I know I post a lot of these videos - which can certainly seem a little weird coming from me since I am neither a skier or snowboarder. While I has dabbled in both in the past, with skiing taking up about 6 years of my life, neither have stuck with me.
Oh well.
I live in California now, so I don't exactly have a ton of chances to do either. But, for those who do ski and who are awesome at it, they usually go out, find someone who is good with a camera (hire me dammit) and shoot some pretty sick videos.
Point in case can be found in the video below.
It's a little different than those usual videos that I post of extreme sports - a lot of the shots are framed in a way so that you can see how they were capture (i.e. by helicopter, tripod, crane, etc.).
I usually try to pick out one characteristic of the video that I like to showcase and for this one, it's certainly the camera movement. Not only is it super smooth - but it moves in ways you wouldn't think in each shot. Sometimes it's left to right, top to bottom, bottom to top, yet every single time is is gliding so slowly and smoothly, capturing the athlete perfectly.
You'll see what I mean when you watch it...
BEING THERE - FIELD PRODUCTIONS from Field Productions on Vimeo.
As I watch these different videos on skiers, boarders, etc., I am more and more convinced of two things . . . they have rubber bands for joints, and they have absolutely no fear.
ReplyDeleteThis footage is breathtaking - both from the perspective of natural beauty (the scenery and the skiers' abilities), and the perspective of size and scale (the skiers are SO small on those mountains).
As with so many of the other videos you have posted, I was intrigued and drawn to the sound track!
ieyu, ilys!