Distance Runners films in Kunming College

March 26, 2009, Kunming --Distance Runners spent 3 days filming in various locations within the Kunming College of Science and Technology, Oxbridge College Campus. This served as hospital, therapist offices, training grounds and more.  Andrew Edelson plays Dr. Alistair Crane the doctor and mentor that helps Li Shan overcome his injuries after a crippling accident. "Alistair"  shares his wisdom with "Li Shan" The charming "Xu Mei" (singer Li-Tong Hsu) played the role of a traditional Chinese medicine doctor skilled in accupuncture and Eastern philosophy. This doctor team brings about the physical and spiritual recovery of Li Shan. Of course there is always some fun on the movie set."What is the diagnosis, Doctor?""Dude, you are like sooooooo crippled - ha, ha, ha..."After wrapping the Oxbridge Campus location, we started looking at filming the ultramarathon scenes. We had a day off while director Robert Vicencio visited key locations for filming the ultramarathon race featured in this film. Camer a operator He Yun uses the RED ONE camera on a Steadicam unitFilming running scenes is difficult and a marathon is not about speed and fast-paced competition, so the challenge for the director is to keep up the excitement with great cinematography, fast-paced editing, and a gripping story. Obviously we needed to use vehicle shots, steadicam and lots and lots of extras to film a race.