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European Travel DVDs
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Maintained by:
gwj2001us ( 2725 )   
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Unique virtual travel DVDs that let you experience Rome, Venice, Amalfi, Capri, Appian Way, Pompeii, Murano, Burano, London, & England. Great travel gift and the perfect companion to your treadmill, Nordic Track, elliptical, or exercise bike. Makes exercising interesting and fun. Read our feedback!
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About the Seller
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We established VITA Digital Productions with one idea in mind: to produce our own high-quality specialty market
European Travel Videos. Our original concept was to film Virtual Walks through some of Europe's most beautiful cities. Using
camera stabilization equipment, we are able to film these virtual walks while actually
walking through streets, up steps, around corners, while the camera seems to float.
Our Virtual Walk videos and DVDs are designed to be watched by people while exercising on their treadmill, Nordic Track, TreadClimber,
Elliptical Trainer, Stepper, Stair Climber, or stationary exercise bike. Our hope was to make the time spent exercising fun and interesting
by viewing our Treadmill Virtual Walks while getting a good cardio workout.
We believed that these Virtual Walk DVDs could motivate people to utilize their exercise equipment more frequently by providing
them with interesting video and audio to view while exercising. But you never know if an idea that sounds reasonable to you will actually be
accepted by others - you just have to hope it will. With that in mind, we proceeded to file the articles of incorporation with our state
and we also started investigating what professional tv equipment to purchase for our new company.
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With my 25 year background in television and with our newly purchased professional equipment, we flew to Venice
for our first shoot.
We shot Treadmill Virtual Walks through the crowded streets and alleyways of Venice, and on the
nearby islands of Burano, Murano, and Torcello. We had chosen Venice to be our first project because of our love of the city and
its unique locale. Our trip to Venice did not disappoint us - it is truly a magic
city. Leaving Venice exhausted after 10 days of shooting, we flew home and rested.
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A month later we flew to London to shoot for 2 weeks.
We had the singular opportunity to film the Queen's arrival at Royal Ascot. And we did film more Virtual Walks in and
around London, including delighful walks in Hyde Park, along the waterway known as Little Venice, the New River Walk in Islington, and a
walk on the Hampstead Heath.
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Leaving London exhausted, we flew directly to Rome and fourteen more days of work.
But we were in incredible Rome - the eternal city.
We quickly discovered that Rome is a very difficult city for a videographer. Crowds and other problems make videography a challenge.
We were able to shoot
virtual walks along the famous Via Veneto, made famous by "La Dolce Vita," another walk through the Campo de Fiori, another along the Tiber River, and still another
through the beautiful Pincio Gardens of Rome.
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Taking a bus to the outskirts of the city one day, we shot a virtual walk on the ancient Via Appia.
September 11, 2001, affected us deeply on many levels. We temporarily suspended international travel - our equipment was just too unusual for the heightened security which was in place. So for a few years, our focus was
on other aspects of television production. I was asked to film the "Behind the Scenes" and cast interviews featurettes for two motion
pictures along with other tv projects.
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In 2003, we returned to the United Kingdom to film more virtual walks and more stock footage. This time we filmed
virtual walks in the English Countryside: a walk from Eynsford to the village of Shoreham, following the Darent River in Kent. We also
filmed a circular walk from the village of Otford through some beautiful scenery and back to our starting point. We traveled to Salisbury to film a virtual walk in the area around the Cathedral. In Salisbury we had the opportunity to see one of the surviving copies of the Magna Carta. We also went
to Canterbury Cathedral and attended "Evensong."
Finally, we finally found time to edit our first virtual walk, "A Morning in Venice," and get it on the market. We
were amazed at the positive reaction it received. Customers said: "Why hasn't someone thought of this before?" and "It's just like being
there!" and "I want more." We quickly
followed with virtual walks in the English Countryside, Rome, along the Appian Way, London Waterways, and Burano. Since then, we've
received hundreds of emails from our Treadmill Virtual Walk customers telling us how much they enjoy exercising on their treadmills and
exercise bikes with our Virtual Walk DVDs.
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In 2005, we returned from three weeks filming more Treadmill Virtual Walks along the beautiful Amalfi Coast, on the isle of Capri, in the ancient city of Pompeii, and in the medieval town of Viterbo, north of Rome, this time shooting in High Definition ( 1080i ) and widescreen.
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In 2006, we returned from two weeks filming more Treadmill Virtual Walks and Stock Footage on the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu and Kauai. While on Oahu, we filmed a virtual walk on the famous Hau'ula Loop Trail, another along several beaches, and another walk through the beautiful Hoomaluhia Botanical Gardens in Kaneohe.
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Later that year, we returned from three weeks filming in Europe. We filmed Treadmill Walks for a week in the picturesque Cotswolds in England. The villages we visited included Chipping Campden, Broadway, Stanton, Stanway, Upper Slaughter, Lower Slaughter, Blockley, Lacock, Tetbury, Snowshill, Morton-on-Marsh, Bourton-on-the-Water, Bibury, and the enchanting Castle Combe.
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Then on to Paris via the Eurostar and the Chunnel where we filmed for another week. We filmed the first of a new series of DVDs titled, "Scenes of Paris." Leaving Paris, we returned to London via Eurostar where we filmed for a third week. |
In early 2008, we filmed walks in Egypt and a few months later, in Ireland and Scotland. We are committed to aggressively expanding our catalog of Virtual Experience DVDs. Of course, I haven't discussed the surprising amount of work, frustrations, and expense involved in filming these Virtual Walks around the world. But our customers love them and constantly ask for more - so that makes it all worthwhile.
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