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traditions prevail. It’s clear that climate change poses an immediate threat to the Turkana community. Between the Rains narrates the coming-of-age journey of an orphaned shepherd boy named Kole – ‘the boy who was born among the goats’ – who is attempting to find his place in a crumbling culture. It’s not just the story that’s been captivating audiences. Remarkable cinematography captures the delicacy and elegance of East Africa, including the rosy horizon at dusk stretching across vast savannahs, the colossal moon and starry skies, birds’ nests and spiders’ webs, radiant fires, swirling sand and majestic acacia trees. This incredible splendour stands in stark contrast to the harsh realities of human existence.
“We needed a turnkey set-up that could keep things streamlined – and let us run and gun”
all speak the same creative language,” remarks Brown. “Our team sees Adobe Premiere Pro as the standard. It’s the one editing software that everyone is familiar with – regardless of where on earth you’re located. While all companies have tools and new developments, Adobe goes beyond that. It sets the creative bar.” Further potential pitfalls cropped up during principal photography. “When filming in a remote and rural location, where the community has a confined amount of exposure to the wider world, it was important to us that we limited the amount of gear placed between the people in front of the camera and those behind it,” Brown explains. “We needed a turnkey set-up that could keep things streamlined – and let us run and gun without compromising the visual and audio quality. For that reason, we went with the Canon EOS C300 Mark III.
Documentaries like this are crafted with meticulous care, often requiring years of patient observation and relentless pursuit. Between the Rains is no different – filming took place over the course of four years, during a record low in annual precipitation for northern Kenya. That meant the team faced the unenviable task of whittling 800 hours of footage down to a punchy, digestible one hour 22 minutes. “Being an international editing team, we used Adobe Premiere Pro as a common platform where we could
VISUAL LANGUAGE Brown shot the film on Canon’s flagship L-series lenses, as well as a CN-E 35mm T1.5 for night scenes
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