PRE-PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION, POST-PRODUCTION
LONELY PLANET
The Project
Since 2026, Definition Films has partnered with Lonely Planet, the world’s best known travel guide publisher. It started close to home: Lonely Planet brought us in to produce its Best in Travel 2027 film on California’s redwood parks, a short drive from our studio. From there, the partnership grew into post-production. Lonely Planet now hands us footage from production teams around the world, knowing we’ll hit tight deadlines and turn hours of raw material into a clean, story driven cut.
The Content
Best in Travel 2027: Redwoods Parks, California. The project that started it all. We filmed host Hunter Rayl through the ancient forests and fog wrapped coastline of California’s redwood parks, then cut a vertical short built for mobile viewing.
Best in Travel 2027: Okinawa. Okinawa made the list as the best destination for subtropical island culture. Working from around 20 hours of footage captured by a local production team in Japan, we condensed the material into a short film introducing Japan’s southernmost prefecture.
A Taste of Spain. We edited both episodes of Lonely Planet’s series on Spain’s food and wine culture. “Wine Across La Rioja and Castilla y León” follows host Malini Angelica through a hot air balloon ride over the vineyards, grape stomping, and a night out on Logroño’s Calle Laurel. “Local Eats Along the Camino de Santiago” follows correspondent Jacklynn along the pilgrimage route for pintxos in Pamplona, morcilla in Burgos, and free tapas in León.
The Impact
Our Redwoods film introduces one of Lonely Planet’s 50 Best in Travel 2027 destinations, running across Lonely Planet’s website, social channels, YouTube, and travel guides.
The Okinawa film does the same for a second Best in Travel 2027 destination, reaching the same audience across those channels.
Both Taste of Spain episodes live on Lonely Planet’s YouTube channel.
A single local production grew into an ongoing editing partnership, with Lonely Planet trusting our team to shape footage from crews around the world on tight timelines.
See where to go next with Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2027 →