Skateboarding clip shot in 24p

MAR-10

MAR-10

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I needed a few skateboarding shots for a documentary I'm doing.
Once I was setup, I shot over 60 minutes of stuff
Then, the guys asked me to cut a little clip for them, so here it is.

It was my first time shooting a sport event, so any feedback or advice is more than welcome.

http://www.vimeo.com/1391729

Cheers,

Martin

HVX200
REDROCKMICRO
MICRO X
ZEISS 25mm, 50mm, 85mm, 100mm
 
There is a lot more to shooting skateboarding than you'd think. One of the main things is you should never cut off people's heads, and especially never the board itself. If you miss most of a trick on a stationary shot it's drawing attention to the location or object in focus, but if you miss even the landing during a moving shot like the one of the fellow doing the melon grab at 01:28, then people will either not be sure what to look at and will either be let down or lose attention. Also, staying low is very key for most normal skateboarding shots. Don't get me wrong, you still don't want to cut off people's heads, but the way it feels to ride a skateboard and watch others skate is having a low center of gravity. It's kind of hard to explain the reasoning behind it, but staying low is key to getting the feel of it right. Seeing only part of a trick is generally not very useful or aesthetically pleasing when it happens for most of the shot (I.E. 00:26) When filming skateboarding it's always important to follow the skater, keep the obstacle in frame in its entirety if possible, or at least always give it a sense of height from the ground, and breaking a trick into thirds (rollup, trick, landing) can help you compostionally plan shots. As for how these ideas apply to other sports, I can't really say. But that seems to help me. :) If you want to do more filming of skateboarding or other similar activities a great website to learn from/get critique from is www.skateperception.com. Otherwise your colors settings and everything were great.

Here is an example of some skateboarding I shot:

http://seabrali.blip.tv/file/1001802?filename=Seabrali-TodaysSkating269.mov
 
Thanks for the input, its very helpful.

I need to re-shoot next week because the guys are not wearing protective gear and since the documentary is for high schools, the schoolboard requires it. So my client asked me to re-shoot.

I watched your clip, it looks great.
I will also spend some time on the website you suggested.


Thanks
 
I wouldn't say any of those are good examples at all...

Possibly look into getting/hiring a deathlens (fisheye)
 
some stuff i did that may help
http://vimeo.com/318122
if you do go the fisheye route. i stronglyyyy suggest the 16x9 fisheye. its really good, light and pretty inexpensive compared to the century lens that will run you $3000
just have fun with shooting skateboarding and be creative.
 
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