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(5 Oct 2024)
RUSSIA BUS HOTEL
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
LENGTH: 6:42
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kronstadt, Russia - 20 September 2024
1. Wide of tourists on pier
2. Various of Fort Emperor Alexander I
3. Various of Fort Grand Duke Constantine and historical armoured vehicle
4. Various of converted buses
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Artyom Ezhov, Kronstadt guide:
"Campervans are a great compromise. Being a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fort Constantine is simply not allowed to have permanent structures. However, small campers made from old buses are a great solution to these problems. Their size and volume allow them to accommodate all the living infrastructure, and at the same time, they are temporary structures that can be quickly removed if necessary."
6. Various of interior of converted bus
7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Shibaev, co-founder of Magellan, the company which converts buses into hotel rooms:
"There is a lot of interest in them because we are all used to hotel rooms, reception, and so on. This is a slightly different format, and it is attractive. It is always interesting to spend two or three days of your vacation here."
8. Various of interior of converted bus
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Shibaev, co-founder of Magellan, the company which converts buses into hotel rooms:
"This used to be where the driver would go on the route. This was the passenger area. Now it's been converted into an interesting, beautiful cabin that closes off to create a certain space."
10. Bedroom in converted van
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Shibaev, cco-founder of Magellan, the company which converts buses into hotel rooms:
"We tried to make something that would be interesting in terms of interior design, for the look, for the feel, for some tactile moments."
12. Tracking shot inside bus to entrance
13. Clothes hanging on line outside converted bus
14. Water and sewage pipes outside converted bus
15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Shibaev, co-founder of Magellan, the company which converts buses into hotel rooms:
"The bus was completely disassembled, the power unit was removed from the bus - I mean the engine, all the pneumatics were removed, which, in principle, are not needed to turn a PAZ bus into a cabin. After that, accordingly, we, from scratch, as they say, rebuilt all our architecture inside the bus."
16. Various of tourists
17. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Artyom Ezhov, Kronstadt guide:
"Kronstadt forts are small defensive structures within the Kronstadt fortress. They first appeared in 1704 thanks to the Kronshlot fort, founded by Peter Alekseevich (Peter the Great) to protect St. Petersburg. It stood at the narrowest point of the fairway leading to the northern capital, and the long 200-year history of the Kronstadt fortress began at the beginning of the 18th century."
18. Various of Fort Grand Duke Constantine
19. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Artyom Ezhov, Kronstadt guide:
"Around the 1970s, the process of demilitarization of forts began. The military left them, in some places they stayed longer, in others they are still there. Now the forts are changing their direction from military, they are becoming tourist recreational sites, often becoming places where yacht clubs are located."
20. Close of cannon
21. Wide of fort
22. Wide of mock up lighthouses
23. Wide of Elizaveta in entrance of converted bus
24. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Elizaveta (surname not given) tourist from St. Petersburg:
"We didn't have any expectations. In terms of pluses it's budget-friendly and unusual, in terms of minuses it is quite noisy as it is near the road."
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(5 Oct 2024)
RUSSIA BUS HOTEL
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
LENGTH: 6:42
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kronstadt, Russia - 20 September 2024
1. Wide of tourists on pier
2. Various of Fort Emperor Alexander I
3. Various of Fort Grand Duke Constantine and historical armoured vehicle
4. Various of converted buses
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Artyom Ezhov, Kronstadt guide:
"Campervans are a great compromise. Being a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fort Constantine is simply not allowed to have permanent structures. However, small campers made from old buses are a great solution to these problems. Their size and volume allow them to accommodate all the living infrastructure, and at the same time, they are temporary structures that can be quickly removed if necessary."
6. Various of interior of converted bus
7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Shibaev, co-founder of Magellan, the company which converts buses into hotel rooms:
"There is a lot of interest in them because we are all used to hotel rooms, reception, and so on. This is a slightly different format, and it is attractive. It is always interesting to spend two or three days of your vacation here."
8. Various of interior of converted bus
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Shibaev, co-founder of Magellan, the company which converts buses into hotel rooms:
"This used to be where the driver would go on the route. This was the passenger area. Now it's been converted into an interesting, beautiful cabin that closes off to create a certain space."
10. Bedroom in converted van
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Shibaev, cco-founder of Magellan, the company which converts buses into hotel rooms:
"We tried to make something that would be interesting in terms of interior design, for the look, for the feel, for some tactile moments."
12. Tracking shot inside bus to entrance
13. Clothes hanging on line outside converted bus
14. Water and sewage pipes outside converted bus
15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Shibaev, co-founder of Magellan, the company which converts buses into hotel rooms:
"The bus was completely disassembled, the power unit was removed from the bus - I mean the engine, all the pneumatics were removed, which, in principle, are not needed to turn a PAZ bus into a cabin. After that, accordingly, we, from scratch, as they say, rebuilt all our architecture inside the bus."
16. Various of tourists
17. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Artyom Ezhov, Kronstadt guide:
"Kronstadt forts are small defensive structures within the Kronstadt fortress. They first appeared in 1704 thanks to the Kronshlot fort, founded by Peter Alekseevich (Peter the Great) to protect St. Petersburg. It stood at the narrowest point of the fairway leading to the northern capital, and the long 200-year history of the Kronstadt fortress began at the beginning of the 18th century."
18. Various of Fort Grand Duke Constantine
19. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Artyom Ezhov, Kronstadt guide:
"Around the 1970s, the process of demilitarization of forts began. The military left them, in some places they stayed longer, in others they are still there. Now the forts are changing their direction from military, they are becoming tourist recreational sites, often becoming places where yacht clubs are located."
20. Close of cannon
21. Wide of fort
22. Wide of mock up lighthouses
23. Wide of Elizaveta in entrance of converted bus
24. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Elizaveta (surname not given) tourist from St. Petersburg:
"We didn't have any expectations. In terms of pluses it's budget-friendly and unusual, in terms of minuses it is quite noisy as it is near the road."
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