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2 months ago
2. Gnar Wars by Mike Benson
3 months ago
Star Wars themed snowboarding at Mountain High. Directed by Mike Benson. Starring Casey Wrightsman, Geoff Isringhausen, Cory Whetstone, Nick Sibayan, and Eric Miranda.
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  • kyle schafer 3 months ago
    i think im in love. cant get over it
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  • VolcomSton3d 3 months ago
    scar is on a different side at the end haha
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  • slave1pilot 3 months ago
    Those 2 troopers at the very end where classic
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  • Garrett O'Brien 3 months ago
    really awesome job, creative. not to mention the colors look phenomenal. you did a great job
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  • Thunder Down Country 2 months ago
    brilliant.
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  • K.M.Alvenes 2 months ago
    Very, very cool!
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  • Zuriel Ebron 2 months ago
    siiick
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  • Blake Whitman 2 months ago
    omg, this is amazing.
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  • FUEL TV 2 months ago
    Nice!
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  • Dan Valentine 2 months ago
    Ha great. Time and money, I wish I had more of it...
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  • iamdamion 2 months ago
    yay for this video! :)

    boo for mountain high! ;)
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  • Clintus McGintus 2 months ago
    dude this was amazing. You're pumping me up for my fan film I am planning right now. Great work.
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  • Eli Friedman 2 months ago
    very impressive, you guys got skills

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  • Taylor Wood 2 months ago
    That was beyond awesome,
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  • Tom 2 months ago
    lol nice.
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  • Brian Boudreau 2 months ago
    That was Really sweet !!
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  • Wasted Lives 2 months ago
    nice work. i never would have thought of that

    vimeo.com/channel7914
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  • Matt hughes 2 months ago
    wow. i bet that took some real time and effort to nail down. awesome!!! BTW what camera did you use to film it???
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  • Frederick Ross 2 months ago
    that was sick :) nice sfx
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  • Patrick Mazzolo 2 months ago
    Nice work.

    My only criticism I can give is to blend your effects a little bit more. If the Sabers had a blend-mode (of say 'Lighten') then they would have looked awesome and matched the video footage.

    But still, Nice work.
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  • Craaaaaazy.. xD
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  • Mike Benson 2 months ago
    Thanks guys. It was shot on a Panasonic HVX-200. It had a .75x wide angle lens on for most of the shots. Please add us at:

    myspace.com/knifeshowinc
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  • Haha! Sweet!!
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  • rick ash 2 months ago
    i have never watched a sci fi star wars movie ever but i found this to be very very entertaining, i love the feeling of flight in the air you got with out cable, or special effects. great end scene were the bad guy gets it. o r i g i n a l
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  • Wouter Oude Wesselink 2 months ago
    wow nice dit you edit this whit Adobe After Effects
  • Mike Benson 1 month ago
    Yep, and Final Cut Pro 6.
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  • Abras 2 months ago
    Simply GREAT!
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  • Rootclip 2 months ago
    Love the time-out scene on the lift with the elevator music. This was really well done guys! I'm gonna check out the rest of your stuff.
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  • Rommel Cantalice 2 months ago
    man, this is so cool!!!
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  • 3d60 2 months ago
    ace
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  • ilolproductions 2 months ago
    so awesome!
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  • Andres Aluaru 2 months ago
    Very cool effects, How do you add the light effects to the swords; does it need blue green screen?
  • Walter Tlatenchi 23 days ago
    It's called AfterEffects. No green screen required.
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  • jon spyz 2 months ago
    that was awesome!
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  • Alfonso GJ 2 months ago
    fantastic!
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  • Jan van der Meer 2 months ago
    Awesome, do you reveal your FX anywhere? Love to know how you lightened the sticks or are they the real ones? ;-)
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  • BrownBomber 2 months ago
    those Jawas rock!
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  • Broderick Horne 2 months ago
    that was so sick!
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  • charlesk 2 months ago
    by far one of the best vids i've seen on vimeo!
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  • Andrew Reyna 2 months ago
    Did you have to rotoscope every frame, or did you do some really cool advanced method?
  • Mike Benson 1 month ago
    All rotoscoping. If you think this was time-intensive you should check out "Inverted World."
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  • Don purdie 2 months ago
    i love the wall ride!..... such a good video!!!!! i'd pay for a full length vid of that haha!
    whats the song!?
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  • KIM 2 months ago
    You are awesome!
    Awesome job!
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  • Peter Quiambao Jr. 2 months ago
    Huge props
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  • Kantholy 2 months ago
    cool!
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  • Clan McCloud 2 months ago
    This may be the geekiest most nerdy thing I've ever seen. I LOVE IT! You guys are awesome. Well done.
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  • JD 2 months ago
    That was inappropriately awesome and amazing. I think it's illegal.
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  • Michael P. Steeves 2 months ago
    I only had one gripe... The remix music was lame.
    I would suggest using the original score without the remix.
    Other than that, it was really very good.
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  • Bertrand Bouchez 2 months ago
    Graaaaaaaaaave, perfect video, I like it !
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  • Jason Upson 2 months ago
    Radtastic, man!!
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  • Patrick Booth 2 months ago
    That was really well done!
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  • Spindon of Lindon 2 months ago
    Awesome...
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  • Edward Crosby 2 months ago
    Good stuff.
    Great job, guys.
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  • Travis Gregory 2 months ago
    Seriously...snowboarding AND Star Wars?! Does it get any better than this? I say hell no. Great work guys!
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  • Alex Bonskii 2 months ago
    Well done!!! :)
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  • BadD MonKey 2 months ago
    It was totally worth waiting for it to buffer. It was gnar gnar!
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  • Lucasberg 2 months ago
    That was fan-friggen-tastic.
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  • SKUNKAPEFRIEND 2 months ago
    freakin hyped on this vid,proper execution with everything. yo whats the setup you used to shoot this?
  • Mike Benson 1 month ago
    HVX-200 and a wide angle lens. We had a tripod but we barely had a chance to use it cause we had so little time to shoot.
  • SKUNKAPEFRIEND 1 month ago
    tripod??? you have the best tripod ever giving to you... your two legs and your board, better then any tripod any one can buy. you know whats up. peace
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  • Bartosz Barlowski 2 months ago
    pure awesomness. one thing: the snow should have a melt effect when the lightsaber is touching it. :D
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  • James Wilkinson 2 months ago
    WOW! Nice Job!, I really liked how you actually had a head fall out of Boba Whet's Helmet, unlike the real Star Wars. Great attention to detail.
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  • Todd Burleson 2 months ago
    just introduced my 6 year old to Star Wars tonight. Can't wait to show him this! Fantastic.

    TB
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  • ChristopherProuse 2 months ago
    You blew me away with your awesomeness. What's the music remix called? I'd love to get it.
  • Mike Benson 1 month ago
    It's on DJ Z-Trip's Uneasy Listening album. Google "DJ Z-Trip" and his site will come up.
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  • Alan Duff 2 months ago
    more more!
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  • Henri Groux-Holt 2 months ago
    This was better than any of the prequels
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  • Matt 2 months ago
    kool...something different and original

    nice job!
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  • Janis von Seggern 2 months ago
    Awesome!
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  • IVAN STOYANOV 2 months ago
    THE BEST !!!
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  • pashmo 2 months ago
    cool!
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  • A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! You are god! XD
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  • Brett Morry 2 months ago
    I love the ending! Those two Troopers are classic... haha
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  • walt 2 months ago
    boba whet is bomb.

    and i loved the awkward pause on the ski lift.
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  • brett stormoen 2 months ago
    this is too sick. best thing i've ever seen on vimeo...
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  • drbin 2 months ago
    오~ 보기 좋구려~
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  • George Rausch 2 months ago
    Very nicely done. Lots of fun. Excellent video clarity.

    I just couldn't help thinking what all the "normal" people on the slope were thinking.
  • Mike Benson 1 month ago
    Haha we got some weird looks.
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  • Robert Domínguez 2 months ago
    Unbelievable!!! Amazing!! Awesome!! I don't have words!!!
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  • Elliott Cost 2 months ago
    so amazing. i love it!
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  • Richard Dean 2 months ago
    Amazing. Great video.
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  • hello 2 months ago
    those kids are really good at snowboarding too
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  • rodrigo caula 2 months ago
    send this vid to transworld.
    pretty sick i must say
  • casey wrightsman 2 months ago
    it is on tw
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  • Alex Miller 2 months ago
    .....WOW!!!!
    That was amazing!!!!!!!!!!
    This has got to be the first time I've seen a Jedi wear a snowboard!.Can't wait to show my Star Wars fan of a friend.
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  • Brian Kellogg 2 months ago
    That was bad ass!!!!!
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  • Alexander Spielvogel 2 months ago
    Very nice, the force is with you!
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  • Speldosa 2 months ago
    Where the heck is Yoda? :D
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  • Justin Scheidt 2 months ago
    Great!
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  • Aleksandra Biolik 2 months ago
    Badass!
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  • Lachtan 2 months ago
    Great idea!
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  • Kayle Lang 2 months ago
    This was very well done, even without the special effects.
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  • Cody Smith 2 months ago
    so awesome. what kind of camera were you using? im so stoked on this.
  • Mike Benson 1 month ago
    Thanks man. It was an HVX-200.
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  • Joshua Ansell 2 months ago
    That was amazing. well done.
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  • W.H CHENG 2 months ago
    太神奇了
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  • Mike Benson 1 month ago
    Thanks guys! To everyone commenting, I shot on an HVX-200, I used a .75x zoom thru wide angle for most of the shots. I shot it in 720p, and most of it was shot at half-speed. Then the effects were done over the course of a month in After Effects CS3. And then I edited the final product with Final Cut 6.
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  • David Straight 1 month ago
    sick
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  • Markus Poerschke 1 month ago
    Cool! I like it!
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  • Michelle Klein-Hass 1 month ago
    Awesome. Much love to the 501st and Rebel Legions: we may be fighting on different sides, but we are family. Great vid, kid, that was one in a million.
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