July 24, 2009 @ 10:36 pm
What ends up happening is nothing short of a miracle as the so-called gangbanger somehow stumbles with his gun and is pummeled into the ground by an entire crew of skaters.
I dare say that a skate truck to the head is just as painful as a bullet wound and I have a feeling that the man holding the gun knows that all too well now.
September 29, 2008 @ 1:38 am
This is the video I shot on Friday night when I saw the crews for Ugly Betty shooting an episode outside of my house. The girl in the red skirt is America Ferrera. Something tells me they’ll be back here in a couple of weeks to film this area again.
September 27, 2008 @ 3:15 am
Ugly Betty has been filming on my street (directly across from my front door) since late Friday afternoon and into early Saturday morning. I stood outside to watch the whole crew do their magic and I ended up seeing America Ferrera.
I don’t watch Ugly Betty, but I can tell you that this “West Side Falafel” restaurant is part of the TV show because this is the 2nd time they’ve come here in the past couple of months to film this location. If you’re curious, the “West Side Falafel” is actually a Japanese sushi restaurant in real life called Izumi.
January 27, 2008 @ 10:37 pm
This is the greatest skate video I’ve ever seen. And this is only the introduction to Lakai’s Fully Flared DVD. I bet the entire DVD is just as good.
The introduction to this DVD features some of the team members skating around in a skate park while their surroundings get blown up, crashed through, and set on fire. It’s the genius work of directors Ty Evans, Spike Jonze and Cory Weincheque. Nothing could look cooler.
My goodness, it’s just so beautiful to watch in slow motion!
If you’re curious, the song in this video is “Lower Your Eyelids to Die With the Sun” by M83.
I assume that the Casio EX-F1 will be able to shoot video similar to this (the camera used to film most of the Fully Flared DVD was the Sony DCR-VX1000). You can pretty much bet that if I get my hands on that Casio camera, that I’ll be shooting everything at an incredibly high frame rate just for the heck of it.
Here’s an interview with Ty Evans who directed the DVD.
Buy the DVD at Amazon.com or at Active for $28.99.
