I don't skate, but I hang out with a fair amount of skaters. I generally don't like skate videos because I find them to be repetitive. They're usually filmed on a handycam. With an over the top fisheye. Possibly even the horendous circular fisheye, not even aspherical. Nastayy. And they're rarely edited beyond the simple cuts. No effects. No color correction. This goes with parkour videos too, but more people that aren't proffessional put in the work, at least I'd say. For me to enjoy a video, it either usually needs to make me want to be that person, or admire the work put into it. That's difficult to do with videos without as much care and work put into them.
THIS video though. Absolutely perfect. A unique style to the skating as well. Color corrected, not a bunch of skaters in the background yelling. (Sorry, not a fan of unnecessary background people)
They used some archival footage, color corrected it with the seeming atmosphere of the location. A retro-ish yellow purple because it was in the desert and abandoned. I usually think of a slight purple tint as either hipster, instagram-y, or retro. Hipsters and Instagram just trying to be vintage anyways so...
This video also makes me want to learn to skate. He makes it look like such an art.
#wishfulthinkings
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