These days, you can shoot high-definition video with your smartphone, and you can edit and retouch in a variety of ways with just one app. As long as you have an internet connection, you can upload your footage as soon as possible, and you can get instant responses from people all over the world.
While it has become very convenient, the amount of video that is circulating in the world is enormous, and it is very easy to skim through an improvised video just by scrolling with your finger. As a result, images that catch the eye for only a moment are quickly forgotten and become images that are consumed.
Ski videographer Daisuke Kurata launched Sideshow, concerned about the trend of "consumed" videos, in order to create "video works that remain" in the memory of those who watch them. Instead of uploading videos on the fly, he makes the process of creating a work based on a consistent concept from shooting method to editing. In this way, he creates images that enhance the quality of his work, and finishes them into something that will remain in people's memories.
Since 2008, when park skiing was in its infancy in Japan, Kurata has turned the camera at the video production company "KAI Entertainment."
Together with Takuya Ishida and Mayu Ogino, who sympathize with Kurata's will, he mainly shoots street and powder images.
This is Sideshow's third video, and it's a work that can be enjoyed by people who recently started freeskiing as well as former skiers.
This work, which was created with the image of "the royal road of free skiing", is an uptempo song that makes you feel good and has a beautiful image just like a movie. It is a work that makes people who see it want to go skiing. It can be said that Kurata, who has been working on free-skiing video works for many years and has continued to produce them, is able to create this quality. A nostalgic spot also appears this time. If you have seen the works of the time, such as revisiting the spots you visited more than 10 years ago with KAI Entertainment., you may notice some spots.
The highlights are the scene where Hokkaido rider Daisuke Ito skates down the street as a tribute to the late JP Eau Claire, and Takuya Ishida's street rail handling. At the end of the video, he makes a triple down rail that no one has ever passed.
Video purchased online at vimeo (911 yen)
Or available on limited DVD (2000 yen, DM to Instagram account @sideshow.ski or handle Sanwa Sports).
https://www.instagram.com/sideshow.ski/
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