Todays Guest: Neil Moore and Caroline Kwiatek Founders and owners of Magic Beans Films

On episode #127 we are chatting with Neil Moore and Caroline Kwiatek who have the very nice title of being the owners of Magic Beans Films. Hailing from Limavady, Magic Beans have not been on the go for that long but within that short time they have captured and created some beautiful imagery and jaw dropping footage.

After a stent in the world of construction Neil decided he wanted to change focus and educate himself in something that he was passionate about and would love getting out of bed for in the morning. He found that passion in photography and filmography, and after getting the qualifications and experience he required, he headed out to the United States to build on that experience and see a bit of the world at the same time.

As chance would have it, this is where Neil bumped into Caroline, who was also on holiday (well working holiday, I think?). Caroline is originally from France and at this stage didn’t really have a love for photography, but the two of them hit it off and decided to travel the states together. Caroline was quickly introduced to the world of photography and realised that she too had a passion for capturing life from behind the lens, so they decided to team up and look at the best direction to take this found passion and turn it into a career.

It didn’t take them long and after a number of jobs for the likes of GoPro and Red Bull Media overseas, Neil and Caroline decided to come back home and concentrate on Magic Beans Films, which at this time was still in the making. They already had a good portfolio of work and projects behind them so it wasn’t that long until the cameras were out and new footage was being captured. Neil decided he wanted to film more footage showcasing what we have back home, so he enrolled his mate and fellow biker ‘Beefy’ Mullan for a project in Ballycarton, and as they say the rest is history.

We chat to Neil and Caroline about how they got started in filmography, why they decided to start Magic Beans, were their filming passions lie, what equipment they use, why they love filming outdoors and how excited they are to have landed the official filming post for the Vitus First Tracks Enduro Series 2020, plus much more as always.

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