Joe: What do you plan to use bullet time for?
Neil: My ski movie- to impress people, offer a new perspective.
I'm going to use it for advertising the movie.
Joe: Tell me about your movie.
Neil: Yeah, the plot- the east coast sucks. We're all trapped
here, it's our prisin. Skiiers, pro skiiers, "The Industry" overlooks
us. This video is to show that we can do everyhing here that they can do there
(on the west coast).
Joe: Has anybody ever used this technique in a ski movie before?
Neil: Three years ago somebody used five cameras to fake it.
Nobody has really done it. The company that did that shot was the Poorboys,
they are the biggest for this type of movie. It was just after The Matrix came
out, and it was a spoof. It's breaking new ground for this budget. Formerly,
only multi-million dollar films had this effect. Now we're doing it for under
a grand
Joe: Does your movie have a message?
Neil: You don't have to move out west to ski like- can you
get back to me on this? (later he said that his movie is an expression of art,
talent, and solitude)
Joe: How does bullet time relate to all of this?
Neil: Editing is a competion. Bullet time will help me to sell
more movies, but it is unrelated to the point. A ski movie has three points.
The first part is how good the skiiers are, how good the tricks and stunts are.
The second point is editing and artistic value, and how cool it is to watch.
The second point is the most important. The fourth point of a ski movie is the
plot, or hidden meaning.
Joe: What is your definition of "editing"?
Neil: Editing is how well the movie flows with the music. It's
how the shots come together. The hard part of editing is to make people feel
something. I try to make people feel something with my editing, and so far my
movie is supposed to make people feel trapped. Bullet time makes people feel
a certain way, it makes them think about it (the movie).
Joe: What are you trying to make people feel, with the bullet
time?
Neil: I'm trying to make people feel a certain way. I'm trying
to make people think about it (the movie). I'm trying tobring art into the sport.
Joe: Wow, what was that?
Neil: I'm trying to integrate art with sport. The point of
this movie is we are trying to make something out of nothing- unknown, unheard-of
riders* in unheard-of places. The places aren't unheard of so much as frowned-upon.
The point is to make a movie thta can compete with the big-name movies. The
east coast is unknown in the ski industry, and the kids in the movie have nothing
and are doing what the pros in hollywood are doing. We are breaking down boundaries
(between amature and professional) in all three parts (skiing skill, editing,
and plot). We're breaking down boundaries on the talent level- working with
all amatures. Overall, the look and feel is breaking down boundaries between
what is available to amature film makers and professional film makers, and breaking
boundaries between east and west. We're breaking down boundaries all over the
place.
Joe: Thanks, Neil.