“The very heart of geography—the search for our sense of
place and self in the world—is constituted by the
practice of looking and is, in effect, a study of images.”
(Aitken and Zonn, 1994: 7)
Film.
The following are projects on which I’ve assisted or advised.
The chaotic streets of Kathmandu may not seem like a typical breeding ground for world-class mountain bikers, but then again nothing is typical about Rajesh (RJ) Magar. Since learning to ride on a beat-up clunker, to becoming the four-time National Champion at age 21, RJ’s story is one of boundless childhood dreaming and unstoppable determination, forged from junkyard scraps and tested on the rugged trails of the mighty Himalaya.
Director: Joey Schusler. Co-Directors: Ben Page & Aidan Haley
Producers: Mandil Pradhan & Joey Schusler. Cinematography: Joey Schusler & Ben Page
Editor: Aidan Haley, Assistant Editor: Ben Page
Sound Engineer: Keith White Audio Art. Direction: Good Fortune Collective Motion
Design: Shotgun Infinity Colorist: Dylan Hageman Location Support: H&I Adventures
Language Coordinator: Jessica DiCarlo
Translation: Mandil Pradhan, Richa Shakya, Yukta Bajracharya, Shristi Shrestha
Supported By: Yeti Cycles, Fox Shox, Outdoor Research, Enve Composites, Smith Optics, Clif Bar, Maxxis Tires, and H&I Adventures
Music: “Big Om of Tibet” Tibetan Monks, Traditional “Reshamm”, Nepathya “Atmos VI”, A Winged Victory for the Sullen “Taal Ko Pani”, Nepathya “Daydream (feat. Ashwin Srinivasan)”, Nitin Sawhney “Mountain Song”, Assaraimasko Dabdabhelio “Mountain High”, Bipul Chettri
Director: Joey Schusler
Writer: Brice Minnigh
Cinematography: Joey Schusler & Brice Minnigh
Editor: Aidan Haley
Sound: Ridgeline Sound, Color: Dylan Hageman
Art: Good Fortune Collective; VFX: Shotgun Infinity & Solid Alpha Media
Partner: Bike Magazine, Support: Yeti Cycles, Thule, SRAM, RockShox, ENVE, Smith Optics, Outdoor Research, Big Agnes
Language Coordinator: Jessica DiCarlo, Tibetan Narration: Dorje Tashi, Mandarin Narration: Brice Minnigh
Camera Tracking: Chris Jimmo, China Logistics: Alex Tang
Music: Tibetan Singing Bowls Another Ballad for Heavy Lids Starts of the Lid Scene 1: Prologue in Heaven Opéra du Sichuan Mansion Door Written by Alejandro Rose-Garcia, Rayland Baxter, Christopher Boosahda, Patrick O'Connor, Jonathan Shaw Performed by Shakey Graves Courtesy of Dualtone Records and Words & Music, A Division of Big Deal Music, LLC