mm 2.8, 50mm 1.4, 100mm 2.8.

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Directed and edited by Joe Shaw