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Moments That Make a Story

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Of all the things I learned from noted adventure filmmaker Michael Brown, the thing that has stuck with me the most is to make sure you watch all your footage. It might not sound like a revelation in storytelling, but as I set out to make four films over the course of the GoPro Mountain Games with the Adventure Film School last week it became an essential lesson.…
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HEXO+ Autonomous Drone for Adventure & Action Sports Filmmakers

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Worldclass snowboarder Xavier De Le Rue and Squadrone Systems are working on the world’s first autonomous drone for adventure & action sports filmmakers. Meet HEXO+. Posted on Kickstarter to help launch the first batch, the team meet their original 50K goal within 5 hours of launching, proving once again the interest in aerial photography is in hot demand.…
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Crunch Time: Students prepare for film screening at Vail Symposium

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Join us on Tuesday, June 10th in Vail, Colorado. Emmy award winning cinematographer and Adventure Film School instructor Michael Brown will be sharing his career as an adventure filmmaker. Students who have been creating films during the 2014 GoPro Mountain Games will showcase their stories from the games.…
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Catching The Storytelling Bug With Alex Williams

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All the expensive equipment in the world can’t make a compelling film without a good story. “You can have the best lighting and sound equipment, but if you don’t have true stories, you just have pretty imagery, and it’s kind of dead in the water,” says Alex Williams, owner of Videotrekker Films.…
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Allison Otto Masters The Art Of Capturing Character

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Anyone who saw the film “Keeper of the Mountains” at a film festival last year knows one thing: A great character can make a great film. Allison Otto, the film’s director—and AFS alumni—featured Elizabeth Hawley, a 90-year-old Himalayan mountaineering archivist in Nepal.…
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