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An immensely visual film on the life & work of Ski Patrol, Search & Rescue teams, and Avalanche Safety in the Rocky Mountains

Snow Guardians - Search & Rescue / Ski Patrol Documentary

An immensely visual film on the life & work of Ski Patrol, Search & Rescue teams, and Avalanche Safety in the Rocky Mountains
An immensely visual film on the life & work of Ski Patrol, Search & Rescue teams, and Avalanche Safety in the Rocky Mountains
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234 backers pledged $24,884 to help bring this project to life.
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Reviewing Snow Guardians DVD / BlueRay Proof

We just received the new custom BlueRay and DVD proofs from our printer. They look great and I can't wait to get the DVD presses running and get them out... Read more

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Snow Guardians New Trailer and Full Film available on VOD

Sneak Peak of full Snow Guardians Film available on Vimeo on Demand

Hello we are providing a sneak peak of the full film with a 1 year rental of Snow... Read more

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Broadcast & Distribution cut completed

Hello,

We wanted to provide you with a Snow Guardians update. During our film festival tour season, we filmed an additional education section for the Avalanche Center and for other... Read more

Snow Guardians Selected for Sonoma International Film Festival

Come join the Producer & Director of Snow Guardians at the Sonoma International Film Festival

The Sonoma International Film Festival (April 10-14, 2013) takes place in the heart of Northern California’s... Read more

Free VIP Seats for Kickstarter supporters at SnowGuardians Premiere

If your in Bozeman Montana on 28 December, and your one of our Kickstarter contributors, then let us know to reserve your free VIP premiere tickets.

Snow Guardians: http://www.snowguardians.com

Facebook: http://facebook.com/snowguardians... Read more

Its here! Snow Guardians Film Premiere 28 December

Buy tickets for the film premiere in Bozeman Montana on 28 December 2012

Can't make it to Montana?  Come to our California film premiere on 12 January 2013: http://www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org/snow-guardians/

Details... Read more

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Snow Guardians - Completing surround sound & audio engineering sessions.

Hi, its been an exciting week.  We just completed our sound engineering session for the movie.  The wind, snow, helicopters, and avalanches all sound amazing in full Dolby 5.1 surround... Read more

Snow Guardians film submitted to Banff, Sundance and more

Its been a busy year for us... we have an amazing cut complete for Sundance and Banff film festivals and more.  All this could not be done with your Kickstarter... Read more

Final Edit in the works

Titles, Credits, Audio tweaks, and last minute edits.

We are in full finishing mode for the Snow Guardians Documentary.  Lots of small admin tasks, and lots of great edit work... Read more

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Snow Guardians Rough Cut is complete

Great News! On Friday we completed the full rough cut of Snow Guardians. We are now working on finding music to match the feel of the movie and will be transferring... Read more

Snow Guardians in full edit mode

We completed our 2nd to last interviews last week with some amazing Arc'Teryx athletes.  The film is looking amazing and we are in full edit mode and are starting to... Read more

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2 more weeks and we wrap filming

Hi, the snow is almost gone in the U.S. and we are almost done filming.  We caught a 3 minute "wet" avalanche on film last month (one of the first... Read more

Thank You!!! Our Kickstarter campaign is fully funded

Thank You!!

I want to thank all of you for the amazing support!   We are fully funded due to your support and getting the word out to your friends.... Read more
Successfully raised $24,884 with 234 backers

Facebook gives Snow Guardians custom branded URL

Hello we would like to let you know that we now have a branded URL with Facebook.  Please checkout and like our new Facebook site at: https://www.facebook.com/SnowGuardians

Make sure you add... Read more

Arc'teryx contributes 4 jackets to the next 4 contributions OVER $500

ONLY 8 DAYS REMAINING!!!

We are very excited to have Arc'teryx support the Snow Guardians Documentary!

Arc'teryx has contributed 4 Gore-tex jackets to the next 4 Snow Guardians Kickstarter contributions... Read more

Running field audio at down -27F on the Snow Guardians Documentary

We have had several questions on how to set up a HDDSLR “rig” for the best audio, especially on the remote set of Snow Guardians.  We all know that the... Read more

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Snow Guardians Crew in Action

Only 10 Days left to contribute to Snow Guardians!!!

We are almost there!  We need 95 $100 donation to get funded.  The support and emails have been great! 

Thanks to... Read more

Close Call: Avalanche carries one of our Ski Patrollers 1500 feet

Its been an intense avalanche season.  27 people have been killed in avalanches this winter.

We are thankful to report that one of the Ski Patrol trainees that we filmed is alive after they... Read more

How we shot motion timelapse on Snow Guardians

How we shot the motion timelapse on Snow Guardians

https://vimeo.com/38273364

The above timelapse was shot by Tyler Ginter @tylerginter, Ryan Wilson @RSPCTdesign and Carson @F9photo.  The shot used a Canon... Read more

Outside Magazine Features Snow Guardians Trailer online


Thanks for all the outreach help!  Outside magazine just featured the Snow Guardians Trailer online.

http://www.outsideonline.com/featured-videos/adventure-videos/skiing/Snow-Guardians.html

Check it out and share with your friends.  We need you all to email... Read more

Custom Snow Guardians Kessler Crane Stealth Slider Reward

The next 3 SnowGuardians contributions over $700 get a Custom Snow Guardians @KesslerCrane Stealth Slider f9p.co/kick

The full size Stealth Slider is worth over $800 alone.  This is the upgraded... Read more

Details about the Bozeman House Free Use Award

For people who make large donations, they can stay with 10 of their friends at an amazing escape in Bozeman, Montana.  

We will also give a "Finders" award of... Read more

Overview of gear used on Snow Guardians

Now we have avoided talking about gear so far. However, I must admit that gear is extremely important and it has definitely enhanced our production. That being said, it is... Read more

Vincent Laforet and F9photo out on helicopter shoot on Snow Guardians

On the Snow Guardians set we had Vincent Laforet come out and shoot helicopter footage and got some amazing shots of the Ski Patrol avalanche safety teams clearing ridge tops before a... Read more

A morning on the Snow Guardians set

Thanks for the support, the project is coming along great.  Help the fund raising momentum and please post to Facebook and email friends.  Every dollar counts and social networking is... Read more

Check out the Amazing crew on Snow Guardians


AARON CAUGHRAN
Time Lapse and Motion Control, 2nd Unit
www.camBLOCK.com
@cam_block

BRAD BURKE
1st Assistant Cameraman
@B_radBurke

F9PHOTO CARSON
Producer & Director
www.F9photo.com
@F9photo

CHRIS DOWSETT
Behind the Scenes Cameraman
@Chris_Dowsett... Read more
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