Project: One of the 1st original content initiatives for internet giant Yahoo! Richard Bangs Adventures dispatched a team of media pros to far away places to write, shoot, edit, record and bring those experiences to life in near real-time. Here’s a complete overview of the series.
My Roles: My primary jobs were to Shoot, Edit, and Produce finished webisodes within hours of the action taking place. Other important jobs included hand-holding, satellite equipment troubleshooting, and avoiding kicking rocks or snow on the talent.
The Trailer
Episode Notes:
The RBA media crew joined forces with a crack team of mountaineering filmmakers from MacGillivray Freeman Films to cover a dramatic and life-fulfilling expedition in the Swiss Alps with Expedition Eiger. The focus: John Harlin III, whose father died trying to climb the 5,960-foot (1,800-meter) rock wall of the North Face of the Eiger. Four decades later, Harlin made the attempt himself, while his wife and young daughter looked on. The result was the first RBA production, and the centerpiece of the IMAX film “The Alps.” (More about the movie.)
Production took place in the fall (when the 3-day climb was planned), however due to weather and other delays, we spent nearly a month
Additional Credits (field):
Richard Bangs – Executive Producer, Writer, Host
John Canning – Still Photographer
Scott Finley – Editing
Christian Kallen – Managing Editor (web)