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Tim Crawley's Action Sports Resources
These resources were compiled following eShed's Action Sports Workshop and film screening.
- www.skateperception.com - very useful site with filming tips, software tutorials, forums and articles on featured filmers.
- www.sidewalkmag.com - site for national skateboarding magazine, very heavily used forum often with filming tips, advice and cheap cameras.
- www.blueprintskateboards.com - regularly updated blog style site for the UK’s leading skate company. Useful for news, inspiration and fine examples of filming.
- www.skatevideosonline.net - this site hosts online watchable versions of practically every skate video ever made.
Useful vids to watch (most of which can be found at the site above)
Video magazines
- www.411vm.com - leading American video magazine. Pretty much as straightforward as you can get. Heavy on the action filming.
- www.puzzlevideo.com - Puzzle video magazine - leading European skate video magazine. Slightly more style orientated, with lots of amazing European architecture.
Artistic/Stylised
- Transworld skateboarding - any video by Transworld is worth a watch for inspiration. A fine example of stylish editing and filming. Often with whole sections filmed on 16mm film which is extremely stylish and artistic to watch.
- Pontus Alv the Strongest of the Strange - Independent video by Swedish professional skater Pontus Alv. Worth watching for a slightly alternative take on skate videography.
- Lost and Found from Blueprint Skateboards - Great British video, stylish skating and film-making.
Narrative driven – Some videos tend to take on a more story driven approach. Certain skaters sections appear at points relative to their involvement in a storyline.
- Chocolate skateboards’ Las Nuevas Vidas de Paco - Skateboarding team takes on the appearance of a Western cowboy movie. When each character dies a section of them skating comes on (sorry, no link available).
- Bones Brigade’s The Search for Animal Chin - One of the first skate videos to have a story to it. The Bones Brigade skate team search the city for a fictitous famous skater named Animal Chin. The skating action comes as they use their boards to search and roam the cities.
For any other questions/queries feel free to contact me (Tim Crawley) at crawley.tim@googlemail.com.