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Case study
Bureau Halm, Zurich
Nordwand Guides
Six minutes on a mountain, with no music
Type
Film
Year
2024
Services
Film, Sound design, Edit
Duration
12 weeks
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Overview
A six-minute film shot in one week on a north face, cut to breathing and rope.
The brief
Nordwand runs guided climbs. They needed a film for their booking page that told climbers what a day really feels like.
What we made
A film with no music, no voice-over and no drone shots. Sound is breath, boots and rope. The picture is black and white so the weather is the only colour.
How it went
We filmed for five days and used forty minutes. The booking page now opens with the film and nothing else.
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Results
6
Minutes, one take of a week
3
Cameras on the wall
1
Guide, no actors
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In their words
We were afraid it would feel like an advert. It feels like the mountain.
Chief guide, Nordwand Guides
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