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Independent work

INDEPENDENT WORK

FILMS ON A WHIM

Disclosure, this is my first film ever. Just for the record.

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ONE YEAR. ONE STATE. ONE LIFETIME OF TRAILS.

Alaska is a gigantic state with everything from rainforests, to mountain peaks, to sand dunes, but how much of Alaska’s history, environment and community and trails could you capture in one year?

My name is Max Romey and I am an Alaskan filmmaker, painter and I plan to spend the next year trying to capture the history, landscapes and communities that Alaska's trails bind together. As a filmmaker for Salomon Running it has been my job to travel to the most amazing trails in the world and making films on how those trails. But now it is time to turn that focus toward home and explore how the trails in the backyard stack up to the rest of the world. As our generation of trail builders gets older, environmental shifts begin to intensify and use of Alaska's trails begin to change a film like this is more important than ever to help archive, educate and explore this states trail systems like no film has ever done before.

PART OF THE BIG PUZZLE

How can one trip capture the history, landscapes and communities that are connected by Alaska's trails? Well, one trip probably can't, so we are going to take lots! This project is going to be broken up into multiple trips throughout the year across the state to explore the different pieces that make up this amazing puzzle that is Alaska. Below are a few ideas of some of the trips and the stories they could tell, but at this point in the process there are still a lot of moving pieces so if you see somewhere that is missing or a story that needs to be captured, please let us know in the contact link below.

INTERIOR PARKS

The Aleutians

THE VALLEY

ANCHORGE

ANWR

DENALI

SEWARD

SITKA

JUEAU

McCARTHY

GIRDWOOD

HOMER

HOPE

KODIAK

NANA NORDIC

20 stories. 3 parts. 1 Amazing State.

All of these stories across the state will be captured and combined into one encompassing video on Alaska’s trails, their history and the landscapes and communities that make them up. However there are two more parts to this equation including smaller videos released shortly after (or even during) a trip as well as short region specific episodes that will be released as a series through out the following summer.

Part 1: The Filming (1:00 - 4:00)

Short highlight film for social media to be released days after filming. This will help share share the energy and footage of the trip shortly after it is taken and help bring the viewer along in the journey. The trip will likely result in a longer video (5:00 - 15:00) but that episode will be released as part of a series later the following year.

Part 2: The Episodes (5:00 - 15:00)

These episodes will highlight the region and the story of the trip. Similar to Indi Alaska films they will be stand alone, but part of a larger series that will be released throughout the spring and summer of 2021.

Part 3: The Feature Film (60:00 - 90:00)

Trying to capture all the history, landscapes and communities that are connected by Alaska's trails might be impossible, but we will do our best in a feature film that will tie together all of the projects and trips taken over the year. This part of the story will be released last most likely around summer or fall of 2021.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE…

Right now this is just a dream typed onto a website by a single videographer, but in order to make these films a reality we will need lots more help. During this planning stage we would be looking for the following. If you have any advice, want to get involved or just have a suggestion of a spot of story we should not miss, please let us know!

FINDING OR WRITING GRANTS
WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS
FINDING A PRODUCER
FINDING A HISTORIAN OR ARCHIVIST

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Thank you!

PAST WORK

Alaska has been a spring of creativity and passion, here are some examples of past works I have created or helped with in the same vain as the current endeavor.

MaxRomeyProductions@gmail.com - (907) 444 - 5173 - @MaxRomey