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Altitude

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gravel
Posts: 5524 - Karma: 42,380
NS,

I spent a lot of my season this year going out and filming local and visiting skiers at Breck and Keystone. I ended up filming most of the season with Walter Wood, Ethan Swadburg, Levi Ascher, and Kai George, but I also got a day in with ABM (Alex Beaulieu-Marchand) and Christian Shackelford. This past month, I took some of the best footage from the season - some that was included in web edits, some unreleased - and compiled it into a short film: Altitude.

So, I'd like to present to you, M&A, Altitude. You can check it out at the vimeo embed below or watch it and give it an upvote on NS here (https://www.newschoolers.com/watch/635962.0/ALTITUDE?c=11&o=10&t=6).


Definitely super thanks to all of the athletes who worked hard to make this happen, to all of the radical artists who let me use their music (ODESZA, TiredEyes, Lemaitre, and Emancipator), and, of course, all of you guys who support me and watch my videos, you guys make me want to keep making more.

Thanks a ton!

Let me know what you thought, drop me an upvote if you liked it!



General information from Vimeo:

Gavin Rudy Media is happy to present Altitude. Altitude follows six skiers and parts of their seasons in Summit County, Colorado. Ski with them through the parks at Breckenridge and Keystone during the 2013 ski season.

Video
Gavin Rudy

Skiing
Ethan Swadburg
Walter Wood
Alex Beaulieu-Marchand
Kai George
Levi Ascher
Christian Shackelford

Audio (Used with permission)

Odesza - Today
http://odesza.com
http://facebook.com/odesza

TiredEyes - We're Ok, Watch TV
http://tiredeyesmusic.com
http://facebook.com/tiredeyes

Odesza - Don't Stop
http://odesza.com
http://facebook.com/odesza

Emancipator - Nevergreen
http://emancipatormusic.com
http://facebook.com/emancipatormusic

Emancipator - Minor Cause
http://emancipatormusic.com
http://facebook.com/emancipatormusic

Lemaitre - Iron Pyrite
http://lemaitremusic.com
http://facebook.com/lemaitremusic
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/lemaitre/ID41169416
http://youtube.com/lemaitremusic

Equipment
Canon T3i
Canon 50 f/1.8
Tokina 11-16 f/2.8
Tamron 17-50 f/2.8
Glidecam HD-1000
Manfrotto 701HDV
Manfrotto 055XPROB

http://vimeo.com/gavinrudy - http://facebook.com/gavinrudymedia
12 years ago
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Forcillo
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Wow. That was very well-done. Excellent film overall. The color grading was spot on and everything flowed very nicely. My only complaints, and these are pretty small, are that although I love Emancipator, hearing it back to back seemed kind of bland, as the two songs you picker\d were pretty similar in overall sound. The other thing is that the interviews in the beginning had some distracting wind noise in the background, and having them before every segment got pretty repetitive.

But take what I say with a grain of salt as I am quite inexperienced in the film community. Overall this was amazing and I am very impressed with your skills after just 2 years of filming. Very nice!
12 years ago
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RockNRollNghtClb
Posts: 2013 - Karma: 2,509
colors looked phenomenal
titles looked great
time lapses were awesome, maybe a little too many though
too much resort skiing, got real repetitive
lacked skiing audio
objects were cut a little bit due to the crop
soundtrack lacked variety

12 years ago
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gravel
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Thanks for the feedback, guys.

Very glad were into the titling and color grading.

I'll keep those comments about the soundtrack in mind in future productions, thanks.

As for skiing audio, I should have just spent a day with my iPhone and recorded a bunch of foley to work with in post (All of the interviews and intro were recorded separately with my iPhone's microphone), but it never really came into fruition. Next year I will most certainly prioritize audio and probably get a RodeMic.
12 years ago
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*ninja*
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switched to HD falfway through made it 2x better. um well music was ok not great the songs didnt rly fit with the vibe. but otherwise nice job man!
12 years ago
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ravin_gudy
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Good stuff Gavin!

You'r video was such a big inspiration for me to make my own sick new edit.
11 years ago
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Foy6
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Really can't explain how much I enjoyed this movie. I'm a skier from the Midwest and me and buddys ski at a HILL where you park at the top and ski down. We are looking into making a short film and I think this is our model. Nice job Gavin!!!!
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