PARALLELS – a short film

Produced in its entirety in 7 days by 2 people, Parallels is now out for the world to see.

Parallels is a short film that explores parallel moments that we experience when we play in the mountains. Whether you are skiing or snowboarding, lift, sled, or foot access, we all seek the mountains and the pow for the same reasons. From making fresh tracks on the way up and down to our mountain lifestyles, we do the same things but in a different way.

This video was shot for the Telus ski and snowboard festival event, Intersection, sponsored by Drift Innovation. Unfortunately we did not win the event, but we did get our creative vision to a massive audience as we seek to push the conventional sports film world.

In recap of the event, I do not know even where to begin. For 7 days, Athan and I spent 20 hours per day shooting and editing. There was no downtime, that was when we got to sleep. 2 hours here, 2 hours there, then up to go touring. We kept the pace high throughout the whole production process and with 280 hours of work in it, Parallels is the end result of that hard work. I speak for myself, but I’m sure Athan would be on the same page, that after 7 days of the most intense work ever, I felt like a complete zombie. A state I had never ventured into, not through two degrees and 6 years of university did I ever get so worked from relentless work. An experience to remember.

It was a great experience to shoot in this event and kudos to Voleurz for taking the win.

Please spread and share the film with many.

-Nic

Tags: blackcomb, british columbia, coast mountains, creativity, dendrite studios, drift innovation, dslr, elliott, hdslr, intersection, parallels, short film, ski, ski touring, skiing, sled skiing, snowboard, treadway, whistler
12 Comments »

Trailer season

Dendrite Studios is proud to release the official trailer for our debut 2010 HD ski film “Out of the Shadows.” We at Dendrite are in the full on post production process now as we piece together the individual segments. We are stoked on the feel and uniqueness of the trailer and you’ll see more of that in the film. Out of the Shadows is a ski film produced without a budget, but with a lot of passion. Enough talk, here’s the trailer.

Proudly shot in the mountains of British Columbia, Out of the Shadows features the finest athletes who have been in the shadows for too long. This is their shot and their opportunity to break out on film. They bring their lives with them and shred the mountains with un-inhibited passion on a daily basis. We bring you their stories.

Featuring the return of PY Leblanc, the forgotten legend Chris Turpin, World Champion Brett Crabtree, Swedish sensation Jon Larsson, and a giant swarm of new comers including Maxim Arsenault, Eliel Hindert, Christian Boucher, Dave Treadway, Mathieu Gagnon Theirault, Ian Cheddar Watson, Dave Gheriani, Adam Topshee, Alex Blais, Athan Merrick, Jake Cohn, Matt Elliot, and Matty Richard.

Arriving in the fall of 2010…

Sponsored by:
Selkirk Wilderness Skiing
The Ski Journal
Russell Beer
Surface Skis
Joystick Skiing
PM Gear
Swany Gloves
Smith Optics
Surefoot
Intuition Liners
Doglotion.com
Indisystem
Point of View Cameras
Lightcraft Workshop
Lowepro
Pelican
Corknine web design

Produced, Directed, Shot, and Edited by Nicolas Teichrob and Athan Merrick of Dendrite Studios.

Tags: big mountain, blackcomb, dendrite studios, freeski, freeskiing, out of the shadows, pemberton, powder, ski film, ski movie, ski trailer, trailer, unqiue, whistler
5 Comments »

Perspectives #6 – Ten Years is online!

Our 6th Perspectives clip is online and ready for your viewing pleasure. ‘Ten Year’s outlines the abilities of Chris Turpin and Eliel Hindert with their smooth and playful styles and a ten year age difference. Russell Beer is the presenting sponsor for this clip and everyone should check out their brewskis because they are tasty and local. The new Rocky Mountain Pilsner kills it.

The Perspectives series of web clips are about providing viewers with small amounts of eye candy on a regular basis as we lead up to the release of our debut film dropping in Fall 2010. A full teaser will be out in the next couple of months as well, so stay tuned for that and more Perspectives.

Perspectives #6 can be seen below or, along with #1-5, over on our videos page.

Chris Turpin athlete profile added to the People page here

Eliel Hindert athlete profile can be viewed here

We are also less than 1 week away from our film shoot at Selkirk Wilderness Skiing. Joining the production team of Athan and Nic will be Brett Crabtree, Chris Turpin, Eliel Hindert and Max Arsenault. We look forward to bringing you some quality content from this trip.

Tags: Athan Merrick, blackcomb, dendrite studios, Eliel Hindert, nicolas teichrob, perspectives 6, powder, russell beer, ski, teaser, web clip, webisode, whistler
No Comments »

Perspectives # 4 – Point of View

Perspectives #4 is now online. This is Dendrite Studios POV testing of many different mounts combined with the GoProHD helmet cams. This was all shot inbounds on Whistler Blackcomb.

This Perspectives is presented by Pointofviewcameras.ca. Without their assistance we would not have these fun shots. Visit our video page to see Perspectives 1-3.

Skiing is by Jake Cohn and Athan Merrick.

Music is courtesy of BoomBaptist and Archivist Records. The track is called “Drumatic.”

Cheers!

-Athan

Tags: action armada, Archivist Records, Athan Merrick, blackcomb, BoomBaptist, dendrite studios, Drumatic, freeskiing, GoProHD, Jake Cohn, nicolas teichrob, perspectives, pointofviewcameras.ca, POV, ski film, ski movie, skiing, whistler
1 Comment »

Deep Winter Photo Challenge 2010 wrap up

So last week I spent the majority of my time shooting or editing photos.  I was an invited photographer for the 2010 Deep Winter Photo Challenge put on by Whistler Blackcomb.  I was stoked to get an invite and worked hard to make sure I represented my style of photography.  I had so much fun over the 4 days of the event and despite some stresses, I’d do it again any time I have the chance.  I took home 3rd place, $1000, and most importantly, I was able to present my style of photography to a large audience.  Unfortunately, the sound techs were not on the ball during the event and the sound for my show (which ran first) was way too quiet.  Hopefully I can get the show online and you can crank the sound in the comfort of your own home.

I shot with Matty Richard and Matt Elliot, both Rossignol riders and both rippers.  My game plan was to use my creativity as a way to shoot every single action shot in a different way.  I utilized a few techniques I’ve practiced while shooting mountain biking and others that I tried for the first time and they worked great.  A bunch of these unique shots will have to remain off line until printed in the magazine, but here is a sample of some of shots from the event.  Stay posted for Perspectives #3 which will provide a behind the scenes look at  Day 1 of the event.  Thanks to Matty and Matt for skiing hard the whole time and getting up early and staying up later to get the lifestyle images I was after.  Dylan Dunkerton also came up to Whistler to help with some editing…although his computer crapped out Wednesday morning but we managed to run final cut on another comp. thanks for the help Dyl, and thanks to Stevo for constructing the music from scratch.

peace
-nicolas teichrob

Tags: blackcomb, deep winter photo challenge, dylan dunkerton, matt elliot, matty richard, nicolas teichrob, photo competition, photography, ski photos, whistler
No Comments »