07/11/2016
Before They Were Compass!!
I'm proud to present Touring, the two-part documentary filmed and edited entirely by Compass Korea's own, William Harris! It chronicles the four month adventure through southeast Asia that we took at the end of 2011, several years before we even came up with the idea of making travel videos in Korea (although it probably inspired the idea). Here is a link to the trailer, the movie website, and the vimeo link to download Part 1. We hope you enjoy it!
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/160502169
Movie Website: http://www.touringthemovie.com/
Part 1 Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/179282150/560695d73a
[Rated R] Most of the movie is fine, but there is a live scene where we captured some monks practicing self mutilation. It gets pretty graphic and its totally real. Not a scene for the kiddos or for the faint of stomach. There's a warning pre-scene so you'll know its coming. Besides that the film is a mostly clean version of two dudes traveling in southeast Asia.
[Production Notes] You may notice that the camera quality is not the same HD as you see with Compass Korea videos. The reason is this was filmed at the end of 2011 with an old Panasonic that used DV Tapes. It actually portrays southeast Asia better in a gritty, older style. Afterwards, Will edited the entire two-part documentary himself. He had to endure corrupted files, sound problems, evolving technology that began phasing out anything non-digital, and a host of other little issues. He persevered, and no sooner did he finish than we embarked on starting up Compass Korea!
Keep in mind this was his first project, before he made the short videos about Korea (learned his lesson lol)
Watch the trailer for "Touring"!
