I could hear the wind whipping through the speaker of the phone as professional adventure filmmaker Ben Sturgulewski’s voice came through on the other line. Like a true snow junkie, Ben proceeded to conduct our interview from the seat of a swinging chairlift amongst the Alaska winter elements, only that much more of a testament to his commitment to fusing passion with his life’s work. …
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Author: Carly Harmon
Michigan grown, Carly and her two blonde-haired sisters spent their early years climbing trees, boycotting clothing and howling at the moon. Frequent road trips and long soccer commutes as a child rendered an incurable case of open-road syndrome, which later lead her to the shores of St. Mary’s College of Maryland. There she continued her childhood ways of playing in the dirt and majored in Archaeology/ Anthropology, dusty bones and arrowheads magnifying her curiosity for untold stories. She plans to spend the next three months as an intern at AFS finding a way to blend her interest in cultural dynamics and love for the outdoors with the creative aspects of filmmaking.
And eating ice cream. She loves ice cream.
Invest In Yourself
“Get the inside right and the outside will fall into place. – Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now
This doesn’t mean that once you focus on you the rest of your success will simply fall into your lap, it means invest in yourself because you are a platform for which all else will rise.…
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Nayla Tawa: The Road Back
While most of her peer’s flocked south in search of warm lazy beach days and dripping umbrella drinks, UCLA student Nayla Tawa’s spring break found her duct taped to her snowboard for 2 days with a broken back in three places, broken sternum and a severe knee injury in the remote backcountry region of Kyrgyzstan.…
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The Value of Feedback
I have to do what??
was my reaction when the Adventure Film School asked me to share my ideas and treatment with the rest of the group.
Growing up, I remember sitting in art class and having fellow students lean over my shoulder obnoxiously asking “what’s that?”…
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Beginner’s Guide to Marketing, Promoting and Distributing Your Film
As a beginner filmmaker getting your work out there is a challenge. Where and who is your audience, how to maintain relationships, and how & where to distribute your work are all important aspects toward making your work known.
1. Marketing & Understanding Your Audience
If you have ever read about marketing, this aspect is plastered across the internet and is seen in advice columns for freelancers of all walks; because it’s true!…
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I Have All This Amazing Footage, Now What?
You just got back from your trip and now have about two hours’ worth of righteous snowboarding footage, sick descents down mountain biking trails, epic sailing… but now what? Instead of letting your footage sit there and take up space, do something with it!…
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What My Trip to the Olympic Peninsula Taught Me About Film
I had it all planned out.
My friend JT was visiting Washington and we were planning to explore the rainforests and Mountain ranges of The Enchanted Valley on the Olympic Peninsula. Seeing as I had just spent the last three months of my internship at AFS learning how to prepare for the backcountry, I was eager to put my skills to the ultimate test of planning my own adventure.…
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Intern Adventures: 3 Lessons From My First Days on the Job
The GoPro Mountain Games was my first real test as the new intern. The morning of June 1st, with 6 bags strapped to the top of the car, 5 people strategically placed in seats, 4 pounds of car snacks and 1,258 miles ahead of us, the Ford Explorer rolled reluctantly out of the driveway bound for Vail.…
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Intern Adventures: Finding True North
January 10th 2015.
It had been two years since I had graduated with a BA in Anthropology and Museum Studies and I had spent those last couple of years setting free the pent up travel bugs that had accumulated throughout my college career.…
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