Brandon is the team manager as well as the social media manager of Moonshine Longboards as well as a team rider/ sponsored pro skater and stunt double for Vin Diesel in the newest XXX movie. Today I was on the phone with him for a solid 40 minutes and we brushed through the following questions...
Interview Questions:
1. What can I do to promote myself making skate videos?
2. What skills do you look for in full time video creators?
3. What's the future in Longboarding movies?
4. How could I make a living doing this?
5. Who else should I talk to?
in response, to summarize he said...
Answers:
1. Gotta have a reel. Show Off your Best work and more importantly your Style.
Be a specialist over a generalist because anyone can make a skate video but put your own unique style that separates you from everyone else that you do better than anyone.
2. Like any job, they look for a dependable person that has a good work ethic that meets deadlines and does the job well. Having your own gear is also important and not only knowing how to effectively use the tools, but to have some original ideas and being creative.
3. The future is hard to say, but there's potential and growth in documentaries, mainstream media and film. The old buisness model is completely changing and is shifting into social media for advertising and there's good money in facebook videos and should be taken advantage of.
4. Not a lot of money in it. Maybe 2k-3k per month, but you'd be doing something you love, it's great resume building and for moving on into bigger things like the big Nike skateboarding ads. Also diversify yourself and pick up marketing as well as photography and freelance on the side with other things.
5. Talk to Les Robertson. President of Skate Slate even if he's not responding you should get a hold of him or Nate Blackburn of Omen and Motion boardshop.
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