what do you like to see in a vid?

[i am a snail]

most everyone will say DON'T USE ANYTHING UNDER 17mm for Follow Cams

do people say this? i mean maybe in skate 2 but in 3 it's a lot easier to get away with lower mm settings since you dont have to worry about ghosting. you can easily make 14/15mm look incredibly solid, all my footy is 14-15mm for lines and, like, 12-13 for single tricks.

as far as what i like to look for in videos, and as someone who prefers to watch and make more realistic-style edits, it's gotta have both the substance AND the style. anyone can do X trick, but only a select few can do X trick with Y tweak at Z spot and hit W landing animation as they roll away. ive spent like 15-20 minutes trying to get ollies over big gaps because i wanted a certain landing animation. demz takes DAYS to get the animations he wants. once you watch enough videos it's easier to understand what i'm talking about, it becomes very apparent which clips had the most time spent on them, and those are the clips i like to see.

[emericaridr11]

do people say this? i mean maybe in skate 2 but in 3 it's a lot easier to get away with lower mm settings since you dont have to worry about ghosting. you can easily make 14/15mm look incredibly solid, all my footy is 14-15mm for lines and, like, 12-13 for single tricks.

as far as what i like to look for in videos, and as someone who prefers to watch and make more realistic-style edits, it's gotta have both the substance AND the style. anyone can do X trick, but only a select few can do X trick with Y tweak at Z spot and hit W landing animation as they roll away. ive spent like 15-20 minutes trying to get ollies over big gaps because i wanted a certain landing animation. demz takes DAYS to get the animations he wants. once you watch enough videos it's easier to understand what i'm talking about, it becomes very apparent which clips had the most time spent on them, and those are the clips i like to see.

yeah I meant ANYTHING OVER 17mm..... you caught me Snail
my bad my bad

[EmmitBrown]

boobies and 'xplosions

[xtremezoid]

unique style.. the games been out for so long that you can spot a cliche trick, style, spot a mile away . people that choose to skate differently all the while retaining good filming and tricks are the best in my book. i also appreciate people who take time to get clips, some people stack a bunch of basic clips and then quickly put them together to put out a video as fast as possible. all that i will say about that is that 90% of the time it shows that they were rushing. quality over quantity

[Thick]

-quick and precise flucking

-speed. Unless you have to hit some transition or other stuff that requires low speed, it's gotta be as fast as possible

-movements that make sense. I like it when it seems like there's coherent animations to the character and board, when they're not cut short/defying physics.

-when the skateboarder seems alive. it sucks when you execute a trick, and the animations end, and the dude just goes idle until he lands. or if there's a stretch of rolling, and he's just standing completely still on his board. carve, push, gesture.. do something.

-wild stuff. go crazy as long as isn't totally random.

-weird stuff. I like glitches and bugs. it's cool to see people surf them

-basic stuff done right.. I'd rather see a kickflip shifty done to perfection, than a bunch of nollie lazer late shuvits and whatnot. not saying they can't be good though.

-people who remember that it's a game, and that it's fun. in most cases, videos that strive to be epic and and pompous just seem super lame. not saying it can't be good though.

-under-rotation done right.. this goes for real skating as well