Every month anyone can submit a video to our community Youtube page,http://www.youtube.com/apkcommunity, for a chance to be chosen as the community VOTM. Winners get one of American Parkour's sweet shirts, an awesome BPA free APK water bottle, two of our cool stickers and your video even gets to be featured on APK’s main channel. The February 2011 Community Video of the Month winner is Thomas Rangel, with his 2010 sampler ! Great job Thomas and I look forward to seeing all the submissions for the month of March!
Dylan writes...
"Hi, I'm a traceur from Indiana University and I thought I would share
this with you. Back in the fall, I took a class in which we made short
films on cameras using actual film and edited them by cutting and
taping the film together. My first project for that class was the
following: The Chase
This was originally shot on a Bolex non-reflex and then was
transferred to a digital file giving it the quality it has now.
Overall, it was a very interesting experience for those of us involved
in the filming because it was a chance to really try to only use moves
that were designed to escape in each particular situation. I also asked
the actors to perform everything as fast as they were comfortable
doing so. Both agreed that it was one of the best tests of how they
could perform in such an emergency situation. Also, because the film
was our first project in the class we were not allowed to do any
editing for it so we had to carefully plan out which shots would follow
the previous shot and when to start and stop rolling so that continuity
and flow could preserved as much as possible. The film received
positive feedback from my classmates and instructor and all were very
impressed with the actors' movements. I decided to send it to you guys
at APK because I thought it was very cool to see parkour through the
eyes of such an old camera and because it was a lot of fun to make. I
hope you enjoy it."
Submitted by: Dylan Cashbaugh
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Chase Armitage, a founding member of 3Run, slips in his 2009 sampler just before the end of the year - and it's incredible! Definitely an artistic video, but incredible none the less. It has clips of Chase from all over the world, training, performing, and starring. Clips from Hellboy, his Guiness World Record setting Wallflip, and many other performances! It's incredible, and you have to watch it now! Read More to see the video.
Daniel Ilabaca has produced a new video called Choose Not To Fall. There's a soft music track with Ilabaca talking about how parkour has effected him and how he thinks. He talks about how parkour saved him, and where it is taking him. The best quote in this video is the one that wraps the video up: "If you're afraid to fall, you fall because you are afraid. Everything is choice." This is a great video, and it shows what develops, mentally and physically, after years and years of hard work. Read more to watch this truly inspirational video.
This is the first edition of Ozzi's weekly video review feature. Every week he will pick a video, whether for the quality of filming, performance or just because it is worth watching! There is a main video with a longer review, and it is accompanied by 3 shorter videos that are also worth watching with short reviews. Read more to find out what videos are first up!
This week is dedicated to international talent, and next time we will see what we all at American Parkour can do.
Chase Armitage, a founding member of 3Run, slips in his 2009 sampler just before the end of the year - and it's incredible! Definitely an artistic video, but incredible none the less. It has clips of Chase from all over the world, training, performing, and starring. Clips from Hellboy, his Guiness World Record setting Wallflip, and many other performances! It's incredible, and you have to watch it now! Read More to see the video.
Daniel Ilabaca has produced a new video called Choose Not To Fall. There's a soft music track with Ilabaca talking about how parkour has effected him and how he thinks. He talks about how parkour saved him, and where it is taking him. The best quote in this video is the one that wraps the video up: "If you're afraid to fall, you fall because you are afraid. Everything is choice." This is a great video, and it shows what develops, mentally and physically, after years and years of hard work. Read more to watch this truly inspirational video.
