Sunday, January 25, 2009

Skatistan

This is a super cool piece about an Australian man who basically started a skateboarding school for children in Afghanistan: Skateistan

The audio in this is awesome. Who doesn't love the sound of kids and skateboards? I noticed a lot of b-roll in this. For example, at 2:20 there is shot of blood on the ground. At 3:26 seconds there is a shot of a girl's hands holding a skateboard, and at 4:06 there is a shot of the skate park.

My favorite part of the video is at 2:10. A man is holding beads and twisting them around in his hands, and you can see in front of him the girls skating (since they haven't been veiled yet). I would definitely scroll to this part of the video to see what I am talking about. It reminded me a lot of still photography.

Oh and of course you can't end a video without a cute kid smiling at the end :-D!

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