"The Yoojzh" Update

Hello everyone,

So heres what's going on with, The Yoojzh.

Originally, or rather ideally, we wanted to release, The Yoojzh, on February 6, 2009.  However, it doesn't look like thats going to happen, that date is only when our documentary is due for our documentary class.  Turns out we have a lot more footage than we thought, twenty-five P2 cards worth of footage.  This is roughly over twenty hours of footage that we have to some how squeeze into a 15-20 minute documentary.  Should be fun.

Although this project was originally an assignment for our documentary class, we took it to another level and decided to go all out and release this to the public, which is why we are putting a lot of extra effort into post-production.  We will definitely have a rough-cut of done by tomorrow to hand into class, but the final-cut won't be done for another couple weeks.  Unfortunately though, the rough-cut will not be posted for the public eye simply because it's only a watered down version of what the final-cut will be and we don't want to spoil anything.

All I have to say is prop's to this man right here, Ryan Berena.  Working late/all nighters, sick, and still making magic.  Oh, did I mention...

Check the magic man himself, Ryan Berena, in, The Yoojzh.

Stay tuned for more updates and the official release date for, The Yoojzh, a documentary about skateboarding.  Who knows, maybe a second trailer will be released, so check back soon!

Thanks!

Interview Photo Blog

Hello again,

We are just about done filming for the skate documentary, February, we just need a little bit more b-roll footage and interviews or Ryan and myself.  That trailer coming this week!

Anyway...

 

The other week we interviewed Joe Gigele, and thanks to Josh Gort and Alex Villasenor, we have a photo blog of it.  Thanks a lot guys, enjoy!

Mr. Gigele himself, posing for the camera.

That man wants to get interviewed!  Even when there is no one around.

Josh decided to jam while we were trying to set-up.

This picture is pretty sick, props to Alex Villasenor.

Alex looks confused while Joe goes Hollywood.

Yeah...we use various gels to achieve maximum satisfaction.

Gigele, moments before we roll camera.

I found a new place to store my cigarettes, hands free!

Gigele's getting pumped, can't you tell?

Finally, roll camera.

Ryan Berena posting up, manning B-camera, smoking cigarettes.

Alex, scoping out the interview before it's his turn.

February, coming soon!

I just want to take this time to thank everyone who Ryan and myself have interviewed.  I know the process is nerve racking, long, and uncomfortable, but thank you for your dedication.  Once again, special thanks to Josh Gort and Alex Villasenor for the pictures, and extra special thanks to Josh Gort for letting us use his place to conduct the interviews.  Stayed tuned for more photo blogs and videos, all soon to come!

Thanks!

Uprise Warehouse Photo Blog

Hello again,

First of all I want to say sorry for lying, I wasn't able to get the videos up this weekend because Ryan and I were extremely busy wrapping up filming for this documentary.  But I swear I'll get videos up as soon as I can, hopefully sometime this week.

Anyway...

So on Saturday Ryan and I visited the Uprise Warehouse to do some filming for the documentary.

And yes, I followed through with my photo blog idea!  

Our crew consisted of...

Tony brotha, he the man.

This is Muggles, I mean Alex, rockin' the stash.

Ryan Berena, man on a mission.

Myself, wishing I could rock a stash like Alex's.

After getting down on a gnarly photo session, we eventually met up with Kevin and Justin at the Uprise warehouse to get down to business.  We started off just skating the park and getting warmed up, did I mention the warehouse wasn't heated?  Well it wasn't, and there were numerous times where Ryan and I swore we caught a case of the frost bitten toes, which put a damper on the comfort factor.  However,despite the cold the warehouse was amazing and had a lot of fun obstacles to skate.

This picture does no justice to the warehouse, my apologies.

We ended up going with the duo of the classic flood light...

...and our school's light to light up the quarter pipe.

Tony brotha, lurkin' on us as we set-up lights...admiring the magic.

We stepped it up with some dolly action for ultimate viewer satisfaction.

Tony and Alex got down, mission accomplished...great job!

Overall it was a successful mission.  We wanted to capture a lot of footage on the quarter pipe, which I'm certain we did.  The dolly shots we got look great as well, which tends to happen when you use a dolly.  

See Alex, Tony, Kevin, and Justin in, February, a documentary about skating,  due out February 6, 2009.

More photo blogs soon to come, I know this one was kind of week, however, they will only get better so stay tuned!  Oh yeah, more photography and sketches soon to come as well, check back soon.

Thanks!