This video was shot in 40 cities on 5 continents. It shows 121 performances containing 300 performers, who between them perform to tens of thousands of people every day.

They are street performers, “buskers”, a misrepresented source of free art that is accessible by every city-dweller in the world. We've seen them being enjoyed in every city on our journey.

And what a trip. The three of us, three first-time filmmakers with little experience and without the backing of sponsors or a production company, have spent the last 10 months travelling around the world to film street performers, examine their lives, and bring their beauty to you.

We’ve spent a week filming and interviewing performers in each destination, before moving on.

We’ve taken ten flights, thirty-three trains, ten buses, and eight ferries.

To afford the trip, we have had to couch surf to make it around the world, and have slept on forty one different couches.

We are tired, but have recorded over 6TB of high definition footage and photographs, have filmed and interviewed over 600 performers in 14 languages, and created 90 promotional videos for the performers we've filmed.

SEE MORE AT: thebuskingproject.com

These videos were recorded on:

2 x Canon 550d (Rebel t2i)
Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 lens
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 lens
Various ND, UV and CPL filters

JVC HM100 Camera

Zoom h4 and h2 audio recorders
Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun microphone
Sennheiser G4 Wireless microphone system

Edited on Final Cut Pro 6.0