On Oct 28, 12:12*am, gotovkotzepkoi gotovkotzepkoi.
wrote:
Excellent; I'm ordering one. This film begs the question: why can't
Americans produce an inspirational soaring movie. The tired videos made
in the US about soaring are about as inspirational as watching paint
dry! No wonder young people want nothing to do with the sport...

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gotovkotzepkoi

Good observation about non-inspirational videos.

A good analogy is the Warren Miller ski films which did much to
promote skiing. These didn't show someone making perfectly linked
turns, they showed extreme aspects of the sport like deep power and
freestyle skiing at the edge of control. 99.9% of the people who
bought ski gear and lift tickets didn't do these things but they liked
watching someone else doing them - and they liked being associated
with the image.

The best soaring videos to promote our sport will also show the
extreme aspects of soaring like the FAI Gran Prix series. So, if you
want to make exciting soaring videos, get great scenery, beautiful
people and beautiful gliders flying low and fast. Then, get a good
video editing application and cut the heck out of your video to show
short, fast sequences of shots.

I once read of a movie producer saying his best shots were just three
to five frames long.