Avalanche Studios Blog

Montage Deer Valley Shoot for Epiphany

2011-04-09T08:34:00.007-06:00

It's tough work but somebody has got to do it. Last month our crew here at Avalanche Studios spent a few cold, but fun-filled days filming at the Montage Deer Valley resort in Park City, Utah for Denver-based advertising agency Epiphany Luxury.

We were producing a series of web videos for Fine Living Channel lifestyles guru Kimberly Schlegel Whitman. We filmed at the new and amazingly beautiful resort and spent some time on the slopes, in the spa, hanging out in the residences, and even took a run down the sledding hill. The resort is high on the mountain above Park City's main street and is a spectacular setting for a vacation, a day of skiing, or a location shoot. If we could ever choose a location to do video production in Utah, the Montage Deer Valley ain't a bad choice.

We shot with our Canon 5D camera rig with Paul Meyers as DP and the footage looks spectacular. Dave Lindsay acted as Producer, Jason Conforto directed and Eddie Johnson and Lindey Crow rounded out our crew. Thanks to Adam, Isaac and Heidi Lindsay for helping out as our talent.

Shoot for the LDS Church Young Women Broadcast

2011-03-15T08:32:00.008-06:00

We were recently hired by the LDS Church to film segments for use during their upcoming Young Women's Broadcast. We spent the day with a group of young women in Highland, Utah as we interviewed them about their experiences they had as they walked from the Draper, Utah Temple to the Salt Lake Temple - a 22 mile journey.

We filmed interviews on location at the Draper Temple, as well as in the homes of the young women in the Highland area. Travis Cline was the DP and shot his usual amount of amazing footage with the Canon 5D. It was a cold, wintery shoot, but we all had a warm feeling in our hearts :)

Premiere of our Documentary on Alex Boye

2011-02-01T12:03:00.002-07:00

Last weekend Avalanche Studios proudly premiered our new documentary film “Alex Boye: Backstage Pass” at the LDS Film Festival. It’s the life story of the British singer who was once a European pop star in the boy band Awesome, who gave up his rock-star lifestyle for his faith. The documentary tells his story of poverty, being homeless, his conversion to the LDS Church, and the path that led him to being one of the most influential members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

We went to court!

2011-01-13T13:38:00.002-07:00

Last week at Avalanche we were busy working on a shoot for the state. We filmed a “Juror Instructional Video” for the Office of the Courts. We shot on location at the Matheson Courthouse downtown. We worked with Cristina Flores of KUTV news who was the host of the video. She was easy to work with and made the shoot very smooth. We came back a few days later and did B-roll of jurors deliberating on a trial. We had lawyers and a judge perform a mock trial for our footage. It was interesting to hear all the “jargon” about a potential gum snatcher. It was a fun shoot.

Something different at Avalanche Studios

2010-11-17T12:53:00.003-07:00

This week at Avalanche Studios we shot an online webinar about HIV and AIDS. The seminar shoot was done in the studio with multi-cameras and broadcast live to medical practitioners throughout the country. We were hired by PlaformQ and Stream57 out of New York. The show was produced for ID Care Live out of Massachusetts. ID Care Live is a division of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Our latest adventure...

2010-11-17T12:49:00.002-07:00

We’ve been traveling! Last week and this week as well we’ve had two crews shooting for Gallo Displays and Medtronic . We filmed interviews with endocrinologists for videos about Medtronic’s medical device used to treat diabetes. All the interviews were filmed on location. We've been to Houston--TX, Chattanooga--TN, Orlando and West Palm Beach--FL, and we also filmed the Medtronic Diabetes Symposium while in Orlando. It's been a fun two weeks.

Infuse Medical Shoot

2010-10-22T11:59:00.003-06:00

This week at Avalanche we had the pleasure of working with Infuse Medical. They hired us to shoot a video of a medical device made by Boston Scientific. This video is part of a training program so medical personnel can learn how to use the device. We shot the video with the Avalanche crew in our studio. It was a great shoot!

inContact Shoot

2010-09-24T13:08:00.002-06:00

This week we had the pleasure of working with inContact. They are a local company that makes software and equipment for call centers. They had their annual conference called “ICUC” which is the inContact User’s Conference. It was held at the downtown Marriott center. We provided all video services for their 4-day event. We shot video of all the sessions and pre-produced the video content that was shown at the conference, as well as provided video support during the event. We had a quick turn around and edited overnight to show a video for the final day. It was a successful conference with inContact customers coming from around the globe for the sessions and latest information. We were happy to be a part of it—especially the good food! Thanks inContact.

Our interview with Governor Herbert

2010-09-23T13:37:00.002-06:00

Last week we had the opportunity to interview Governor Gary Herbert for our client, Oil Shale Exploration Company. OSEC hired us to create a video about oil shale to use on their website and at presentations for potential investors. OSEC wants to develop fuel resources in the Uinta Basin. They have a process of extracting oil shale to create usable oil. Governor Herbert was asked to speak on the benefits of the US developing our resources instead of outsourcing to foreign countries. The Governor was nice and spoke very easily about the issue. We shot the video in the state capitol building in his pressroom.

Last week at Avalanche...

2010-08-30T12:06:00.004-06:00

Last week we shot interviews for our documentary on Alex Boye, the former boy-band star from England who now sings for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. We interviewed the president of the choir, along with the music director and two choir members. They all had nice things to say about Alex. We shot on location inside the Tabernacle on Temple Square and used our new Canon 5D camera. Earlier in the week we interviewed Alex at a recording studio in Provo while he worked on his new Christmas album. Stay tuned for more shooting details as we get footage of the choir during rehearsal this week!

Crystal Tones

2010-08-30T11:43:00.002-06:00

We've been working with musician Ken Davis to edit a video for Crystal Tones Music. The video called "Crystal Bowl Awakening" features music for meditation. Ken plays crystal bowls to create sound and energy. Ken is from Australia and is a long-time musician and composer. He was fun to work with. "Crystal Bowl Awakening" is an ambient video with images of mountain streams and music, combined with the sound of vibrating bowls. The video will be show on airplanes and is sold on Ken's website.

inContact shoot

2010-08-20T11:38:00.001-06:00

This week at Avalanche we shot a video at the inContact headquarters in Midvale. We filmed a building tour for the inContact User Conference (ICUC) which will be shown at their upcoming convention. We filmed on location and it was a fun, light-hearted shoot with one of their executives playing host as we toured the facility.

Last week at Avalanche...

2010-08-20T11:34:00.002-06:00

We shot five promotional videos of presenters from Universal Accounting Center for their upcoming seminar called "How to Start and Grow Your Own Bookkeeping Business". The videos will be shown on UAC's website soon. We shot the video in our studio with a teleprompter and green screen. It was a fun shoot with the good people at UAC and we got some funny outtakes. It was a great day at Avalanche.

National Oil Shale Association Video

2009-08-24T23:05:00.000-06:00

We are in Rifle, Colorado today to shoot footage for an educational video for the National Oil Shale Association. Today we met up with the guys at DBS Helicopters who helped us mount the Tyler Mount for our aerial photography. After getting the camera, nose mount, and CCU set up, we took off from Rifle and flew over the Piceance Basin, part of the Green River Formation, which is the largest deposit of oil shale in the United States.

Luckily, the weather was much better than expected and we were able to get plenty of great shots as we flew over this huge oil shale reserve. We saw a few big elk, some cool canyons, tons of sage brush, and of course, lots of oil shale. We also had the pleasure of being mooned by one of the very classy workers at an oil shale pilot plant.

All in all, it was a great day working with our client, Glenn Vawter of NOSA, and Paul and Doug from DBS Helicopters. We also made it out to the Shell location and saw their freeze wall - thanks to Carolyn Tucker from Shell for granting us a very informative interview.

We shoot again tomorrow in Rifle, then head to Vernal, Utah for more interviews and videotaping, before heading home to Salt Lake City. What a fun job - making videos rocks!

Rewards One Card Shoot with Apolo Anton Ohno

2009-08-22T01:56:00.001-06:00

So we just finished a shoot for Global Marketing Group's new Rewards One Card today. The on-camera spokesman is Olympic Speed Skater Apolo Anton Ohno, who is also an owner of the program. We are producing a couple of televsion ads and internet campaigns for this new product. Apolo was a good sport about us making fun of his name in the ads.

We started at the Olympic Oval in Kearns and shot a bunch of B-roll of Apolo skating, working out, and generally looking cool with his bandana and soul patch. We then shifted gears, and moved locations to Salt City Burger, for a bunch of restaurant scenes. If you want a great burger, in a high class atmosphere, you can't beat Salt City. Thanks to the owner, Mike, for letting us shoot at his place, and for picking up

the tab for our crew tonight.

It was another long production day for Avalanche Studios, but I think we got some great footage and had plenty of help with some good-looking extras. We'll get a link posted to these ads when they are done in a few weeks. Thanks again to our crew, the cast, Apolo, Salt City Burgers, and to the guys at Global Marketing.