what do you like to see in a vid?

[Antwan]

I was pretty much the same way. I've come to appreciate the hyper realistic parts now though. It all makes me think and it all takes skill.

[NotedDerk]

I use to feel the same way as you as well, but everyone has their own style. You probably just don't notice because some of them look very copy, paste as the next guy.

Trick selection plays a big role, you'll notice watching a guy doing fifteen big flips down stairs/gaps, and quickly grow tired of it. Balancing a lot of different tricks is the key to making a good part, no matter how much you like doing crooks on ledges.

Execution, this involves speed/pop/landing, I really notice this from the more realistic players now, more then ever. It takes a lot more effort to go the right speed the entire clip, pop your tricks exactly right (not an inch too high over a gap/ledge/rail), and landing relatively straight. Some people just pick one thing over the other in that category, spend more time popping tricks just right, over caring whether or not they land decent.

Filming is another personal touch to someone's style, in fact, it makes all the difference to some people. If your filming sucks, people are going to notice, so a lot of us have a good idea on how to make it look now. The key is to find the best angles, and throw your style into it, so if you do big gaps and go fast, owl cams and long lens are really your only option. More realistic people are inclined to follow real world filming techniques, stopping at the top of stairs if a line ends there, following the skater from a single position. Either way, you can choose to get up close and personal with your camera, or try to never cut off your body during your clips, but lots of people have found amazing ways to make their filming top notch.

Spot selection is the last thing I can think of. If someone's part is just them hitting the same, completely obvious and overdone, rails in the game and nothing else, it will not hold my interest, and I will quickly stop watching it. This requires the most creative thought process in the game, in my mind. I want to go into a video and see a few clips where I am baffled and think 'wow, never thought of hitting that spot, that way.'


That's my two cents on that subject anyway.

[i am a snail]

Spot selection is the last thing I can think of. If someone's part is just them hitting the same, completely obvious and overdone, rails in the game and nothing else, it will not hold my interest, and I will quickly stop watching it. This requires the most creative thought process in the game, in my mind. I want to go into a video and see a few clips where I am baffled and think 'wow, never thought of hitting that spot, that way.'

lets collab at the blue rail near kube plaza, never seen anyone hit that before

[NotedDerk]

lets collab at the blue rail near kube plaza, never seen anyone hit that before

Okay, we could easily make a full part there of nbds!

[emericaridr11]

Crook it

[SK8ERatWAR]

haha hate that blue rail.. it's not even an interesting or good looking spot or even a fun rail for that matter..

My favourite videos are realistic but I've come to appreciate almost anything since I've been on this forum.. If a trick takes time and effort, it's instantly likeable for me. So the way I skate is that I try to be creative and push the limits of what is possible and still be realistic and making it look the most realistic it can look. What I like the most is trying stuff which I've never seen before.. But that means that out of a hundred things I try just 1 works, but when you get that 1 to work it's really satisfying to know you've done something noone's ever done before. When you're not playing realistic I think it's much easier to come up with stuff that's never been done before because there's no limit to what you can do, so in my opinion that makes skating realistic a bit harder and forces you to be more creative.. I'm open to discussion though because I know there are some people here who have a different opinion on the matter. COME AT ME BRAH

[emericaridr11]

yeah I'm one of the goofy ones who could care less about the Prowlin/Skelli style (I personally think its hard to watch)
but I understand the style (and can respect it big time)

as far as what I look for in videos, I like filming.... if you got smooth/classy/somewhat interesting filming (or super good realistic, which Ive only seen 2-3 times not to say some other realistic videos have bad filming just not super good) then I dig big time
most everyone will say DON'T USE ANYTHING OVER 17mm for Follow Cams, well I really really like the look of the 24mm follow cam (like in the s3 trailers).... I dig it cartoony for some reason IDK

I am also big on music choice, if I don't like your song I watch it on mute
I dig hard tricks or creative tricks too, but if those tricks don't have good filming I dig no more

so I'm a "Filmer Punk"
I guess