Skate video

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Typical manner of shooting a skate video

A skate video, skate film, or skateboarding movie is a movie of or about skateboarding, often showing new tricks and a series of skateboarders in a montage.[1] With the advent of social media and new digital filmmaking tools such as Instagram and YouTube, the conventions and styles of skate videos continue to evolve and redefine themselves alongside the sport of skateboarding.[2][3]

History[]

Released in 1965, the short film Skaterdater is credited as the first film to depict skateboarding and therefore the first skate video. In 2015, The Berrics campaigned for the film's acceptance into the National Film Registry.[4] However, the Powell Peralta company is often credited as creating the first skate videos proper that were not a part of a fictional film or a documentary. Their first video, The Bones Brigade Video Show (1984), was expected to sell just 300 copies on VHS, but it sold 30,000.[5]

Content[]

In most skate videos, skaters show their skills in sections called video parts, but other formats and techniques, such as montages, are used, and new tricks are often demonstrated.[6] It is common to have the best highlight trick as the final trick in video parts, this is referred to as the ender.

Most videos feature "slam sections" of tricks that end up in failure and spectacular falls where the skateboarder is hurt.[7][8] They are macabre yet popular because they serve as a reminder that skateboarding is a dangerous sport.[7] Another common feature is sections covering skateboarders off the board, covering their personalities.[8]

Although skate videos vary in aesthetic style and content, there are several common denominators. They are usually anything from half an hour to an hour long, feature skateboarders performing tricks in urban environments, and are edited to include song-length segments. Ultimately, producers try to promote their idea of skate style, achieved by montage and editing.[8]

Producers[]

Skate videos are usually made by skateboard companies to promote their products,[8] but small skate shops, magazines, websites and independent skaters may also make skate videos.[3][9] Famous skate videos by producer include Video Days (Blind, 1991), Mouse (Girl, 1996), Welcome To Hell (Toy Machine, 1996), Fulfill the Dream (Shortys, 1998), Photosynthesis (Alien Workshop, 2000), Sorry (Flip, 2002), This Is Skateboarding (Emerica, 2003), Cheese & Crackers (Almost, 2006), Skateboarding Is Forever (DC, 2010), and Propeller (Vans, 2015).[10]

411 Video Magazine was a popular bi-monthly video log published in the 1990s and 2000s.

Film director Spike Jonze has shot several skate videos.[11]

Many amateur skateboarders hold professional skate videos in high regard, and as authentic representations of skateboarding, and attempt to create their own videos. These videos sometimes make their way to compilations by skate shops, but are usually shared with friends only.[8]

Lens style and music[]

Often the videos are shot using a fisheye lens.[12] Skate videos are also notable for featuring music soundtracks of punk rock, alternative rock, or hip-hop music.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ "Go Skateboarding Day: 8 Things Every Skate Video Needs". The Shutterstock Blog. 21 June 2016.
  2. ^ Kang, Interview by Jay Caspian (9 January 2019). "Bing Liu Sees Skateboarding as a Tool for Life". The New York Times.
  3. ^ a b Ducker, Eric (2018-08-16). "From Thrashin' to Kids and Beyond: A History of Skateboarding Movies". The Ringer. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  4. ^ "HELP VOTE SKATERDATER INTO THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY". The Berrics.
  5. ^ Borden, Iain (2019). Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-4725-8348-2.
  6. ^ "How To: Filming and Editing a Skate Video". Motion Boardshop. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  7. ^ a b Novak, Brandon; Fritz, Joe (2017). Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir (Updated ed.). New York: Citadel Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-8065-3220-2.
  8. ^ a b c d e Yochim, Emil Chivers (2010). Skate Life: Re-Imagining White Masculinity. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-472-05080-2.
  9. ^ "skatevideosite.com skate video archive". skatevideosite.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  10. ^ Benni (26 June 2015). "10 skateboarding video classics". skatedeluxe Blog. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  11. ^ Hill, Logan (2013-11-01). "A Prankster and His Films Mature". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  12. ^ "TRACING THE HISTORY OF SKATEBOARDING'S MOST FAMOUS CAMERA". Jenkem Magazine. 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  13. ^ "The 10 Best Soundtracks from Skateboarding Videos". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2019-02-13.

Further reading[]

  • McDuie-Ra, Duncan (2021). Skateboard Video: Archiving the City from Below. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. ISBN 978-981-16-5698-9.

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