Holy shit, I am in awe.
Jacob Harris is a gift to skateboarding.
The way he put this together functions like a memory--all of the visual fragments, sound collage, point of references for all people talking (falafel, taxis, Casper's 5050, etc.). It's slightly confusing to watch, and you can hear it in their collective conscious/narration that it was confusing to recall all of the details of the trip: the fact that he's able to translate that on film in an incredibly palatable way is truly bonkers. I've never seen a skate edit put together like this; it's an entirely different approach/format as far as I am concerned, not to mentioned it's achieved without the use of any gimmicks. He's pushing the genre of skate videos in a new direction while still functioning within the tradition itself and I am 100% on board with it.
I just shot on 16mm for the first time this past weekend, and I can tell you that it is fucking challenging. I was using a Bolex, and it was very difficult to hold, shoot, see through the view finder, adjust lighting properly--it is a shit-ton of work on a very expensive and heavy object. Jacob's stuff looks absolutely magnificent. Straight up masterful.
Topic: Pieces Of Palestine by Jacob Harris (with all the Isle guys) (Read 3071 times)