{"id":800803,"date":"2019-10-29T10:24:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T16:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/the-book-of-pow-showcases-independent-filmmaking\/"},"modified":"2019-10-29T10:24:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T16:24:01","slug":"watch-featuring-summit-county-locals-the-book-of-pow-showcases-what-is-possible-in-colorado-independent-filmmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/watch-featuring-summit-county-locals-the-book-of-pow-showcases-what-is-possible-in-colorado-independent-filmmaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Featuring Summit County locals, \u2018The Book of Pow\u2019 showcases what is possible in Colorado independent filmmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/BookOfPow-SDN-102919-1-1024x562.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/BookOfPow-SDN-102919-1-1024x562.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/BookOfPow-SDN-102919-1-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/BookOfPow-SDN-102919-1-768x421.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Quandary Peak is one of the locations seen in &#8220;The Book of Pow.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Edward Clem<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">FRISCO \u2014 After seeing the short film \u201cThe Book of Pow,\u201d which claims to be shot 100% in Colorado last season, some might be tempted to accuse its creators of filming in other locations, such as British Columbia or Alaska.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">They have good alibis, though. Local freeskier John Spriggs and his videographer, Edward Clem, worked full time jobs at Podium Sports in Summit County throughout the season. Living in Frisco, they could film only in areas within shooting distance, and they spent all their free time creating \u201cThe Book of Pow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Avon local Taylor Seaton got involved with the project later in the season, eventually working his way up to a starring role. Seaton said it was obvious that Spriggs and Clem were on a mission to create something special, and he wanted to get involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cYou could tell they were onto something,\u201d Seaton said. \u201cThe conditions were right, Ed was capturing some amazing shots, and Spriggs was skiing with intensity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Spriggs, a Battle Mountain graduate, said that while they didn\u2019t have the budget you\u2019ll see in big ski films, they did have the talent and the locations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe were going to zones we already knew, but we were seeing all new lines last season, stuff we had never seen before,\u201d Spriggs said. \u201cEd was out there getting multiple angles, making it look like we had a whole team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The never-been-done lines seen in the film are never-been-done runs for a reason. Avalanche danger can be especially evident in Colorado \u2014 safer conditions have small windows of availability \u2014 and Colorado usually doesn\u2019t see the accumulation of snow that other popular ski film locations have. The team ran into numerous roadblocks from all of the above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">Dedicated to Bindu<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The project was beset by tragedy early on. While filming with Clem and Spriggs, backcountry snowboarder Bindu Sky Pomeroy died attempting an inverted maneuver off a set of cliffs in East Vail. Pomeroy underrotated and landed headfirst in deep snow, and was unable to self rescue while Spriggs and Clem rushed to his assistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Spriggs, who was first to reach Pomeroy and performed CPR on him, went through the full range of emotion following the incident.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Book of Pow\" src=\"about:blank\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/363072336?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Book of Pow\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/363072336?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ultimately, though, he said Pomeroy\u2019s death made him even more motivated to see the project through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe were going hard after that,\u201d Spriggs said, \u201cin honor of Bindu and everyone else we\u2019ve lost doing this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe Book of Pow\u201d is dedicated to Pomeroy and contains the last shot of the man known as the \u201cMayor of East Vail\u201d landing a nice cliff drop in the area over which he presided.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">From Colorado with love<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe Book of Pow\u201d debuted at the High Five Film Festival in Annecy, France, on Oct. 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Seaton attended the premiere and said it was well received by the mostly European audience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt was awesome to get it in front of 800 people at one of Europe\u2019s biggest ski film festivals,\u201d Seaton said. \u201cJust getting it into this festival showed us the appeal Colorado skiing has around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The film has also been accepted into the International Freeski Film Festival, known as IF3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Spriggs, Seaton and Clem say they plan to continue working the festival circuit as a showcase of what\u2019s possible in independent filmmaking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIn some ways doing this totally independently made it easier. It gave us more freedom, more opportunity to get creative,\u201d Spriggs said. \u201cBut it can definitely make it harder, too. A bigger budget can open some doors and get you to some destinations that are harder to get to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><em>This story is from vaildaily.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/the-book-of-pow-showcases-independent-filmmaking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quandary Peak is one of the locations seen in &#8220;The Book of Pow.&#8221;Courtesy Edward Clem FRISCO \u2014 After seeing the short film \u201cThe Book of Pow,\u201d which claims to be shot 100% in Colorado last season, some might be tempted to accuse its creators of filming in other locations, such as British Columbia or Alaska. 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