Great point. I'd like to get paid too, but how do you get paid? Let's see, well unless you are already a star you get paid by being recognized by the right people. Exposure is the key to success. You are not going to get paid hiding on some forum. Being in a professionally produced video is extremely valuable asset. When I was starting out I had nothing to show, just talk and I got no respect. Then I dropped the ego and started doing projects like this and put together a reel and tried to get as much exposure as I could. Did I do paid work? Sure, I made like $3000 in 2 weeks one time, but the REALLY cool work that made me was mostly stuff I did for the love of it. Blah, blah, blah. This attitude opened a lot of doors for me and I won't even bore you with what those doors were so people can question them. Let's just say I'm doing ok now and celebrities don't impress me anymore. Not much does. It's been a hell of a ride!

Anyway, I have since moved to a much more..ummm..beneficial line of work now, but my passion for Bikes and visual effects still remains.

If people have doubts about what I can do, PM me and I'll show you my proffesional broadcast/film real. If thats not enough, then I'll just post the video when it's done so people can see what they missed out on and that this was for real.

I really thought this forum was just people having fun, I did not know people here are trying to be pro stunters.

 

Well I'm going to call BS on everything you have said so far because if you were serious and really did all that **** you listed/Worked behind the scene's at all those places, Then you would know how to be patient and how to deal with people or maybe that's why your not still working for them??


I don't know man, But anyone who is supposedly professional and really wants to make something like this happen would ignore the People who are putting it/the idea down and MAKE IT HAPPEN. But I can tell your really just some stupid **** with to much time on his hands.

I don't think you have done anything that you say your have, I don't think you have any credentials and I don't think people on here want to be on some home made video you and your friends are making. (Maybe Nate (50outlaw) would do it for A hot pocket though lol)

 

You need credentials for me to spend months of my time making you shine and to buy you lunch? I'm just doing this for the love of it man, you probably won't be down with it. Talk to me if you just love to ride and would love to have a hot HD DVD with you doing your thing to have with you forever and not pay a dime, otherwise thanks for the response.

 

Dude grow up, Realize you need to put up or shut up to get what you need these days, People are not just going to take your word for it because NO BODY KNOWS YOU!

So Present your credentials and Tell us what your trying to make here in specifics... if your serious about this then show us and be professional about it. Stop bitching like a child...God your pathetic dude..

 

Well, first of all I'm a visual effects artist, not a producer. I just make people's videos look hot and make people walk through walls and crap. I don't normally do casting or work with talent. That is the producer/directors job. To be more accurate a casting director would do the recruiting and since I'm not one, maybe I just suck at that part, but I'll admit it.

I left the bizz because I started around 911. That was a tough time for even the best of us in a highly competitive business what simply being "hot" is not enough. For example you know how many GREAT musicians are struggling just to eat while crappy artist are making millions? Fortunately I did better than most, but I left the bizz for a few reasons:

Stability(gig to gig sucks even if you are good; I need stability)
Even normal(non-creative) jobs were hard to come by back then
Twice the cash I was making back then

For the record I have no reason to try and impress you or anyone. People I want to work with could careless about all that crap. They just love to ride and are down with the oppertuity. As for home video, you must really think I'm the ultimate looser to go through all this for some corny *** home video shot with K-mark cameras and no sense of direction or storyline or concept.

Thanks for the motivation though. Now I have the additional prize of proving people like you wrong. Gotta stay open minded man, you never know. Not everybody is trying to trick you.

 

you act like most of us have never been in a "professionally produced video" you want to pay me? i'll work for you... you want to buy me a subway sandwich and tell me about 15 min of fame? I'll tell you I have had 15 min of fame in about 18 videos! hey thats 270 min of fame!!! but 'ill take yours too... as long as it comes with a pay check!!!

 

make a trip down to delaware and ill hook u up with the shots. ur only like 2hrs from here. cause im gonna want more then i think ur willing to spend to come up there. come down and get your shots.

 

Funny. I have a least 10 years on you man. lol Why should I grow up? I post a serous post and this is what I get back. Anyway

Title: Why we ride
Starring: Super sport bikes, Dirt bikes, Choppers, T-Rexs, Stunters, exotic cars

Featuring:

Interviews "Why do YOU ride?"
Races
Track days
Long distance rides
Knee dragging twisties
Cruising through the hood
Chillin at the "spot"
Stuntin (?)
Female riders
Riding clubs
Crews: Jersey, Philly, Boston, Hartford, Long Island, Brooklyn, Upstate...
Helmet cam
Boot cam
Nose cam
Abstract
Police chase
Police tracker technology
Stealth bike

Concept: Why we all ride. A snapshot into the life of a rider. Show the doctors, lawyers, college kid, Rebels without causes, speed demons, stunters...everyone.

Audience: anybody into or curious about bikes...riders and non-riders. Mostly male ages 15-35.

Distribution: High resolution DVD, youtube and website.

Right now all I need is 2 wheelies for a photo shoot that I will use to create fliers to recruite riders/drivers.

 

You're in Alaska..lol

If I were going to seriously take on a project of the scale of getting riders from that far, I'd do a car video. Bikes are too much trouble from a production standpoint if you want the achieve the level I do.

 

Starring: Super sport bikes, Dirt bikes, Choppers, T-Rexs, Stunters, exotic cars

You should come out to Hollywood's Block Party, you'll pretty much see all of those in one place.

Crews: Jersey, Philly, Boston, Hartford, Long Island, Brooklyn, Upstate...

and then some

Stunting - no doubt

Female riders - absolutely

Riding clubs - lots of them



Cruising through the hood

defintely get that, about 300-500+ bikes

Police chase

good possibility

here's the link
https://www.stuntlife.com/forums/3-e...ty-2008-a.html

 

With all your expertise in the visual effects field why dont you prove it and post a few pics of your work a person with those stations behind them would surely have a portfolio of something, wouldnt you?

 

Do you have any trailers from anything that you have worked on? I'd like to see some of the MTV, BET or ABC footage, just out of curiosity, not doubt.

 

Yes I do, but thats from like 7 years ago. Thats so old now. I'm just getting back on the scene now. Considering the kind of responses I've gotten I also don't want to put all that information out there. I don't want people who will only get involved because of who I may or may not know and what connections I may have. Either you just love to ride and are down or I doubt you'll have time in between your next blockbuster movie for my little production. My results will be hot and everyone involved will definitely be glad they did, but I can't compete with what a pro rider that needs to see credentials can get. I'm good but I aint that good. When I give credentials that means I'm getting my $100/hour rate that I normally charge, however I usually don't need credentials because people typically will already know what I offer and either want it or not.

 

your good at side stepping.. put up one thing... just ONE or you just proved your just another talker..

 

I don't want to post my portfolio on a site like this, but I can do a new output of my old reel and post it on youtube or something. PM your email and I'll send you the link when it's done. You won't see any bikes in my professional work though. It's all 30 second spots like what you see during the commercial breaks during your favorite show. Logo treatments with logos flying around and stuff like that. Also effects like glowing eyes and lightning bolts coming out of fingers(much higher level than Wink's bolts).

Posting my work here would guarantee me responses like:

"Oh please, thats not your work. If could do that then you wouldn't need to be on here begging for riders to do wheelies...riders would be chasing you down."

"Wow, now I really know you are a big fake. There is no WAY you can do that, you are too pathetic for that"

Really don't need to prove anything so, I wouldn't bother.

Give me some time, I'm still rebuilding my studio since all my gear is antiquated by now. Good thing prices have come down, but hey are still up there. My software that costed $1500 back then is now $999 now. Which would be much better if I did not just upgrade all my riding gear for the track and wasn't doing a lot of work on my bike for track. I mean my gear cost more than my KLR 250 EASY. I'm going to have to make a lot of sacrifices for this production so you can see why I may get a little bothered by unsupportive responses. I'm not going to sweat over a video for people that can't even be respectful so thats why I'm not jumping to show off to entice riders. Either you down or you not, that how I look at it.

 

no posting it on you tube will get you those responses how about your real name and i'll just look for you in some credits of the movies you've worked on

 

not to derail this thread but u are a little late...

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you should get my doc when it comes out in few weeks and u'll get your answer why ppl are this way on here...

 

Curious...have there been many posers on here making bogus claims about videos? People seem geniunaly suspicious and paranoid.

Personally I just love to ride. I don't need to see anything. Worst case for me is I have a great ride to a bogus video shoot that look likes garbage but reguardless I had a great ride as usual and I get a video that might be good for laughs or a blury memory that I may or may not want to keep. I'm down for anything bikes man, don't have to ask me twice much less beg me.

See you gotta understand me. I'm the type of guy that if I was a celebrity you would never recognize me in public cause I'd always make sure I look very different on FILM/TV. If I had a lambo, I would pick up a girl in my Celica. In fact many people that know me would be surprised about many of the things I've experienced but keep to myself. I don't want anyone who is around me because of what I've done or have. Groupies suck. People around me need to be real and not just looking to get something out of me. When I was younger I was always trying to be "cool" and show off, but then I grew up. Just think people here think I'm showing off and trying to make myself out to be something I'm not, but I have
not even really said anything or even shown anything. If I wanted to front I'd have much more to say and would be showing you either my work or somebody else's, but I'm not doing either.

 

i already have a hot dvd with me doing my thing in it that i didnt pay a dime for and its a stunt dvd not a shmorgisborgh of nonsense with a couple stunts in it. so if you want me in your dvd you might wanna back up some of the stuff that your saying, if you want my credentials you can go see my myspace and see my pictures. im not bullshitting with you, you say you want an upstate scene in there, well that just happens to be my scene and me and the guys i ride with are the upstate ny stunt scene, so if you want access to the best riders in upstate ny you might wanna show me that youre legit.

 

Great video! That only touches on some of what I want to. There is much more to what I'm doing. Besides, like I said it's for fun. I'm not competing or anything. My mission is to produce a really cool video and have fun doing it. Thanks for posting that though.