1. Mathieu - Man this was tough. Drew kept climbing and climbing in my eyes, but in the end, it came down to the sappy message haha. Ah well, I enjoyed the message, and I felt it was one that really isn't spoken a whole lot. The vid was inspiring, and the shred was great. The film had an epic quality that I felt won me over as a player, and as a film critic. I think if this was captured with a little higher quality, and you had nailed that spn pdx drifter after all the tries, showing WHY you never give up lol, it would've won by a lot bigger margin. As is, you barely edged out Max Power. Congratulations.
2. Max Power (Drew Martin) - Wow. This was way unexpected. Despite the other's reviews, I myself thought the artistic nature of the editing was cool! Your vid had that 'Edgy Sundance Entry' quality to it. I thought the music and effects were great, and the balloon bit was hilarious. There were a couple of moments I felt didn't quite fit, and overall it was brief and felt like an Attention Deficit Disorder Commercial lol. It was a bit eerie, and that's why I liked it. It wasn't afraid to get dark. Great film.
3. Taylor - I'm impressed. You have the look of someone with potential in footbag. Idk if you posess this potential or not, but it seems that way. Onto the vid: The variety of locations really helped boost you IMO. Also, all of the street stuff, you never see that anymore, and for a newb to be hitting street moves, I thought that was neat. Song was perfect for the vid. Idk, I guess you got edged out by Drew slightly in my eyes because of the higher artistic effort that he put forth. Also the film quality had a washed-out look to it that was off-putting. Cool film though, and I'm excited to see more!
4. Gielnik - Good God. You're ridiculous first of all. Anyway, onto the vid: It was just artistic enough, and the song went so well with your shred. I'm really putting heavy emphasis on art/editing since we have a beginner in the mix, and everyone's level of shred is different. The song took me back to my raver days
5. Kjolpa - The shred was sick in this. Especially for 7 months, you're hitting tons of stuff that I haven't yet. I felt the YouTube stream is what knocked you down a few, because although the vid was great, the footage appeared grainy, because of the lower quality upload to YouTube. I really did enjoy the vid though. The consecutive double switches were pretty amazing.
6. Henry - Editing IMO was uninspired. Shred was obviously off the hook. The entire vid took place in your garage, and we got treated to a couple of color effects. I liked the music, but I really can't give points for that because musical taste is specific to individuals. Props on doing this though, and as a shred vid it's awesome, and going in my collection.
7. Gray - Again, as a shred vid alone, this is a great one, but I felt the editing of all the other contestants was variant and artistic enough to knock those that didn't go the extra mile down toward last place. Sorry bro, but again, sick shred. Spin ps egg? I believe it was was so ridiculously cool. All of your moves look sweet, can't wait to see more!
Oh, before I forget, thanks Asmus for putting this together! This was so much fun to watch, very enjoyable. Props to all who entered, and congratulations on your efforts.
J. Chris "Thread-killer" Miller
and here are my judgments. Asmus said to vote on overall feel of the video, editing, music, style, shred. so ill try and comment on all of those for each video. Not judging my own
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From there it was plain shred over music with minimal editing, only a slow mo at the end if I remember correctly. Some combos and tricks where really intense, props on that!
