Intern Adventures – Adventure Film School

How to Create Content for Outdoor Brands

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The outdoor industry is experiencing unparalleled growth – so much so that last year’s Outdoor Recreation Jobs and Economic Impact Act moved to include its impressive earnings in the national Gross Domestic Product. Business is booming, which means that outdoor adventure brands are constantly looking for ways to nurture connections with their expanding customer base.…
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Insights from an Outsider

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I moved across the country to Seattle a month and a half ago on the premise of a four-month internship at the Adventure Film School. I knew I liked film and I knew I liked adventuring so I thought to myself “hey, what could go wrong?”…
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What My Trip to the Olympic Peninsula Taught Me About Film

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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

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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: Inspiration at 5Point Film Festival

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Storytelling has the power to take us to a different place and imprint a picture in our minds that stays with us and moves us in ways we didn’t know were possible. There are certain films that have the ability to challenge and motivate us and help us to see things through a new lens.…
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Intern Adventures: Finding True North

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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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Intern Adventures: What’d I get myself into?

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Just 30 days ago I was packing my bags and getting on a plane to Seattle for a 6 month internship with the Adventure Film School. I really had no idea what to expect, but I knew that I wanted to learn how to be an adventure filmmaker and I figured that this was the best place to do that.…
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