inContact Shoot

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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!