August Survey
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Glacier Trivia
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Talk at Outdoor Retailer
Sponsered by Pelican Products, Michael Brown will be speaking about The Art and Challenages of Adventure Filmmaking at the Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake City, Utah. Join Michael and Pasquale Scaturro at the Marriot (across from the Salt Palace) this coming Saturday August 9th at 12 noon; they will be showing some captivating images while presenting ideas about equipment needed for adventures.
In the above image by James Balog from this July, Michael is rappeling into a Greenland moulin (melt water drain) to get shots for a NOVA/National Geographic Television science film about James' Extreme Ice Survey. Directed by Noel Docksteader with Dave Ruddick running sound and saftey. The film will air on NOVA in early 2009. Story of our encounter with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
Michael's next talk will be on August 18th where he will be teaching another Adventure Filmmaking course for Boulder Digital Arts
Click here to take our August Glacier Quiz. We are giving away 4 tickets to the Bradford Washburn
American Mountaineering Museum in Golden, Colorado.
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Mt. Evans Panoramic Shoot for the DMNS
The Serac Adventure Films Crew recently spent a week on 14er, Mt.Evans. Our own David D'Angelo directed photography for a permanent interactive display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Serac teamed up with GW Hannaway and Associates to create a truly unique dual-HD Camera setup that will create a 24 x 9 ft image when the "Object Theater" goes live at the DMNS in Spring 2009. Stay Tuned!
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Adventure Film School
 We just wrapped up another exciting Adventure Film School, this time with Mountain Hardwear Athletes.
Following an intense day of editing we premiered the film at Amante Coffee in Boulder; special thanks to hosts Jonny Cop, Jose Yavari, Justin from Amante and the Adventure Film Festival crew!
(Pictured to the right is one of the personalized Film School Diplomas that students receive after their adventure.)
Adventure Filmmaking School in
Peru! Spaces are still available Join the Serac Adventure Film School in Peru on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu while making your own film in our intensive hands
on course. After the expedition come to Boulder, Colorado to edit your
film.
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 3 Peaks 3 Weeks DVD released
The Serac Team is excited to announce that 3 Peaks 3 Weeks is out on DVD and available for purchase at our online DVD store.
And for an update on the festival circuit 3 Peaks 3 Weeks has been accepted for 'Official Selection' at Berg Film Festival Tegernsee, Germany October 22-26th and also the Film Festival Graz in Austria November 12-15th.
3 Peaks 3 Weeks, Online DVD Store
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Farther Than the Eye Can See
Nissan Adventure Film Festival in the U.K will be screening Farther Than the Eye Can See in September, they will also feature an article in their festival magazine with an interview of Erik Weihenmayer, blind climber and star of the film.
For more details, check out http://www.adventurefest.co.uk/
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July Survey Results
In honor of heart transplant recipient Kelly Perkin's climb of Yosemite's Half Dome we tested your Organ Donor Knowledge just in case you didn't know that intestines and heart valves could be donated. Well, now we know and we would like to thank you. For those who played we drew names and got a winner who claimed a $50 gift certificate to their favorite restaurant.
Organ Donor Knowledge answers!
1. There are almost 100,000 people nationwide currently in need of life-saving organ transplants.
2. All these can be donated: heart, kidneys, lungs, pancreas, liver, intestines, corneas, skin, tendons, bone, and heart valves.
3. Its true that skin, tendons and bone can be donated
4. Every 12 minutes someone is put on the national waiting list
5. Indicating on your drivers license that you are an organ donor is sometimes not enough, some states require family consent, so let your family know your wishes.
Click here to check out August Glacier Trivia. We are giving away 4 tickets to Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum in Golden, Colorado.
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Serac Adventure Films: Michael, Dave, Ryan, Tracy, Lam, Cyndi, Tyler, Krista
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