{"id":2451489,"date":"2019-11-23T22:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/alex-ferreira-vital-films-come-together-for-short-film-on-japan-adventures\/"},"modified":"2019-11-23T22:00:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T05:00:01","slug":"alex-ferreira-vital-films-come-together-for-short-film-on-japan-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/alex-ferreira-vital-films-come-together-for-short-film-on-japan-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Ferreira, Vital Films come together for short film on Japan adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pro skier Alex Ferreira and Vital Films came together to create a short film on last winter’s trip to Japan that will debut as part of the World of X Games series on ABC.<\/strong>
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Professional halfpipe skier Alex Ferreira has done a lot over the past couple of years, from winning Olympic silver in 2018 to claiming a coveted X Games Aspen gold medal last winter.<\/p>\n

But one thing the Aspen local didn\u2019t have much background in was filmmaking, leading to his partnership with Vital Films and a short film set to debut Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe premise of the film is to go to a new country in a whole new culture and be able to ski with them and interact with them and tell a travel dialogue story almost,\u201d Ferreira told The Aspen Times. \u201cIt was cool to be a part of. It was my first real film.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vital Films, a video production company based out of Aspen, accompanied Ferreira to Japan for roughly six weeks last winter for filming. Presented by Columbia Sportswear, one of Ferreira\u2019s main sponsors, the final product is a 22-minute film about their excursions. Called \u201cThe Scenic Route,\u201d it\u2019ll premiere as part of the World of X Games series Sunday at 2 p.m. mountain time on ABC.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was absolutely amazing. We met with some great people and some weird things came out to us,\u201d Ferreira said. \u201cWe ended up staying on a dairy farm in very northern Japan. We ended up going to see katana-kaji, which is a master swordsmith. We skied some powder and we just did kind of an unconventional trip.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ferreira was in Japan from mid-February to mid-March last winter, his trip coming after his X Games gold medal and after the World Championships in Park City, Utah. The Vital Films crew is made of mostly Roaring Fork Valley locals, a crew that has worked on some big projects over the years, including with National Geographic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is actually our first ever project. We\u2019ve talked about it a little bit in the past and we finally had the time to collaborate on something this year,\u201d Ferreira said. \u201cThe overall experience was really positive. We put a lot of hard work in. We\u2019ve been editing for the past three, four months, just shrinking it down. I wrote the script, so we\u2019ll see if it\u2019s any good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ferreira said if you can\u2019t watch the show Sunday on ABC, it will go live on both his and Columbia\u2019s social media channels by the end of the calendar year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a lot to work with and I\u2019m actually really proud of what we made,\u201d Ferreira said, \u201cand what we can put out there to the universe and hopefully inspire little kids and just more connection with human life and people.\u201d<\/p>\n

acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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