Finding the balance between fire and life
Capturing someone's story in an interesting and visually captivating way, is never easy, even under the best of conditions, so when Motis Fire Rescue approached us to produces a series of videos about firefighters around the world we knew this was going to be an challenging project. Not only did we want to capture footage of the firefighters operating under the extreme conditions their jobs demand of them but we also wanted to capture the interesting and sometimes extreme activities they did outside of their work.
This lead us to some unexpected locations and conditions as we battled the elements to film these inspiring individuals swimming in the open ocean, long distance running on a dormant volcano, mountain biking over hot springs, and more as they strove to find balance between fire and life.
Our first story took us to Oliver, BC to meet up with a trio of volunteer firefighters, who, on top of full-time jobs, were also volunteer firefighters that were so passionate about what they did that they started a podcast to encourage and share that passion with others in the industry in their limited free time. As soon as we sat down with them, their passion for training and helping younger less experienced people in the force became evident and within hours of starting to film we were crawling into a live-burn simulator to film them as they showed us some of the training they did.
Next we met up with Dustin, whose lifelong passion for motocross led him to become a full-time firefighter in a large North American city. This story lead us to the motocross track to capture Dustin and his friends pushing themselves to the limits and into Dustin's garage as he shared his passion for fixing dirt bikes and sharing his love of the sport with other younger riders.
We also had the opportunity to travel to Iceland to connect with a couple of firefighters who showed us what being a firefighter was like in their unique context. We travelled with them into the highlands to capture the unique and breathtaking ways they would disconnect from the stress and pressures of their demanding jobs. We were also pushed to the limits as we worked to film them pushing themselves to the limits as they ran up dormant volcanos and swam in the open ocean.
And finally we ended up in the studio with a team of volunteer firefighters, promoting the wide range of tools that Motis Fire Rescue produces and creating a series of spots to encourage and celebrate the incredible sacrifice these individuals make on a daily basis.
