What are good songs for uni vids

shanes · June 25, 2009, 8:06am

What are good songs for uni vids???

AlisterBurt · June 25, 2009, 8:30am

depends on your riding style, for example a death metal song wouldt really suit an elegant freestyle routine video

shanes · June 25, 2009, 8:43am

yer

but what tipe of style do u use and whta music do u use

skrobo · June 25, 2009, 8:52am

umm
people liked these…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIxMzgiXFAo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf-pQbGMcsc

also, i like to think of my videos as highlight reels for my riding over the period when i was filming… that seems to help a lot.

maestro8 · June 25, 2009, 10:35am

Why are you putting songs in your uni video? Are you producing something for MTV? Are you just doing it 'cause that’s what everyone else does?

Why not do something original and UNIque? Experiment… try adding your own sound effects. Maybe some clips from your favorite movie or comedy album. How about some “sounds of nature” where appropriate or inappropriate?

If your video looks and sounds just like everyone else’s video, then how is someone going to remember yours, specifically? If your riding doesn’t shine like Shaun’s or Ryan’s or Kris’s then why not make your production shine instead?

JJuggle · June 25, 2009, 10:38am

Entry of the Gladiators is always appropriate.

raymanh · June 25, 2009, 10:41am

Micheal Jackson ;-]

dudewithasock · June 25, 2009, 10:51am

Anything by Miley Cyrus.

kington99 · June 25, 2009, 11:15am

i once featured in a uni vid which thankfully never made it on to the internet - the song was gay bar by electric six

Phil_on_uni · June 25, 2009, 11:25am

no songs by linken park.

thats a good idea maestro. I think i am gonna beatbox the whole time i am riding in a video i make…

Into_the_blue · June 25, 2009, 11:57am

Rodgers and Hammerstein showtunes!
Come on everyone!

“There is nothing like a DAAAAAME!!!..”

No?
Just me?

dudewithasock · June 25, 2009, 12:25pm

This:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0KOfTV1dbc

Or this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H1p13GjKOs

Linusk · June 25, 2009, 12:29pm

Punk rock/skate punk/ska punk

maestro8 · June 25, 2009, 12:53pm

I was thinking about adding a comedy track to a trials video, and time the laughter with the big drop at the end of each line.

Then a muni video out in the woods, but use sounds of traffic and heavy construction, use automobile crash sound effects for the landings.

Oh, to have a video camera and endless amounts of free time!

I’m glad I don’t.

raymanh · June 26, 2009, 10:51am

I can’t believe it! What a coincidence that the day I posted that would be the day that Michael Jackson would die.

Goats_On_Unicycles · June 26, 2009, 11:08am

Jerrick has some good advoce for vids. He covers music in this.

On another topic

Its all about linkin park! If they arent playing for the video, its not worth it.

Thats the most important part.

After that, you do NOT want to riding to match the feel and rhythm of the song. Never do that. Ever.

Actually, before even the editing parts, make sure the person who is filming you has just drank 3 cups of all day energy drinks and is talking on the phone. You really want a shaky and blurry image.

Now, open up the most basic editing software and use every filter they have at the start of each clip and at the end of the clips as well. Seriously. You want the filters and effects to stretch across the whole video. That will impress everyone.

Now, add in the flashes. Like the riding, this shouldnt fit the music, in fact, it should be 60bpm faster than the songs tempo, being in a 5/4th signature, going from eighth note, eighth-triple, 16ths, 5thlits, a burst a 32nds and repeat. That will really make people feel like they are part of the experience and will spark the new dance of going crazy on the floor with lots of drool.

Always add a subliminal flash of some obscene image.

Then for the end, credit all the people that had nothing to do with you or the vid, and even rant a little about someone you dont like. It will show you love and really repect the people.

Then let the last 3 mins of the movie be black, because the song isnt over, and no one wants to cut off the song just because the video is over. So now they can sit back and stare at the black screen, and think of all the awesomeness they just saw.

Into_the_blue · June 26, 2009, 11:59am

Coincidence?
Or something more sinister?

Can you account for your whereabouts yesterday?
Hmm?

EliB · June 26, 2009, 12:57pm

hehe:p

maestro8 · June 26, 2009, 2:05pm

He missed the tip about putting a solid minute of opening credits into your video, before any riding footage is shown. I love watching misspelled, oversized, garishly colored titles in eye-gouging fonts for prolonged periods while YouTube buffers the video. Why even put any riding in, when you can just describe the riding with more text?

maestro8 · June 26, 2009, 2:32pm

Oops, missed the edit window.

Jerrick’s tip about the cameraman talking on the phone might be glossed over; it should be repeated here. The cameraman, and anyone standing near the camera, should talk and shout as much as possible. With the excellent fidelity of camera-mounted microphones, it really captures the essence of “being in the moment”… with a bunch of over-caffeinated, inarticulate, socially awkward teenagers with coprolalia.