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Road Trip!

On Thursday, Oct. 12, the Two Plank crew headed off on a three-day road trip, covering an impressive amount of Colorado.

The journey began at the “Screenplay” premiere in Colorado Springs on Thursday. This was the fifth stop of the tour. Amped fans piled into the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs student lounge where they were treated with not only “Screenplay,” but tons of giveaways as well.

After a successful show and an evening out in the Springs, the crew headed to Steamboat for stop number six the next day. The Steamboat Springs Mountain Theater played host. With its location in Ski Time Square—the epicenter of ski life in Steamboat—the venue was a perfect setting. Attendees got tons of schwag from Crested Butte lift tickets all the way to a pair of Ninthward skis.

Following the show and the ensuing shenanigans, the crew packed up and headed for Loveland Ski Area bright and early on Saturday morning. By around 9:15 a.m., everyone rolled into a warm, sunny parking lot for some opening day shredding.

A few tequila shots later—in celebration of the start to ski season—it was off to Loveland’s opening day mini park. Unfortunately, one of the two features was closed off due to some serious sketchiness, leaving a down box for everyone to hit. No worries, though. The crew—particularly Alex and Jonny—did pretty much everything you thought possible on this box from 450-on attempts to pretzels to some awfully smooth 270s on and off.

Around 1 p.m., the bright skies gave way to cloud cover, and before any of us new it, snow was piling up. By closing, around four inches of fresh blanketed Loveland, bringing a close to quite the road trip.

Check the media center for a clip from opening day as well as pictures from the excursion.

Two Plank invades the Boulder Theater

Tuesday nights in Boulder can be pretty lame when just about everyone is studying for midterms. Luckily, Two Plank Productions came through, premiering their latest flick, Screenplay, at the Boulder Theater, giving attendees a nice study break.

Deep pow, gap jumps, huge cliffs, BASE jumps, urban rails and park skiing all made Screenplay a well-rounded movie, giving the audience a taste of everything.

Everyone seemed to enjoy the movie, cheering throughout. Loudest roars came during some insane BASE jumping from none other than Jesse Hall and during Kiffor Berg’s segment, chock-full of big cliffs.

Boulder was stop number three—after a sell-out world premiere in Crested Butte and a successful Denver show—on Two Plank’s Screenplay tour.

So, if you’re in the area, don’t miss Screenplay when it rolls into Steamboat on Friday, Oct. 13 and Fort Collins on Oct. 14.

For more information about the tour and upcoming shows, check Tour Dates.

Screenplay Hits Denver and Boulder

All Boulder and Denver snowsports enthusiasts: Two Plank Productions’ “Screenplay” is taking on the big screen.

This cinematic and action packed film is fresh from an oversold World Premiere, at Crested Butte’s Center for the Arts. Reviews of the film have been outstanding and as a result, and is by far the best film to date for Two Plank.

On Monday, October 2, “Screenplay” will hit Denver’s Gothic Theater. Tickets are $6 through Two Plank and $6 at the door. For Denver University Alpine Club members, they are $5. Tickets are also available through the theater via http://www.nipp.com/show/detail/4289.

Then on Tuesday, October 3, the Boulder Theater will play host to “Screenplay.” Tickets are $5 through Two Plank. Also, Boulder Freeride members get in for $5. For general admission, ticket are $6 at the door. Tickets can also be purchased through www.bouldertheater.com.

Don’t miss out. These shows are going to be off the hook with plenty of free gear and door prizes.

“Screenplay” intro shoot goes off

For any ski movie to be complete, you have got to have a killer introduction. The Two Plank crew took this very seriously, traveling from Denver to Boulder to Aspen and then finally back to home base in Crested Butte.

It all started at the Denver Grand Prix on a Sunday. The crew consisted of JT Blewett, Steele Spence, Jonny Scott, Jeff Berman, Alex Albers, Ryan Cox and, of course, Corey. Lots of lifestyle shots were taken. While none were actually used because there was just too much else going on in the shots, everyone had a great time.

“Lots of other industry personnel were there so it was a good socialization,” Corey said.

After the Grand Prix, the crew headed to the City Group Financial office in nearby Cherry Creak to shoot Steele Spence’s intro.

Then on Monday, the filming really took off. The day started doing final location scouting. First, the crew filmed at the Go Fast office.

“That was pretty rad because we got to turn their luxury tour bus into a lounge for the day,” Corey said.

Also at this shoot, they experimented with crane/dolly camera angles. These were the most visually aesthetic shots of the intro.

“The point of trying something like that is to add optical motion to the shot,” Corey said. “Anyone can hold a camera and press the zoom button. Instead of that, we put a camera crane on the flat bed of a truck and pushed the truck. It was kind of like a Hollywood or HBO style thing.”

From Go Fast, everyone went downtown to shoot sponsor logo scenes. That took about an hour and a half. Instead of putting a sponsor’s logo on the computer and making it all work after shooting, everything was filmed with the logos incorporated into the shot.

“We shot all of the athletes and the sponsor titles in camera,” Corey said. “There would be people walking to go to a meeting and they’d walk by one of our sponsor’s logos.”

Once all the sponsor banners were done, it was time to head over to Boulder for the Freeskier shoot. There, the crew did a series of dolly camera shots, using some of the Freeskier staff as extras.

“We were dodging lightning bolts outside the office,” Corey said. “I haven’t heard thunder like that in a long time.”

That night, Two Plank treated the crew to a Rockies game and a night out in Denver. And, the Rockies even pulled off the win.

The next day, it was time to head west to a little town called Aspen to shoot intro parts for Ted Davenport and Kiffor Berg. While the original plan was to shoot outdoors, rain forced them to shoot at the Obermeyer office and at Ted’s condo. Unfortunately, the stuff from the Obermeyer office was too washed out to use, forcing the crew to stage another scene that looked like an office.

Finally, it was time for Corey to head back to Crested Butte. He managed to squeeze 60 miles out of his truck to get over a mountain pass with the low-fuel light on.

“I was basically directly between Carbondale and Crested Butte so I really had no available options for gas and this was at 1 in the morning,” he said. “I had no other choice but to send it. As soon as I got to the top of the pass, I was like ‘sweet, it’s all down hill from here to Crested Butte.’”

In some more lousy weather, the intro shoots continued in Crested Butte and in Gunnison at Western State College. That was on Wednesday and Friday for the riders who could not make it to the Denver shoots, including Jack Hannan, Jon Johnston, Laura Ogden, Ben Furimsky and Alex Norton.

“We finally got a good clearing and set up some artificial light and made it look pretty good,” Corey said.

On Sunday—one week after the extravaganza began—the final intro shoot took place, setting the stage for the entire movie. It involved a tripped out ’73 Corvette Stingray.

“We put the camera crane on my truck and actually closed off a section of highway in Crested Butte to get the shot,” Corey said. “It was great.”

After shooting four hours of footage in five days, the shots were edited down to about two minutes for an incredible introduction.

“Screenplay” is all done!

You’ve all been reading updates about how “Screenplay” has been coming along oh so nicely. Now, after a summer of toiling away in front of their MacBooks, the Two Plank crew has officially wrapped up production. Yup, that’s right: “Screenplay” is all done and ready to find its way into your DVD player.

Corey and Austin spent about 1,500 hours editing the movie shot all in HD and with Dolby Digital sound. Compare that with the roughly 300 hours spent on their first film, and it’s no wonder “Screenplay” is Two Plank’s best film to date.

During that many hours of editing, something weird is bound to happen. This summer, a moth got imbedded in Corey’s ear. Corey freaked out, knocking stuff off the walls. After 20 minutes of this destruction, the guys finally stumbled upon some tweasers and got that thing out of his ear. Lookout for a reenactment of the hilarity to hit Twoplank.com…

Make sure you pre-order your copy of “Screenplay” now to catch some absolutely epic riding from the past two winters. Pre-orders also come with a free subscription to Freeskier.

Never a dull moment

Get stoked: “Screenplay” is just about finished.

To keep things interesting around the office, Two Plank rider Jonny Scott dropped by to help edit his segment. He also gave a helping hand in the friends segment which is composed of shots of all the athletes who don’t have a full part in “Screenplay.”

With all this activity, be on the lookout for video and pics in the media center as we’re constantly adding new content for you all to soak up.

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New Content, New Locations!!

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Shot on Location: By the Riders

We want to keep you entertained and stoked on skiing all summer long.

While it might be hot, humid and hazy wherever you presently are, we’re going to give you clips that will surely cool you down as you drift off into ski land.

So, to make sure you’ve got a constant flow of skiing, we’ll be adding a new clip for your viewing pleasures every week.

The athletes have been working super hard on Screenplay. For a taste of their work, this week’s clip features shots captured by the riders themselves. It will be posted shortly so keep checking back.