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1. Mike Benson Video Wars - Planet High

by Mike Benson

2 years 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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Penguin Productions 2 years ago

i think im in love. cant get over it
Baby Giant Productions 2 years ago

really awesome job, creative. not to mention the colors look phenomenal. you did a great job
Thunder Down Country 1 year ago

brilliant.
K.M.Alvenes 1 year ago

Very, very cool!
Zuriel Ebron 1 year ago

siiick
Blake Whitman 1 year ago

omg, this is amazing.
FUEL TV 1 year ago

Nice!
Dan Valentine 1 year ago

Ha great. Time and money, I wish I had more of it...
iamdamion 1 year ago

yay for this video! :)

boo for mountain high! ;)
Clintus McGintus 1 year ago

dude this was amazing. You're pumping me up for my fan film I am planning right now. Great work.
Eli Friedman 1 year ago

very impressive, you guys got skills
Taylor Wood 1 year ago

That was beyond awesome,
Tom @ Timescapes 1 year ago

lol nice.
Brian Boudreau 1 year ago

That was Really sweet !!
Wasted Lives 1 year ago

nice work. i never would have thought of that

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Matt hughes 1 year ago

wow. i bet that took some real time and effort to nail down. awesome!!! BTW what camera did you use to film it???
Frederick Ross 1 year ago

that was sick :) nice sfx
Patrick Mazzolo 1 year 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.
Jan "HentaiRush" Doležal 1 year ago

Craaaaaazy.. xD
Mike Benson 1 year 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
Michael Brodner AKA Bones 1 year ago

Haha! Sweet!!
rick ash 1 year 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
Wouter Oude Wesselink 1 year ago

wow nice dit you edit this whit Adobe After Effects
Mike Benson 1 year ago

Yep, and Final Cut Pro 6.
Adam Ouellette 1 year ago

love you man. You are what I aspire to be...lol.
Abras 1 year ago

Simply GREAT!
Rootclip 1 year 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.
Rommel Cantalice 1 year ago

man, this is so cool!!!
3d60 1 year ago

ace
ilolproductions 1 year ago

so awesome!
Andres Aluaru 1 year ago

Very cool effects, How do you add the light effects to the swords; does it need blue green screen?
Walter Tlatenchi 1 year ago

It's called AfterEffects. No green screen required.
Alfonso GJ 1 year ago

fantastic!
Jan van der Meer 1 year ago

Awesome, do you reveal your FX anywhere? Love to know how you lightened the sticks or are they the real ones? ;-)
Lloyd is Brobo 1 year ago

those Jawas rock!
Broderick Horne 1 year ago

that was so sick!
charlesk 1 year ago

by far one of the best vids i've seen on vimeo!
Andrew Reyna 1 year ago

Did you have to rotoscope every frame, or did you do some really cool advanced method?
Mike Benson 1 year ago

All rotoscoping. If you think this was time-intensive you should check out "Inverted World."
Don purdie 1 year ago

i love the wall ride!..... such a good video!!!!! i'd pay for a full length vid of that haha!
whats the song!?
BLUEDOG Production 1 year ago

You are awesome!
Awesome job!
Peter Quiambao Jr. 1 year ago

Huge props
Kantholy 1 year ago

cool!
Clan McCloud 1 year ago

This may be the geekiest most nerdy thing I've ever seen. I LOVE IT! You guys are awesome. Well done.
JD 1 year ago

That was inappropriately awesome and amazing. I think it's illegal.
Michael P. Steeves 1 year 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.
Bertrand Bouchez 1 year ago

Graaaaaaaaaave, perfect video, I like it !
Jason Upson 1 year ago

Radtastic, man!!
Patrick Booth 1 year ago

That was really well done!
Spindon of Lindon 1 year ago

Awesome...
Edward Crosby 1 year ago

Good stuff.
Great job, guys.
Travis Gregory 1 year ago

Seriously...snowboarding AND Star Wars?! Does it get any better than this? I say hell no. Great work guys!
Alex Bonskii 1 year ago

Well done!!! :)
BadD Monke 1 year ago

It was totally worth waiting for it to buffer. It was gnar gnar!
Lucasberg (Joey) 1 year ago

That was fan-friggen-tastic.
Bartosz Barlowski 1 year ago

pure awesomness. one thing: the snow should have a melt effect when the lightsaber is touching it. :D
James Wilkinson 1 year 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.
Todd Burleson 1 year ago

just introduced my 6 year old to Star Wars tonight. Can't wait to show him this! Fantastic.

TB
Christopher Prouse 1 year ago

You blew me away with your awesomeness. What's the music remix called? I'd love to get it.
Mike Benson 1 year ago

It's on DJ Z-Trip's Uneasy Listening album. Google "DJ Z-Trip" and his site will come up.
Alan Duff 1 year ago

more more!
Henri Groux-Holt 1 year ago

This was better than any of the prequels
Matt 1 year ago

kool...something different and original

nice job!
pashmo 1 year ago

cool!
OOgle Flix 1 year ago

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! You are god! XD
Brett Morry 1 year ago

I love the ending! Those two Troopers are classic... haha
walt 1 year ago

boba whet is bomb.

and i loved the awkward pause on the ski lift.
brett stormoen 1 year ago

this is too sick. best thing i've ever seen on vimeo...
drbin 1 year ago

오~ 보기 좋구려~
George Psinakis Rausch 1 year 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 year ago

Haha we got some weird looks.
RoBeRT 1 year ago

Unbelievable!!! Amazing!! Awesome!! I don't have words!!!
Monconic 1 year ago

so amazing. i love it!
Richard Dean 1 year ago

Amazing. Great video.
hello 1 year ago

those kids are really good at snowboarding too
choice 1 year ago

send this vid to transworld.
pretty sick i must say
casey wrightsman 1 year ago

it is on tw
Alex Miller 1 year 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.
Brian Kellogg 1 year ago

That was bad ass!!!!!
Alexander S. 1 year ago

Very nice, the force is with you!
Speldosa 1 year ago

Where the heck is Yoda? :D
Justin Scheidt 1 year ago

Great!
Aleksandra Biolik 1 year ago

Badass!
Lachtan 1 year ago

Great idea!
Kayle Lang 1 year ago

This was very well done, even without the special effects.
Cody Smith 1 year ago

so awesome. what kind of camera were you using? im so stoked on this.
Mike Benson 1 year ago

Thanks man. It was an HVX-200.
Joshua Ansell 1 year ago

That was amazing. well done.
W.H CHENG 1 year ago

太神奇了
Mike Benson 1 year 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.
David Straight 1 year ago

sick
Markus Poerschke 1 year ago

Cool! I like it!
Michelle Klein-Hass 1 year 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.
GC 1 year ago

Funny. Good job, dudes.
Garrett M. Smith 1 year ago

Just awesome, I loved it!
Evan Lavery 1 year ago

im speachless everything whas perfect. is it even possible to land pretzel on a snowboard? lol still this is the best
Matt Taylor 1 year ago

Great work!
blackpawn 1 year ago

bad ass!
[ indelible inc ] 1 year ago

dude if this one don't ring up the "likes", what chance do ANY of us have?!? YOU KILLED IT!!!!!!!! I quit.
Hurricane.de 1 year ago

Hmm, the AE editing reminds me of the tutorials at videocopilot.net :)
Anyway awesome Movie, well done guys.