I would like to say that the videos I have made in the past are pretty original to me or so it felt. I had of course seen other examples of videography and cinematography but when I started making my own videos, everything I put into them and every way I edited them just kind of came to me and I didn’t really feel like i was pulling certain ideas from any specific places. That being said, I do have some people that really inspire me to expand my capabilities and creativity when it comes to video making and thats this
The first person I will talk about is John John Florence.
John John Florence is and American surfer born on the North Shore of Hawaii. When he’s not surfing, or even when he’s surfing, he is an avid video maker and photographer. I knew about him before I came out here to the island but once i got here and immersed myself the the west coast surf culture i started following him more and more. Down below is one of my favorite videos by him and definitely one of my favorite videos of all time:
Space from John John Florence on Vimeo.
In this video, the landscape shots are absolutely stunning but the majority of the video is shot underwater which is equally amazing. I would absolutely love to be able to shoot videos under water but frankly that is just not a reality for me right now in terms of money but I will definitely continue to look at it all day.
Another one of John John’s videos, which is his most recent, features a lot more clips shot on land which i think are really really cool. This video (below) is a video i can totally see myself taking some inspiration from:
I really just like the , for lack of better words, “vibes” that John John’s videos exude. They are full of light hearted fun moments mixed together beautifully with intense surfing clips showcasing one the most raw and gnarly things this planet has to offer. All of his videos are presented so clean and crisp that it makes you want to watch them over and over again just so you can appreciate not only the time it took him to make and produce such a beautiful work of art but also to appreciate the feats he had to carry out within the videos themselves.
