Adventure Film School

5 Support Tools to Get The Shot You Desire

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Stabilizing your footage is almost as important as the act of shooting it. It is extremely important to use either a hand-held rig, steadicam, tripod, monopod or Gorrilapod. These are some of the most important investments you can make as they will more than likely outlive the life of your cameras.…
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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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Traveling Abroad – Why Fixers are So Critical

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Excellence is earned… And I imagine that to get to this point you have worked hard as a freelancer, collaborator, and/or intern. But with all this training, what everything boils down to is the need to rely on others for support in your creative endeavors.…
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How to Build an Audience – A Few Helpful Tips

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Creating an online presence is a daunting task and takes a lot of work and dedication. There is no fail safe solution that will ensure success, however, there are a few things you can do to develop a foundation to grow from.…
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Camera Basics: Composition & Angles

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The basics for camera angles and composition are fairly easy to understand and to remember. The hard part is actually getting it down well enough to use the “rules” artistically and creatively. The rule of thirds is the key rule you should know when framing a shot, particularly with people in the shot. …
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Starting Small

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Plastic bags. They clog drawers, landfills, coastlines and trailheads. Recycling them is confusing and inefficient. But what if there was a way to turn the trash into something of value? Enter Industrial Designer Will Wells. Today, we bring you our annual Year of Big Ideas.…
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Pack it Right, Pack it Tight: Gear Packing Tips

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Packing your gear can be daunting if you’ve never done it for a weeklong adventure into the backcountry. And though not all of our adventure film schools are in the backcountry, it’s still a good thing to know how to pack without breaking your back. …
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