Sk84TheHellOfIt
08-31-2005, 07:17 PM
This isn't for the simple fact of having a few laughs with your friends...disregard this thread if thats what your thinking of im putting time and effort into this.
Sponsor Me Video
1. Make sure you're one of, if not THE most, advanced skateboarder in your small town. That doesn't necessarily mean that you can "bust" the most stairs or ollie the highest. If you're the four-time reigning champ of Crazy Al's Skate Shop Contest, then fire up the video camera, cause it's sponsorship time for you.
2. Be sure to send your sponsor-me video to the appropriate team. Can you see Brandon Biebel on the Black Label team? Well, I can't see Corey Duffel riding for DGK, either. You never really can tell what the outcome will be, but companies tend to look at people in their own genre.
3. Do yourself a favor and stay away from the acting. The skateboard world can be very judgemental, and one small inside joke between you and your friends may not translate as being that funny to others. They aren't going to bring you on board for your unsurpassed thespian skills or stand-up routines. Just skate and let the skating do all the talking.
4. Mix it up. Everyone in your town knows that you can switch hardflip anything and everything first try. But unfortunately, companies want to see how well-rounded a skater is. Showcase it all. If your video has two solid minutes of rail-grinding carnage, then it might be a good idea to throw in a bit of transition, but only if you can really skate it.
5. Just like in the real world, presentation is important. VHS is fine, but sending in a DVD will catch their attention. Every town has an art nerd. Search him out and make friends with him. Then put him to work. He can design a DVD case for you or maybe the menu page on the DVD-anything to have your video stand out in the never-ending stack upon stack of sponsor-me videos that grace the team manager's office floor.
6. Don't beam the camera. Are you just checking to see if the little red light is on? Your buddy filmed it, we're all watching it, and hell you did it! Are you in disbelief? Was it thrown down first go? Then why the stare down?
7. It doesn't matter how you capture the footage-just get it done. It could be from your homey, your girlfriend, your mom, your babysitter-the quality doesn't really matter. This is where professionals like Greg Hunt and Jon Holland will come into play. After getting put on any said company, it's the job of the filmers and photographers to make you look good. Companies are aware that you may have had to borrow the 1986 shoulder-mounted video camcorder from the audio/video room at school. Edit it on iMovie, Adobe Premier, Final Cut Pro, or even do the old camera-to-VCR trick. It really doesn't matter at this point. If the skating is good, they'll get the point.
8. Keep it to a decent length. You can figure an average professional video part is anywhere from three-and-a-half to four-and-a-half minutes long. Don't feel the need to throw everything you've ever filmed on the tape. You'll end up boring the viewers to death. Less is oftentimes more. Do you remember the scene at the end of the epic movie Out Of Africa? No? Well, neither does anyone else because the movie's so damn long no one can sit through the entire flick. Short but sweet is always better than long and boring.
Hope this helps lately ive been having quite a few ppl asking what you have to do to get sponsored or whatever...and its gotten annoying so im posting it here lol so yeah whatever who cares about sponsorship anymore though.
EDIT: Fixed a few words.
Sponsor Me Video
1. Make sure you're one of, if not THE most, advanced skateboarder in your small town. That doesn't necessarily mean that you can "bust" the most stairs or ollie the highest. If you're the four-time reigning champ of Crazy Al's Skate Shop Contest, then fire up the video camera, cause it's sponsorship time for you.
2. Be sure to send your sponsor-me video to the appropriate team. Can you see Brandon Biebel on the Black Label team? Well, I can't see Corey Duffel riding for DGK, either. You never really can tell what the outcome will be, but companies tend to look at people in their own genre.
3. Do yourself a favor and stay away from the acting. The skateboard world can be very judgemental, and one small inside joke between you and your friends may not translate as being that funny to others. They aren't going to bring you on board for your unsurpassed thespian skills or stand-up routines. Just skate and let the skating do all the talking.
4. Mix it up. Everyone in your town knows that you can switch hardflip anything and everything first try. But unfortunately, companies want to see how well-rounded a skater is. Showcase it all. If your video has two solid minutes of rail-grinding carnage, then it might be a good idea to throw in a bit of transition, but only if you can really skate it.
5. Just like in the real world, presentation is important. VHS is fine, but sending in a DVD will catch their attention. Every town has an art nerd. Search him out and make friends with him. Then put him to work. He can design a DVD case for you or maybe the menu page on the DVD-anything to have your video stand out in the never-ending stack upon stack of sponsor-me videos that grace the team manager's office floor.
6. Don't beam the camera. Are you just checking to see if the little red light is on? Your buddy filmed it, we're all watching it, and hell you did it! Are you in disbelief? Was it thrown down first go? Then why the stare down?
7. It doesn't matter how you capture the footage-just get it done. It could be from your homey, your girlfriend, your mom, your babysitter-the quality doesn't really matter. This is where professionals like Greg Hunt and Jon Holland will come into play. After getting put on any said company, it's the job of the filmers and photographers to make you look good. Companies are aware that you may have had to borrow the 1986 shoulder-mounted video camcorder from the audio/video room at school. Edit it on iMovie, Adobe Premier, Final Cut Pro, or even do the old camera-to-VCR trick. It really doesn't matter at this point. If the skating is good, they'll get the point.
8. Keep it to a decent length. You can figure an average professional video part is anywhere from three-and-a-half to four-and-a-half minutes long. Don't feel the need to throw everything you've ever filmed on the tape. You'll end up boring the viewers to death. Less is oftentimes more. Do you remember the scene at the end of the epic movie Out Of Africa? No? Well, neither does anyone else because the movie's so damn long no one can sit through the entire flick. Short but sweet is always better than long and boring.
Hope this helps lately ive been having quite a few ppl asking what you have to do to get sponsored or whatever...and its gotten annoying so im posting it here lol so yeah whatever who cares about sponsorship anymore though.
EDIT: Fixed a few words.