Tariq Khan
Media Hub & Marketing
Builds the back end with modern tools. Designs the Media Hub structure and the delivery pipeline, so your team finds, uses, and re-cuts every clip without friction. Also handles on-location production with the crew.
In the can
100
Hours on location
Four days,
one destination,
the Runners.
In 100 hours at one destination, we capture footage and stills, primarily vertical, 16:9 on request. Everything lands in a searchable Media Hub, with worldwide, unlimited usage rights handed over.
Past production reel
Five countries · already produced● Past production
6 productions
Own footage · no stock
epic-places.com
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Captured · Day 01–02
Six trips, five countries. Already shipped.
Japan summer and winter, Utah, Uganda, Hong Kong, Usedom. Six trips already produced. Own footage from every one. No stock.
Japan · Summer
Asia
Japan · Winter
Asia
Utah
USA
Hong Kong
China
Usedom
Germany
Uganda
Africa
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The Route
Already shipped. Japan, summer production.
Example: Tokyo to Yakushima. Scroll, the clock counts down, the route draws itself. Every destination gets its own plan.
● Stills from the pilot
From the Japan production. Real footage, no stock.
A selection from the finished Japan summer production. Own material from every trip we have run.
● Japan, in motion
The same production, in motion.
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The Mission Sheet
A finished production. Japan, in summer.
Tokyo, Mount Fuji, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Takachiho, Yakushima. Six stations, three islands, one hundred hours. Real footage, in the can. This is what the format looks like in the field.
Japan · summer
Mission sheet · Japan (example)
Tokyo · arrival, the 100 hours startD1 · 06:00
Tokyo · Shibuya crossingD1 · 09:30
Tokyo · Robot Show & TeamLabD1 · 12:00
Transit · Tokyo to Lake Kawaguchi (2.5 h)D1 · 15:00
Mt Fuji · blue hour over the lakeD1 · 18:30
Mt Fuji · sunrise, vertical droneD2 · 04:42
Transit · Kawaguchi to Kyoto (4.5 h)D2 · 08:00
Kyoto · Fushimi Inari & Yasaka pagodaD2 · 13:00
Kyoto · Arashiyama bamboo, kimono, 120 fpsD2 · 16:30
Transit · Kyoto to Fukuoka, Nozomi (3.5 h)D3 · 06:30
Fukuoka · Yatai street food, G-ClassD3 · 11:00
Transit · Fukuoka to Takachiho (3.5 h)D3 · 14:00
Takachiho · Gorge of the gods, boat & droneD3 · 18:00
Transit · Takachiho to Kagoshima to Yakushima (5.5 h)D4 · 05:00
Yakushima · thousand-year cedars, moss forestD4 · 11:30
Yakushima · waterfall, closing materialD4 · 15:30
● 4 hours of sleep a night · Coffee No. 11
100 hours · 6 stations · 3 islands
The Media Hub · Japan
Sorted by theme, ready to cut. All yours.
- Nature & landscape
- Culture & temples
- City & nightlife
- Food & street life
- Aerial & drone
- Mood & POV
Stills in every folder · Hero film & ad creatives on request · Brand kit included
Worldwide · unlimited rights
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Variation · Hospitality
The same format, for a hotel.
Suite interiors, restaurant, spa, resort grounds. Raw vertical and stills, ready for your editing pipeline.
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Variation · Airlines & Lounges
And for a carrier.
For airlines, lounges and stopover programmes. Tarmac, cabin reality, lounge architecture, live cooking, service detail. Material that fits social, onboard and brand storytelling.
The payoff
One shoot.
A year of content.
A year of content.
Sorted · searchable · fully yours
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The Runners
Founder-led. No standby.
We are the Runners: classic film craft, compressed into 100 hours.
Sascha Gottschalk
Travel Director & Producer
The producer in the room with the client. Owns the route, the schedule, the on-set logistics, and your brand's experience of the shoot. The reason a 100-hour production stays calm and on plan under pressure.
Marc Bächtold
Content & Branding
Content specialist with his own agency and years of international freelance work. Fully equipped, with a sharp eye for brand fit, he owns the creative grammar that turns raw material into a campaign your team is proud to post.
Background
Epic Places is a production from the FMD Productions environment. The three of us have worked together on most of it: Falcon Lens Award (Abu Dhabi, with Etihad and Mercedes-Benz), Iron Summit (Paramount+ / Amazon Prime), Mission Bayern, Sunspot Award. These projects don't belong to Epic Places, but they're the handwriting of the same team.
Selected partners
Awards
- German Brand Award, GoldBrand Communication, Mission Bayern2026
- ADAC TourismuspreisMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sunspot Award2021
- Leuchttürme der TourismuswirtschaftMarketing Award, Sunspot Award2021
Season 2026/27.
First step: a 30-minute concept call. We map your destination and exactly what 100 hours delivers.