Brian Curnel said:
The video was filmed well. I enjoyed it, however there was a bit of what id say to much reliance on modern tools. I think that the focus should be on modern tools first but a more traditional approach as a back up, for example a lighter and a fire stick? Maybe it should be more like a fire stick and fire piston...since a lighter will fail if the flint gets wet. Butagain **** 4 starts on the video! Bravo
Brian
Yes, true!
What I meant was that the lighter (or matches for that matter) is just for convenience, not to be relied upon, same as with a GPS, can't be relied upon if the batteries go out or get cold, etc. One should be able to throw away the primary means of lighting a fire and rely on the secondary (a more reliable fire stick in this case).
I was initially thinking about portraying someone who got lost who didn't have any means of making fire with him (basically any typical non-smoker) and would have to make a firebow to get fire. Since it's extremely hard for someone who hasn't practiced a lot on the firebow to succeed (especially in a survival situation I presume), I didn't want to send the signal that it's "easy" to get fire by rubbing sticks together in the forest. Afterwards I thought that it would be great since I'm not an expert on the technique and would probably fail a few times before eventually hopefully succeeding. That would've sent the signal to appreciate a fire stick more, for instance.
Since there's a lot of talk about gear in both episodes, I'm planning for the 3rd to be the opposite - just a knife, a cooking pot, the clothes on my back, and perhaps a wool blanket. For personal emergency I'll bring flint & steel + chared cloth to make fire (primary means is a firebow), a cellphone, a button compass, and perhaps a map of the area (depending on if I need one or not). Maybe a couple of nights or something like that.
It seems that my initial idea to make movies in the first place on this subject is working - they spur me into getting out there and do more personally challenging and exciting stuff.