A journey to Etna

A journey to Etna - diary of an eruption (documentary trailer)
The volcano Etna is not an easy film set. The
photography has to deal with an incredible spectrum of
colour and texture, from the rainbows-like gases, to
the fussiness of the lapillis, to the high
contrast of snow covering black lava. The sound must be
able to render the full might of the explosions as
well as their faint echo in the vast silence of the
volcanic plateau: the Bove valley. The light goes
from the dazzling luminosity of snowy deserts to the
night for day effect of the sun filtering through a dark cloud of ashes. You need the macro-lens for the smallest flower symbol of Etna, but also the tele for staying alive filming the explosions. At time, fast and furious eruption can only be
filmed running with the camera on the shoulder, while
some other time, the sluggish lava requires longer
exposure.
But Etna is not a set, it is a constant presence, a
film background that has become itself an actor, from
the villages on the volcanos flank, to the old
craters, to the lava wall falling into the sea, to the
vast no mans land of past destruction. It is in these
colourful rocks that you will find the soul of the
people inhabiting this land, my great grandfather
called them the etnicoli, the people of the Etna
Alessandro Viani

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• eruption
• mount
• etna
• vulcano
• alessandro
• viani
• etnafilm
• lava
• magma
• vulkanausbruch

[ScillaCariddi73]

Bel video ... ravvicinato !

[etnafilm]

grazie! se capiti a catania alle librerie cavallotto vendono il dvd completo, ciao

[Homovulcanicus]

great video!

[maltadakiturk]

i was just there last week. it is amazing..

when there is the eruption, do they let the people climb to etna ?

and what about the shops and the buldings around etna? does the volcano reach there?

[etnaworld]

bravo Alessandro !!!

[Thomas2Reichart]

Excellent video, very spectacular shots and it is always good to have scientific advice!