BUNDANOON filmmaker Richard Snashall has secured another deal with SBS Television for his documentary on the Paris Metro System shot using a borrowed camera.

Mr Snashall, 35, expects his one-hour feature, entitled Down Under Paris, to be broadcast early next year.

The program looks at the famously efficient Parisian rail system and artistic Australians who call the French capital home.

Down Under Paris is Mr Snashall’s second self-produced documentary SBS TV has taken delivery of in the last 18 months.

Troubled, his widely acclaimed one-hour commentary on Northern Ireland, was broadcast late last year.

“As with Troubled, I produced Down Under Paris using minimal equipment, just a video camera and microphone,” Mr Snashall said from his Bundanoon studio on Monday.

The former Goulburn radio news editor secured the deal in March after sending SBS a letter pitching the idea.

He left for Paris in May with his girlfriend/production assistant Naomi Brown and a high-quality digital camera he borrowed from Sony.

“No doubt, having already produced Troubled helped me to get this deal,” Mr Snashall said.

“They sat on the proposal for a few weeks before giving me the nod.

“I always thought the Irish thing was going to be a one-off but I’ve got another one now and things are looking pretty exciting.”

More than 22 hours of footage was shot, with Mr Snashall completing the entire editing process at his house.

“I remember being excited by the way the stations and walkways celebrated Parisian life, plus you can really see some amazing insights into a society through its public transport system,” Mr Snashall said.

Among the Australian subjects he found in Paris were successful jazz musicians, writers, painters and chefs, many of whom he filmed at work.

All filming was performed before the September 11 terrorist attacks, which Mr Snashall said would have had a profound effect had he chosen to go to France later.

“I don’t think people would have been as open, especially around the Metro system and other public locations,” he added.