Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys
By Storytailors
Client
Channel 5 UK
Services
Project Description
We started in Budapest, Hungary, and ended our shoot at the Dracula Castle in Romania. The challenging part is that Dracula’s Castle, located in a mountainous village called Bran, is a very touristic destination.However, due to our local collaborators, we managed to get the authorities in line with our goals and have an amazing shoot into the heart of Romania.We started this project long before the crew arrived in Budapest. Storytailors provided the initial research and outlined the story development of this episode. Thus, when Chris and his crew arrived in Budapest, we were ready for them and had everything in place, including the contributors.Everything went smoothly, thanks to our project manager, as well as our local collaborators who made sure that Chris and his team had a wonderful experience filming this episode.
We started in Budapest, Hungary, and ended our shoot at the Dracula Castle in Romania. The challenging part is that Dracula’s Castle, located in a mountainous village called Bran, is a very touristic destination.However, due to our local collaborators, we managed to get the authorities in line with our goals and have an amazing shoot into the heart of Romania.We started this project long before the crew arrived in Budapest. Storytailors provided the initial research and outlined the story development of this episode. Thus, when Chris and his crew arrived in Budapest, we were ready for them and had everything in place, including the contributors.Everything went smoothly, thanks to our project manager, as well as our local collaborators who made sure that Chris and his team had a wonderful experience filming this episode.
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