Yesterday I went to visit the late 14th century medieval Seat Fortress of Moldavia in my hometown Suceava located in the historical region of Bukovina in northeastern Romania. As I'm currently a first year bachelor student at USV (Universitatea Ștefan cel Mare din Suceava or Stephen the Great University of Suceava), the purpose of my visit here was to shoot a promotional short film with a very good groupmate of mine who is a professional photographer with several years of solid experience.
The purpose of the promotional short film is to promote the history of our hometown and the historical heritage of this medieval seat fortress which was fortunately renovated through a Regio EU-powered programme back in 2015 if I'm not mistaken (when I was just hitting the age of 18).
The promotional short film in question will serve as our product for the examination of a project which we need to hand in by the summer exam session at the Multimedia course of the second semester of the Digital Media study programme at USV.
The plan of the medieval Seat Fortress of Suceava after Austrian architect Karl Adolf Romstorfer who contributed to its reconstruction back in the day of the Austian rule in Bukovina, my home region in northeastern Romania. Image source: Commons Wikimedia
Prior to taking a stroll inside the fortress, I had a great conversation with one of the bodyguards in charge of the access close to the wooden bridge leading to the entrance in the castle. We exchanged a few opinions on
My groupmate Alex was very kind to me and he even took several photographs of me separately, some of them at my request, as we were shooting through the various chambers of the inner courtyard inside the fortress. Hereby some of them:
Standing on the defensive walls of the fortress with the panoramic view of the main city of Suceava in the background. I must admit I have gotten a little bit 'fluffy' (to say the least) in these COVID-19 pandemic times, but it is not my fault that we have a very tasty local cuisine in Bukovina (thank you, grandma!). Photograph credit: Alex Nechita.
Inside one of the chambers of the fortress. Photograph credit: Alex Nechita.
With the miniature of the medieval Seat Fortress of Suceava in the background. Photograph credit: Alex Nechita.
On the defensive walls of the medieval Seat Fortress in Suceava, Romania (March, 2021). Photograph credit: Alex Nechita.
On the defensive walls of the medieval Seat Fortress in Suceava, Romania (March, 2021). Photograph credit: Alex Nechita.
Happy and humble that I am part of living history on the defensive walls of the medieval Seat Fortress of Suceava in Bukovina, northeastern Romania (March, 2021). Photograph credit: Alex Nechita.
In front of the main keep of the seat fortress. As you can clearly notice, there is a feeble trace of snow on the roof of the main keep, which just goes to show that winters are a little bit longer where I'm from. Photograph credit: Alex Nechita.
Seating on the wooden throne in the throne hall. Photograph credit: Alex Nechita.
Seating on the wooden throne in the throne hall. Photograph credit: Alex Nechita.
P.S.: After we concluded the shooting session I was honoured with one of the best mulled wines locally by Alex as I was very cold inside and outside. He bought a hot cup for me from one of the nearby food and beverage vendors. That being said, thank you very much for the whole experience as it was wonderful indeed! We also agreed that we will meet again there for other shooting sessions and great times together. :)
It looks like a very good place to make a documentary in the style of the history channel. I hope you managed to do a great job. And if possible share it on Hive, I would like to see it. Thanks for sharing @vikthor!
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Most certainly, thank you so much! :)