Author: Shawnté Salabert

Shawnté Salabert is a curiosity seeker with a taste for wild spaces. Her work has appeared in Backpacker, Outside Online, Adventure Journal, Modern Hiker, REI Co-op Journal, Land+People, Verticulture, and other fine outlets. Her book Hiking The Pacific Crest Trail: Southern California will be released via Mountaineers Books in Fall 2017. See more at shawntesalabert.com.

Graham Zimmerman’s Work Hard, Play Hard Balance

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Graham Zimmerman is what you might call an outdoorsy multi-hyphenate. He’s an award-winning alpinist with a history of first ascents, an experienced producer and project manager, and as you might have guessed, an adventure filmmaker. Oh, and a geophysicist. “Producing films and producing geology projects is kind of the same thing,” he laughs.…
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Harnessing the Power of Social Media

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Whether you spend all day mesmerized by a glowing screen or would rather chuck your smartphone off of a cliff, social media is here to stay – and it’s an essential tool for modern filmmakers. Platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat offer not just a way to promote yourself and your work, but also an opportunity to participate in the greater filmmaking community, connect with your audience, and find potential creative or business partners.…
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Finding Funding for Your Film Projects

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It can feel like one of the most significant hurdles in filmmaking is securing adequate financial backing for your projects. While it is possible for some folks to self-finance, apply for bank loans, locate individual investors, or borrow money from friends and family in order to fund their films, even those sources can run dry – and more often than not, they may not exist in the first place.…
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