By Sebastian Arrieta.
My buddies from the Art Center dropped by one night with one of the light boards. At first I thought it was a regular board until my buddy turned it on almost blinding me with how bright it was. I immediately wanted to take it out for a spin and trip out on it. Later on when my buddy Ricardo Uhagon Vivas (who is the Director) told me that he actually wanted to make a music video for a contest entry with the same kind of feeling I had the first time I saw one of these boards, I was definitely down. They also wanted to shoot part of the Skating up on my roof and given that there’s a concrete helipad up there, made me wanted to do this even more. The Video took only a couple nights of filming and a couple more nights of editing but everyone who was involved in the little project did an awesome job, especially those behind the cameras. It was fun because it hints the possibilities of what someone can do with film and Skateboarding without making a conventional Skate video. Combining narrative and story telling with Skateboarding and at the same time showcasing other artistic talents in editing and animation were the right ingredients for the video, and trying to make it seem futuristic must have made it even harder to pull off. The contest “Hello Future” is part of the 21st Saatchi & Saatchi new directors showcase at the Cannes Lions international festival of creativity. Contestants need to visualize the concept of “Hello Future” in the form of a standout music video inspired by one of three tracks selected from Moby’s new album, “Destroyed”; The winner will be announced at this year’s Saatchi & Saatchi new directors showcase in Cannes on June 23rd. Hopefully my buddies video wins, anyone can just go on VIMEO and check out the other entries submitted to get a taste of what other people are doing.. personally I think this is the best video so far… hope you like it !!!
Directed by Ricardo Uhagon Vivas Produced by WATERGUN.TV Co-director: Stefan Pavlovic Editor: Jorge Sandoval VFX Supervisor: Gabe Valente Ferrao Cinematographer: Chris Saul B Camera Operator: Aaron Shapiro Additional photography: Ricardo Uhagon Vivas, Stefan Pavlovic and Erik Anderson Assistant Director: Rafa Sanz Sound Mix: Nacho Lopez Make Up: Pauline Noriega Prop Master: Eric Fisher Lightboards courtesy of Photon Lightboards photonlightboards.com Skaters: Shannon Joy Rodgers Sebastian Arrieta Josh Sierra Espen Solberg David Lopez Amaury Hernandez
