Life of Duty // Smokejumpers
Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by Ryan in Life of Duty, Video
A documentary we filmed for Life of Duty TV. Smokejumping was developed in the late 1930s era as a means to quickly reach fires in remote road-less areas for initial attack. The primary mission of a smoke jumper is fighting fire. Along with parachuting, smoke jumpers may be delivered to fires via helicopter, by vehicle or on foot.
We had the opportunity to meet and interview a handful of these heroes, including Jason Ramos.
The North Cascades Smokejumpers base is located about 2 hours north of Wenatchee, Washington.
Producer Rick Stewart interviewing Jason Ramos in the airplane the smokejumpers jump from. We had 3 cameras set up in this tight space.
We got to use the GoPro cameras in a couple of fun places as well.
It’s like this helicopter had a mount specifically for the GoPro.
Ryan Welch all suited up, ready for a helicopter ride to grab some ariel shots over the Cascade mountain range.
Ryan Rossman running audio while interview one of the smokejumpers in the hangar.
This was really a fun project for us. It was something that began about 18 months prior when we began to look at how we were using our Same Day Wedding edits to tell stories. We realized there was no reason we couldn’t do the same thing for Oregon Football – telling the story not of just the football game, but of everything part of the experience of Autzen Stadium. So we took aim at capturing the Civil War versus Oregon State – one of the longest rivalry games in college football.
We spent countless hours in pre-production, planning for everything we could. We knew the day would unfold before us, but we did everything we could to make sure we were in the right spot at the right time. We spent the following day editing, and had it online just under 48 hours after the game was over. The video has received over 31k view on GoDucks.com YouTube page and almost 11k on our Vimeo page.
It was an extremely fun project with a great team of people.
For this project we used the following equipment: Canon 5D, Canon 7D, Canon 60D / Glidecam HD 4000 / DP Slider / GoPro HD Cameras / Manfrotto Monopods
Capturing a timelapse as the band warms up around 8am.
Scouting Autzen the day before the Civil War.
The Experience: Autzen film made it on the 2011 Oregon Football highlight DVD.
Produced for Oregon IMG Sports Marketing
Presented by Oregon Community Credit Union
Producer/Director/Editor: Jay Jones
Cinematographer/Editor: Ryan Welch
Cinematographer: Ryan Rossman
Cinematographer: Susan Welch
Original Music: Trevor Watson
Life of Duty // Interceptors: Battle at the Arizona-Mexico Border
Posted on 29. Nov, 2011 by Ryan in Life of Duty, Video
We had the very eye-opening experience of hanging with Arizona’s Pinal County sheriff department in September. It was unbelievable to see how unsecured our borders are at that juncture. The first night we were out with them on patrol, they intercepted 3 mexican “packers,” each hauling over 80 pounds of marijuana on their backs. One of them was a 14-year-old boy.
The 2nd day we were there, we got to film a SWAT take down of a cartel member in suburban Phoenix.
This is a truck load of the packages of marijuana the ‘packers’ carry on their back – each weighing over 60 pounds – across the border headed for metropolitan Phoenix.
On the last morning, there was an officer-involved shooting near an interstate. It was amazing to see the full law-enforcement force thrown into action so quickly.
Life of Duty // Joseph Collins: The Colors of Commitment
Posted on 27. Nov, 2011 by Ryan in Life of Duty, Video
Here’s a piece we had the opportunity to film for NRA Life of Duty. Joseph Collins is a American Hero who has served in the Marines, the Army and as a police officer.
Life of Duty // Chuck Mawhinney: The most successful sniper in US Marine Corps history
Posted on 06. Apr, 2011 by Ryan in Life of Duty, Video
As part of the show, Life of Duty, we were able to film portions of this documentary which tells the tale of Chuck Mawhinney, the most successful sniper in US Marine Corps history.
Thousands of miles from home, tasked with the job of saving the lives of his fellow Marines, Chuck Mawhinney recounts both the physical and mental grit it took to kill and not get killed in the jungles of Vietnam.
A video profile on Jordan Kent, founder of Edge Combines. Kent is a former wide receiver for the University of Oregon. He also played a bit in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks and the St. Louis Rams.
Here’s a promo video we created for Jordan Kent’s Edge Combines.
A short teaser of footage shot on at the U.S. Army C.B.R.N. (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear) School’s training facility at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri.
We shot this for LifeofDuty.tv which is produced by Rick Stewart.
This is a video produced for Tog+Porter, a company who ‘brings style to your door.’ We had tons of fun shooting this one with the girls from T+P.
The Daughter’s Walk by award-winning author, Jane Kirkpatrick.
Published by WaterBook Press, a division of Random House.
Available April 5, 2011.