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Anthill Films Announces New Movie: FOLLOW ME...
by anthill
Posted: May 19, 2009
Deep in the coast mountains of BC, a small crew of filmmakers has spent the last eleven months huddled together, planning, scheming and brain-storming to come up with a concept for a new company and mountain bike film. The hard work has paid off and Anthill Films is stoked to announce the release of their premier film FOLLOW ME... Scheduled to be released in Spring 2010, FOLLOW ME... will feature some of the best mountain bikers in the world, including: Sam Hill, Gee Atherton, Brandon Semenuk, Cam McCaul, Thomas Vanderham, Matt Hunter, Ben Boyko, Kurt Sorge, Steve Smith and Geoff Gulevich.
View the Demo Reel Video inside
View the Demo Reel Video inside
The Anthill crew is no new-comer to the world of mountain bike films. Made up of five key members from the award-winning film company the Collective, Darcy Wittenburg, Darren McCullough, Colin Jones, Jonathan Shramm and Sterling Lorence, have been making films together for the past six years. The one new addition is Ian Dunn, who will be holding down the business side of things as Producer/Marketing Director, so the crew can focus on creating the best possible film.
Demo reel:
"Whenever we start a new project” says Darcy, Creative Director for Anthill and Co-Founder of the Collective “we ask ourselves what we want to do next - we’re always pushing ourselves to come up with new ideas”. When the crew learned that Jamie Houssain (Producer and Co-Founder of the Collective) would be pursuing new opportunities outside of film making, the guys decided it was the right time to start something new and build upon what they had already done.
FOLLOW ME... will be a natural evolution for the Anthill crew and will give them the chance to explore new ideas and concepts that did not fit within the style of the Collective. “Our goal is to really push ourselves as filmmakers to come up with something completely original” says Darcy. “We want to create a film that is super upbeat and remind everyone why we all love mountain biking”. The film’s central concept is ’no one rides alone’ – focusing on the idea that the best times we have on our bikes is when we’re riding with our friends. FOLLOW ME... will be filmed completely in HD using the latest camera technology, including the new super high-def Red One camera.
Anthill is producing a series of webisodes that will be released over the next year to give everyone the inside line on what’s happening with the film leading up to its release next spring.
FOLLOW ME... is presented by Shimano in association with Adidas Eyewear, Bike Parks of BC, Nike 6.0, PinkBike.com and Pro Components.
Visit anthillfilms.com to find out more.
"Whenever we start a new project” says Darcy, Creative Director for Anthill and Co-Founder of the Collective “we ask ourselves what we want to do next - we’re always pushing ourselves to come up with new ideas”. When the crew learned that Jamie Houssain (Producer and Co-Founder of the Collective) would be pursuing new opportunities outside of film making, the guys decided it was the right time to start something new and build upon what they had already done.
FOLLOW ME... will be a natural evolution for the Anthill crew and will give them the chance to explore new ideas and concepts that did not fit within the style of the Collective. “Our goal is to really push ourselves as filmmakers to come up with something completely original” says Darcy. “We want to create a film that is super upbeat and remind everyone why we all love mountain biking”. The film’s central concept is ’no one rides alone’ – focusing on the idea that the best times we have on our bikes is when we’re riding with our friends. FOLLOW ME... will be filmed completely in HD using the latest camera technology, including the new super high-def Red One camera.
Anthill is producing a series of webisodes that will be released over the next year to give everyone the inside line on what’s happening with the film leading up to its release next spring.
FOLLOW ME... is presented by Shimano in association with Adidas Eyewear, Bike Parks of BC, Nike 6.0, PinkBike.com and Pro Components.
Visit anthillfilms.com to find out more.
64 Comments
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kriscunningham
(May 19, 2009 at 14:58)
Looks amazing, can't wait.
Call me a sceptic, but this seems like they have simply renamed their company from "the collective" to "Anthill".
In any case, i loved the films they have produced previously, and look forward to seeing what possible new direction they will take their work.
In any case, i loved the films they have produced previously, and look forward to seeing what possible new direction they will take their work.
Gonna be sick, whatever this movie mash up is.
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"When the crew learned that Jamie Houssain (Producer and Co-Founder of the Collective) would be pursuing new opportunities outside of film making, the guys decided it was the right time to start something new and build upon what they had already done."
So does that mean no more Collective vids then?
Sweet trailer though
So does that mean no more Collective vids then?
Sweet trailer though
yep no more collective but anthill is prety much the same, will just be a different feel to the films
A huge portion of the mtb clips were straight out of Seasons....is this film re-using those clips or were they just in the demo to show the quality of their work? which btw is top notch.
A demo reel is of past work only. Since their past work was creating seasons I imagine this is way you see the clips from seasons.
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Great stuff Darcy: come shoot in the Kootenays, we've got some creative new builing going on that I'm sure you dig!
those Red One camera's are f*cking SICK. is Super high-def the same as 4k technology? balls to you weedy 1080p 
ah... so there is a use for Panasonic's 150" 4k Plasma prototype after all?
Christ almighty, Imagine watching Seasons on that thing! The sheer epicness is incomprehendable...
Christ almighty, Imagine watching Seasons on that thing! The sheer epicness is incomprehendable...
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can't wait to see it... but i dont think the snowboarding will be part of it, i think this is just their general promo vid, because a lot of the footage was from roam and it didnt mention any specific film. i think the film is going to be just biking.
ya, i think almost all the biking film was either from seasons or roam weither it be from the movie or the extra features. anthill is deffinetly the collective
lol. there's nothing for sale. read the bold text above the movie seggie or some of the above comments. it's a demo reel not a trailer.
That was a pretty tight dump shack that found herself in there. Man. I love British Columbia alot too...
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wow, these guys makes the sickest films ever, good soundtacks and epic locations! bring it on anthill!!!!!!
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I WANT!!!! sounds like the vid i have been waiting for,for the past few years. Still wont be a patch on the old classic "getta grip" tho lol
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