Rosco LitePads On Kilimanjaro

A special film project, organised by Enham, a UK charity that aims to give disabled people the opportunity to fulfil their ambitions is soon to hit the screen with the film, 'The Mountain Within', due for release in the autumn.
Last July, six adults with different disabilities set off on an amazing journey to scale Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, with product support from Rosco.
The group was working with the five-time Emmy award-winning extreme cinematographer Gordon Brown shooting the project, along with multi-award-winning composer Michael Price scoring on the mountain.
Accompanied by their individual 'buddies', a medical crew, a team of guides and porters, as well as a world-class film crew, the explorers set out to demonstrate what can be achieved when people with disabilities work together to overcome their individual limitation.
To aid the filming of the feature documentary, 'The Mountain Within', Rosco provided the crew with six units of Rosco LitePad HQ 12" x 12" and 6 units of 6" x 6" as well as accessories.
With the LitePad's to hand, the crew were able to conduct interviews in the dark, cramped condition of their tents late at night, simply by slipping a pad into a tent pocket, or due to the fact that they generate very little heat, simply by holding it. The pads also provide a hassle-free light fill for daytime interviews.
An important issue for the documentary crew was to film in an environmentally friendly way and for the expedition to be completely self-sustainable.
The LitePads run off a DC adapter but also have a battery pack accessory, so the documentary crew used some solar panels to change the batteries on the pads. Due to the low wattage of even the largest pads, the crew was able to simply hook the LitePad up to any 12V battery, such as those in their cameras.
The crew had 11 porters carrying their equipment - and those porters must have been delighted to find out how easy the pads were to pack, with each unit measuring only 0.3" (8mm!).
Cinematographer Gordon Brown said: "As they take up so little room you can take them virtually anywhere, they literally fit in the pockets where you store your headlamps and reading material.
"They are robust, efficient, easy to use, and the fact that they fit my existing portable package perfectly is a huge plus when weight and space is so valuable in remote environments."
Further information is available at: www.themountainwithin.com.
(KMcA)