A motorcycle. 10 countries. 100 days. When the writer and biker Miquel Silvestre was raised to make a trip to South America was very clear that it would be to do a TV show and not a book. “Literature is one thing and audiovisual production is another. This time I was focused on the scripts, filming, production. ” After nearly four years of riding videos of their trips Youtube, Miquel Silvestre will jump to the television documentary series Diary of a nomad , 13 chapters to be released in Canal Extremadura TV in September and Spanish in January 2015.
His story begins six years ago, amid the ‘crisis of the 40′. He had written four books ( Butterflies darkroom the storybook Dinamo Starry The lady blind and Spanya SA ) but still every morning sitting at a desk registrar of property. “As Rajoy” jokes now that it has. He says he wanted to find inspiration for a new novel and decided to take a sabbatical. But he did not return.
however came up with the idea of following in the footsteps of Spanish explorers and historians of the past for the world. In moto. Solo. He began to tell their travel stories that were published in several magazines and the supplement of El País The Traveler, and even published a book A million stones , on his crusade Africa.
forgot the novel. In 2011, when I was in the middle of his route explorers forgotten, he decided to start record everything. “They were 15 months traveling alone. I went through almost every continent. I rode several videos and viralizaron, people began to enjoy that character unto them Youtube. Lewd, spontaneous, sometimes emotional … And the project work. ” So far he has published about 400 videos and has nearly 1,400,000 views on their YouTube channel. “These are good numbers when you take into account that the public is not very wide. Those who follow me are a mix of adventure motorcycling fans and lovers of the journey. “
But now that may change. The tour made by Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Panama in the footsteps of the Spanish discoverers could become your jump to mainstream of public television. And although for the first time he was accompanied, says the trip was not easy. Its serene customs, reflection and writing had to change daily. “The fun part is the journey, riding a bike is very nice. Telling is the most complicated. Especially because this time I was the director, producer, writer and also had to film as if traveling alone. The camera, the driver and I work 18 hours every day, “he explains,” but we were living a unique experience. “
Just for that matter to him, experience. In fact, ever think of returning to his old desk: “Let him was one of the best decisions I have taken in my life. My future was predictable. Now I have 100 countries on a bike, I lived things amazing. I’ve become adventurous adult child dreamed of being. In an action hero. “
Now in post-production works of the material, which will become the 13 episodes of 25 minutes waiting for debuts this fall in Extremadura Canal, which helped fund the project. And it does so with fingers crossed that the program sponsors like and stay happy fingers.
A sample can already be seen in a section of the RTVE website where Miquel was riding short videos of your trip South America, the same style of their YouTube channel, accompanied by text and photographs in blog format.
“What is the next trip I do not know. I have ideas, and repeat the trip to the United States following Old Spanish Trail. That would be very interesting for television. But that if the series is not a failure, of course. ” If the million views on his YouTube channel, his 5,000 followers on Twitter and more than 15,000 ‘likes’ you have on Facebook are proof of quality entertainment, failure is not an option.
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