Whirlpool Shoot - Michigan and Chicago 4/17/12

The crew from Avalanche Studios recently traveled to Benton Harbor, Michigan to produce video content for Whirlpool's National Sales Meeting.  This project involved doing some heavy visual effects work and Zac Heileson headed up the job. Here, Zac works with one of the Whirlpool executives as we film him on green screen to insert him into famous scenes from various movies.  For this movie parody project we placed Whirlpool executives into movies such as "Saturday Night Fever", "Glen Garry Glen Ross", "Braveheart", "Animal House" and more.

In this photo, Zac is helping the Whirlpool executive to strut like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.

Here, producer Dave Lindsay is found loitering around outside the Whirlpool Headquarters Building.

After the shoot, we stopped into the Windy City, just so we could take a picture of this giant bean.

Medtronic Diabetes Shoot in St. Louis, MO

Since we were shooting for Medtronic Diabetes during the day, our exploring of the great city of St. Louis, Missouri had to be done late at night. 

This baby would have fallen if not for Dave and his enormous guns.

All set up and ready to shoot this Visiting Surgeon Program interview.  For some reason the surgeon's schedule is always more important than the crew's.

Thomas Edison makes Ghostly Appearance at CES 2013

Avalanche Studios created ghostly hologram-type image of Thomas Edison for IEEE's booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.  Attendees found themselves feeling like they were in the presence of the very innovative Thomas Edison.  Check out some of the news clips and video that have been circulating!

http://www.i4u.com/2013/01/ipad/ghost-thomas-appearance-makes-ces-
edison-2013

http://www.redorbit.com/images/pic/70016/thomas-edison-ces-01092013/

http://www.firstpost.com/topic/product/ipad-thomas-edison-at-ces-2013-discussing-the-ieee-gadget-graveya-video-cLFOKf-FnkY-77873-1.html

Utah Credit Union Association Caucus Video

In January of 2012, Avalanche Studios helped support the American Election process by producing a very informative and entertaining Caucus Training Video for the Utah Credit Union Association.

Shot on green screen in our studio, the video was called Political Wipeout and parodied the popular TV show Wipeout. Trenton James and Jeff Miller were the hosts of the show.

Travis Cline was DP and Zac Heileson handled the second camera.  Jason Conforto, Eddie Johnson and Dave Lindsay rounded out the crew.

Trenton James & Jeff Miller hamming it up.

Travis Cline needs a haircut.

Western Petroleum Shoot

Sweet Travis Cline over looking Bryce Canyon.  Dave Lindsay over looking Sweet Travis Cline

 Sweet Travis Cline trying his best to get the shot Jason Conforto wanted.           

 Avalanche Studios first shoot in Egg Nog UT, Population 1.  We were able to interview half the population while we were there.

Dave's first forest fire in 30 years.

 The smoke from Dave's fire looked like morning mist for our shot.  I think we found a motive.

Filming in Orlando for the Children With Diabetes Convention

 Jason Conforto on set in Orlando with our client and the interviewee.  This video project was for Medtronic Diabetes as we filmed at the Children With Diabetes Convention.

 While Jason and crew were working, Dave was resting on this hammock....

and taking pictures of this luscious lake at the Disney Resort where we stayed.

Shoot for GE/Dresser

The Avalanche Studios crew was happy to produce a series of product videos for GE and Dresser in Salt Lake City in July of 2011.  Here we see Director of Photography Zac Heileson on camera sporting his checkered beret and his stylish safety glasses.

This series of product videos featured GE's line of specialized valves used in the natural gas and pipeline industry.  Looks like Eddie, Zac and Jason are standing around again.

Zac Heileson in our studio shooting the product shots on white.  There's nothing sexier than a Dresser FlowMax Regulator Valve bathed in an endless flow of silky smooth white light.