Video Production Services
Production Services
We have extensive experience in producing, directing, filming, and editing a variety of video styles. From educational video series to feature films, commercial projects, and promotional videos, we have worked in every genre of video production and marketing campaigns.
We are proud to own high-end production equipment to help provide the most value to our clients in the most cost-effective manner. Occasionally we rent additional gear, but our top-of-the-line RED, Panasonic, and Canon cameras serve almost every situation you can imagine. We also own high-end Zeiss lenses, gimbal-powered stabilizers, motorized sliders, LED lighting kits, and professional audio recording equipment.
location scouting
Having been raised exploring Alaska’s vast landscapes, rivers and mountains, Brendan has intimate knowledge of film locations throughout Alaska. Whether trying to capture Alaskan wildlife, find secret fishing holes, ski massive mountains, land planes/helicopters on glaciers or frozen lakes, travel to remote villages or explore the arctic, Brendan and team can help with all of your Alaska film/video location scouting needs. We have experience with productions large and small and have connections to help facilitate permitting, logistics, and much more. Plus, as an owner of a small bush plane (Piper Super Cub), Brendan can quickly travel the state and scout remote locations on tundra tires, skis to land glaciers/frozen lakes, or floats to land on rivers and lakes.
Equipment and Rentals
Although our gear is usually working, we occasionally rent out our equipment for Alaskan productions. Here is a brief overview of available equipment:
-DJI Inspire 3 Drone, 25, 35, 50mm lenses, 8x batt loads, 2x RC Plus, etc. DJI FPV, Mavic 3 Pro backup drones. Komodo-X FPV also available upon request.
-RED V-Raptor, RED Komodo-X, RED Raven, Canon R5 w/ Ninja V+
-Zeiss prime lens kit, Canon RF lens kit
-Black Arm shock absorption kit with custom hitch-mount for F150 w/ upgraded suspension. Mounts available for snowmobiles, ATVs/side by sides, boats, etc.
-RS3 Pro Gimbal, Ronin-S gimbal, C300d ii LED Light, 1x1 LED panels, C-stands, professional audio recording equipment, boom pole, mic, wireless LAVs, etc.
-And much, much more in our studio for building camera rigs, custom mounts, etc.
Other equipment available for rent/production use:
F150 w/ upgraded suspension, twin turbos and a performance tuner, built-in AC power/inverter, leather interior, 17” directors monitor, extremely spacious back seat, tinted windows for better monitoring - this is the perfect vehicle for capturing Running Footage in Alaska with power and comfort. It’s long bed makes hauling gear/drones a breeze…much more than your standard arm car!
2x Ski Doo 850 Snowmobiles (can mount Ronin 2 / other gimbals on)
Dodge 2500 with sled deck + tilt trailer + 100 gallons AvGas tank
Ford E350 production van with huge roof rack
Goal Zero Yeti 1000 battery bank
Honda 1000w generator, Craftsman 3000w generator
14’ NRS Raft decked out with fishing platform/floors, seats, etc.
Other wild skills
All though we haven’t done it all, we are game to try just about anything to get the shot! The Mountain Mind team has experience with underwater photography/cinematography, scuba diving, backcountry skiing and snowmobiling, whitewater kayaking, rock climbing, paragliding, arctic travel, dangerous wildlife, and much more. We own high-end snowmobiles, bush planes, and boats to access the most remote places in Alaska.
Check out some of our behind-the-scenes moments doing what we love most— traveling to remote areas of Alaska and shooting in some of the most majestic and awe-inspiring places on the planet:
On this shoot for the FAA we staged a wrecked airplane at the end of a runway. Smoke machine in the engine cowl made it pretty dramatic…
Flew out to film snowshoe art on a frozen lake, backdropped my massive mountains and glaciers.
Snowshoe art was new to us, but man do we have the best locations in the world to capture it!
Filming kayakers dropping an 80’ waterfall in the Pacific Northwest
Alaskan vehicle of choice…the A-Star!
Mountain Mind Media owner/founder Brendan Wells taking some free time to “location scout” with is PA18 Super Cub, somewhere near Denali in the Alaska Range
Twin turbos with performance tune, upgraded suspension all around, the best studded winter tires, a variety of camera/head options, 17” directors monitor, built in inverters, and much more — the Mountain Mind camera truck is ready to smash running footage and Alaskan roads.
Customized F150 w/ upgraded suspension, custom hitch mount for easily adjusting black arm. Entire system is AC-powered so no changing batteries during a full day of recording Running Footage!
Excellent system for capturing running footage. Inside the truck is a 17” director/client monitor and reference monitor for the precision driver. Various heads/camera/lens combos available.
FPV w/ GoPro 12 made for some fantastic footage buzzing through icebergs at 70+ mph!
The mud was way worse than it looks. But we still had a blast!
Producer Ashley Ryan plays many important roles at MMM. This time she held the Inspire 3 out the window of an EC135 helicopter, which delivered some incredible results!
Snowmobiling to who-knows-where to film dog mushing.
Our home base - Willow, Alaska is the official start/end of the Iditarod and the “recreation capital of Alaska” - needless to say its a great place to film dog mushing, the Iditarod and any outdoor activity you can think of.
Hard to beat access to glaciers with bush planes on skis and frozen lakes!
Packing it in tight in the loaded helicopter!
Brendan river diving to capture salmon migrating upstream and spawning.
Filming a ski movie with Teton Gravity Research
“The Gear Room”