[luiz carlos]

So...the season is over and now the expectation is for the 3 race movies covering the season,Super8,Earthed and Clay Porter series.

What this movies can be diferent for 2007????
In my opinion, Clay films should have less coments by the riders...I mean,this is cool,but in Clay films this take a lot of time and sometimes is boring.And I would focus the next film on World Cup season and put Norba how a bonus.So it was 6 WC and the Worlds plus 5 Norbas, put all the races on the movie can be too much.

The Earthed series?????For me I never liked the speed up...

 

[c2001]

For me I never liked the speed up...

puts gun to temple, pulls trigger.

 

[motomike]

So you want Clay to do his movies just like Earthed? What's the point in that?

 

[dG video]

I love Clays videos. I watch them the most out of my collection.

I think the video quality both picture and filming wise will be greater. He stepped up to a HDR-FX1 which is reallly nice, should look amazing on an HD TV.

And btw, I can almost garantee that none of the top film makers speed up there footage to make it look faster. It just doesn't look normal even if done right. I remember people complaining the course tape was shaking too fast from the wind or something, but I have footage from Mt. Snow that looks the same way. I just don't think people realize how fast these riders are going, and a big part is the camera can definetly make it look faster.

Anyway, After seeing E3, Super 8, Hypnosis and Drift 3, I am really stoked to see what each producer comes out with next.

Dan

 

[konastab01]

I loved super 8 and if tonys new film is a patch on it,It will be immense

 

[stoney]

all movies should use transcontinental as a starting point. Clay does and his movies are the best since transcontinental.

 

[Zark]

I can't wait to see Clay's next effort. Hypnosis was great. Lots of good footage, good insight into the racers thoughts about courses too.

 

[dropmachine]

Alright, in regards to the sped up film issue...2 things.

FIrst, it is EXTREMELY hard to properly capture the terrains real roughness, and the speed that pro riders move at. Even St Anne, which is a course that makes me pee, looks like a stroll in the park on film.

Speeding up the film, while kind of cheating, is also the only thing that ironically makes it closer to what its really like. If the Earthed series was sped up, it was only to represent in a truer fashion what the sport is really like, rather then to sensationalize it (like say a car chase in an action film.)


A good one to watch for speed is Antio-gravity 2 from MBUK. There are a few sections in there that I would have bet my arm were sped up. Yet when my girl saw it (assistant director for Canadian Idol, so she knows a thing or two about film) she said that it wasn't sped up. The riders look almost unaturally fast, even thier clothes and legs move at ridiculous speeds. Yet after reviewing the sections over and over, everything surrounding the rider look natural. Strange.

 

[blt2ride]

I can't wait to see Clay's next effort. Hypnosis was great. Lots of good footage, good insight into the racers thoughts about courses too.

I agree! Clay does a great job and I'm looking forward to his next film.

 

[PatBranch]

Those movies are awsome. I saw Super 8 the other day. Some of that stuff is soo fast.

 

[rchavarria]

honestly? for me the comments in Clay's videos make things more human...
Getting to know my favorite riders by they own words it's answome.
Oh!! And Clay can make Sam Hill actually talk!!! That's a hell of a trick...

Super 8 and Earthed are great movies, but I became Porter's fan since de 2nd Spectacle...

 

[Heath Sherratt]

Porters films are my favorites. i love the interviews, the way he films, the editing, the music. It's all put together very well and it portrays Bike racing to those outside the sport as something they should be excited about. His movies are true ambassadores for our sport and should be celebrated for that fact. i have goteen more people into DH/racing/riding at all becuase of his films than any other. Kudos Clay! Oh yeah and Hella Greasy rocks!! Theo has some skills for sure and it will be fun watching his movies progress in the future.

 

[skinny mike]

And I would focus the next film on World Cup season and put Norba how a bonus.

sure why not? i mean it's not like clay lives in the US and it is alot less expensive and time consuming to travel to the norba races instead of traveling around the world to all of the world cups!

 

[DylanDeanDesign]

actually Clay's next film will focus on the World Cups.

 

[sinister37]

no footage in any of the earthed series is sped up, that is all riders.

 

[hellonasty]

A bit off topic here, but does any of you know where I could get a copy of Transcontinental? Never saw the movie and can't seem to find it.
Anybody can give me some help???

Thanks!

 

[luiz carlos]

sure why not? i mean it's not like clay lives in the US and it is alot less expensive and time consuming to travel to the norba races instead of traveling around the world to all of the world cups!

In my opinion each race should have 4 or 5 min. I mean, this shows how the course really is,all sections,etc.With all WCs,Worlds and Norbas the movie will be too long.....boring.

One good thing on Super8 is the dh separete from 4x.
It would be nice the WC separete from Norba on the film.
In my opinion don't make sense mix both racers,they are different.

 

[.:Jeenyus:.]

actually Clay's next film will focus on the World Cups.

Woot.

I will be buying that for SURE then.

 

[konastab01]

me too.........

 

[Mike Buell]

I don't see how anyone can complain about a movie being to long. All a long movie does is gives you more value. Plus every fricken DVD player in the world comes with a fast foward and skip button, use those to get to the parts you like.

 

[AlmostHeaven]

The Earthed series?????For me I never liked the speed up...

i don't why this pisses me off. i hear people say it all the time; what is their proof? it LOOKS like its sped up? gimme a f'in break

but besides the rant, you cannot be a race-movie freak/afficianado/lover and NOT drool while watching the Earthed series. they are some of the best race movies ever created and probably THE best since the days of transcontinental and the likes.

 

[danielbender]

They were in Brazil (WC#5), so let's wait some South America images!

 

[sayndesyn]

it puts the hotsauce on its eyes...

puts gun to temple, pulls trigger.

 

[luiz carlos]

i don't why this pisses me off. i hear people say it all the time; what is their proof? it LOOKS like its sped up? gimme a f'in break

but besides the rant, you cannot be a race-movie freak/afficianado/lover and NOT drool while watching the Earthed series. they are some of the best race movies ever created and probably THE best since the days of transcontinental and the likes.

Let me explain...I really like Earthed series...I just think in Earthed series the speed up is bigger than in other movies.

 

[thaflyinfatman]

If Earthed is sped up, it's done subtley enough that you can't REALLY tell (some parts do make me think that it's sped up, but it could just be the frame rate or the way the camera is moved, because some parts obviously AREN'T sped up). I actually thought some parts of Super 8 were sped up, but I've been told by a guy who was involved in the production of it (editing or something) that it wasn't. If you want examples of sped-up footage, have a look at the new Kranked 6 teaser. The DH parts are sped up like 50%, and it's just so obvious that it's not funny.

BTW I think any speeding up of footage is lame - why bother filming the pro riders if you're just gonna speed it up? Why not just get your average hack and speed THAT up to the same speed the pros ride at? Defeats the point IMO.

 

[Transcend]

Let me explain...I really like Earthed series...I just think in Earthed series the speed up is bigger than in other movies.

ok one last time for the reading impaired.

NOTHING IN EARTHED IS SPED UP.

 

[Bicyclist]

If you want to see sped up footage watch some of the early NWD flicks. It looks retarded.

 

[WheelieMan]

ok one last time for the reading impaired.

NOTHING IN EARTHED IS SPED UP.

One last time for the visually impaired.

THERE IS SPED UP FOOTAGE IN EARTHED.

I can see why Clay Porter would want to focus his next movie on the World Cup. You can only show footage of the same events for so long before it gets boring.

 

[sayndesyn]

Saying the film is sped up is just something people say to make themselves feel better.

 

[sinister37]

One last time for the visually impaired.

THERE IS SPED UP FOOTAGE IN EARTHED.

I can see why Clay Porter would want to focus his next movie on the World Cup. You can only show footage of the same events for so long before it gets boring.

for the retarded prove it, but seriously it is not sped up at all, end of story.

 

[nixhexss]

rankin's films are not sped up, he's stated it before in interviews. the man is just a genius, sorry

 

[dondon]

Clay and alex - in the boardroom in NZ discussing how to speed up their next movies so no one can notice....maybe they should find faster racers to film cause sam, peat, minnaar et al.. arnt fast enough.

 

[dondon]

heres clay with Sam Blenkinsop at home few days after Sam crashed out of contention for the Worlds Jersey. Any guesses on the title of his next Video Project....? At present he is in UK filming with Beaumont, the Athertons and Ben Reid.

 

[DylanDeanDesign]

Clay and alex - in the boardroom in NZ discussing how to speed up their next movies so no one can notice....maybe they should find faster racers to film cause sam, peat, minnaar et al.. arnt fast enough.

pfffffffttttt..... i think your photos are sped up!

 

[Transcend]

pfffffffttttt..... i think your photos are sped up!

I think they're from a cell phone.

 

[dG video]

heres clay with Sam Blenkinsop at home

puuuuuuumped to see this!

 

[Cant Climb]

One last time for the visually impaired.

THERE IS SPED UP FOOTAGE IN EARTHED.

I can see why Clay Porter would want to focus his next movie on the World Cup. You can only show footage of the same events for so long before it gets boring.

It sure looks sped up, the dust cloud behind the riders just doesn't act right. Looks like a cloud of magic dust.

 

[profro]

At present he is in UK filming with Beaumont, the Athertons and Ben Reid.

Awesome. I'd welcome some different riders in Clay's movies.

 

[luiz carlos]

This year will be awesome,the three filmakers covering all WC,since Vigo till Schladming and Worlds.
This is the first time.
Good times.

 

[Zutroy]

I don't think either of them really speed up the film. Rankin does on a couple finish line shots, but that's about it, I think the rest of the footage is just how fast those boys go.