The Vintagent Original: Stories We Need to Tell.
Summer Ride (2017)
Run Time: 1:42
Directed by: David Martinez
Produced by: Motor/Cycle Arts Foundation
FILM MAKERS
For David, photography is both a calculated science and a free verse art form. The controllable variables – the light, the shutter speed, the aperture – are all simply tools to allow the authenticity of a real moment to occur. David captures the beauty and sincerity of these scenes in the pictures he makes. Always at the forefront of technology (but still with a roll of medium format film in his camera bag), David has been shooting high definition video since DSLR technology made it more available. David is always ready for an adventure – with his surf bag packed and camera in hand.
SUMMARY
The third of David Martinez’ original films for The Vintagent is a mashup of the Wheels+Waves festivals in Biarritz, France, and Cayucos, California. David finds the common ground of motorcyclists, surfers, skaters, BMX riders from the Atlantic coast of Southern France to the Pacific coast of Southern California. Without explanation, and no need for one, Martinez seamlessly merges the events, as if time and space were afterthoughts in a continuous stream of Wheels+Waves experiences. There’s no separation between events as the feeling is the same, and the experience of the participants surpasses barriers of language and geography. ‘Across the oceans we roll / across the years we ride / changing and constant companions / the sun, our friends, the tide’
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Lyrical piece of film making..
Visually attractive, but aurally frustrating. I was there, Biarritz surf and the noise of our bikes is too good to wipe out with dumb schmuzak. What is it with these guys who make films and ads, Triumph, Ducati, HD, all seem bent on playing us idiotic muzak instead of letting us hear engines. Gawd.
Geoff ; Its called ” Stock Music ” as in there’s an entire stock of Schmuzak ( 100’s of 1000’s of hours worth ) created for general advertising use etc .. and yeah … it is utter aural bs … never quite really fitting in or an integral part of the film/advertisement it is used for .
Having been actively involved in music for film back in the good ole days sadly the ‘ art ‘ of music for film . tv and advertising .. where the music either reinforces or supports the film etc rather than dominates it as it does here .. like so much in the world in eternal that ‘ art’ has gone the way of the DoDo bird .. because the present ‘ stock ‘ alternative is cheaper … and … todays directors producers couldn’t care less about the details or what few discerning individuals they think may be watching … preferring to appeal to the digitally addled AutoTuned snowflake generation instead
But hey … voice your complaints .. and voice them loudly … we’re still here sitting in the wings waiting for taste and film/music integration to come back into play
As for my complaints .. above and beyond what Mr Proven is saying …. the film is too damn short !
Hi Geoff, in this case, the film isn’t the product of a team of filmmakers at W+W to create an ad; David is a surfer and motorcyclist, and came to enjoy the events as much to film them. He didn’t have a dedicated sound man to record the action, so he worked with his nephew, who recently graduated with a music degree from Bard College, to create the music in lieu of recorded sound. No excuses though, and I find the sound very interesting. It isn’t ‘stock’ or canned music, and it fits with the editing because it was composed with the film’s final edit. A good sound recording in the moment is a real luxury – I know because I’ve had to pay for it!
all the best, Paul