Finland, the country of thousand lakes carries people with thousand pastimes. Some weird, some boring, but definitely with a twist. Here the production team discusses the inspiration and ideas behind each episode. You’re welcome to share your comments.

2007-06-24

It Could Be Beach Ball, And It Definitely Is Close To Water

This short podcast reveals one of the most common and fun Finnish summer hobby.

These people really are walking on water, in a very Finnish way, for that matter. Not everything is as it seems, of course. Even though this podcast was published in the mid summer, the actual shooting took place a bit earlier, around January.

The moment, when there was thin layer of water on top of the ice is fairly rare. Luckily this time we were able to capture this unusual moment, and share it with you.

This whole episode is shot with Nokia Nseries phones, and the resulting picture quality is surprisingly good. The downside is, since the recorded media is Mpeg4, for editing it must be decompressed and compressed again. Which is both time consuming and very bad for the quality.