TRAkTION Aftermath
For those of you that regularly read the blog you’ll know that Saturday I posted the trailer for my new video, TRAkTION. Never in my wildest dreams would I anticipate the attention the video has gotten since I put it up. In the last 24-hours, I’ve managed to offend the fixed gear community and for that, I’m sorry. My intent was create an investigative video on a culture I’ve witnessed grow over the past few years. I’m new to the scene and should make it very clear that I’m a filmmaker, not a rider, so my approach was to make a video about the exploration of a culture that is unfamiliar to most, including myself. I decided to take the video down from the internet out of respect for Eric and LBFG, it was never my intent to bring bad press to their shop. I’ll be reediting the trailer within the next day or so and I still plan to complete this project. For those who have supported it, thank you. For those who hated it, I can only impact those opinions with the final product.
03.10.2009 at 08:49
Lesson learned. Just keep things positive in the future. Everyone’s tired of pretentious comments… Keep it up and Ride / Relax
03.10.2009 at 12:30
No worries. I appreciate you clearing some things up with regards to the video, on your blog. TRAkTION was never intended to be offensive. The reason I chose the subject matter was because it really interested me and the people I know that ride, were excited to be part of a video project. Unfortunately, dumb edits make all the difference and that was my bad. I’m working on a more “careful” reedit, but from there, people can take it or leave it. I think everyone’s on the same page as far as my opinions go.
03.10.2009 at 17:19
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