Skateboard Films

When watching previous years BA2 experimental films, I gathered a lot of inspiration for my own ideas about what my film could be. One film that stood out, in particular, was a film I mentioned in my last post called 'Would You Lean on Me If I Was Sideways?', this film featured a lot of footage of skateparks with a poetry narration as accompaniment. As I liked this idea in the short film I decided to research more into skateboarding films.

Although the skate revolution came about in the 70s it wasn't truly popularised in my opinion until around the mid-90s. Where home video equipment became accessible to the masses. Films such as Welcome to Hell [1996] feature footage shot on VHS with popular songs usually rock n roll music played over the footage. Similar to the Captain Zip videos, I like how the films have no budget and all feature an authenticity to the image.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tx2Q9pNxPc