By Andrew McLean
Last year, Mountain Hardwear purchased a mini HD DVD camera, wide-angle lens, solar charger and all of the accessories needed to shoot videos on expeditions. I had a chance to take the kit with me on a trip into the Wrangell-St.Elias Mountains where I shot a bunch of crappy footage and edited together an even crappier little film which did not do justice to the trip. More than anything, the experience made me realize that a) making a film is hard and b) I knew nothing about the process.
Fortunately, the crew at Serac Adventure Films (SAF) in Boulder, Colorado know a LOT about making mountain movies, and not only that, they offer classes on how to do it. The classes are customized to whatever you want to do. Some people bring their own footage and edit it into a movie, or, as in our case, we spent a day shooting a mountain mockumentary, then two days editing it together just in time for a smashing/smashed debut in the Jonny Cop Film Fest at the Amante bar. The buzz on Pearl Street is that "Heart of Stone" is going to go big. Really big. Like, it might even make it on to YouTube.com...
Continue reading about Andrew's experience at film school on Andrew's blog, Straightchuter.com
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