{"id":1792,"date":"2019-10-01T09:19:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T14:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2019-10-01T11:39:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T16:39:04","slug":"colin-read-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/?p=1792","title":{"rendered":"Colin Read Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>There is roughly 8 million people in New York City. Probably 100,000 skateboarders at least, and 1,000 filmers in the city. But there is only one Colin Read. He&#8217;s the only one to invent the VX kickflip or been asked to do a Radiohead video clip. There is no surprise that he&#8217;s been chosen by Spike Jonze himself to win the last Crailtap video contest. Colin is a creative genius.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1796 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_Screensplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_Screensplash.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_Screensplash-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_Screensplash-768x547.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_Screensplash-1024x730.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_Screensplash-24x17.jpg 24w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_Screensplash-36x26.jpg 36w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_Screensplash-48x34.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Hey Colin, how old are you and where do you live?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">I\u2019m 29 years old. I live in New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><b>How is retirement from filming?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">A lot more boring. Unfortunately, I have severe back problems that prevent me from filming skating now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><b>What is your first skateboard memory?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">My very first memory of skating is of my uncle Barry doing tic tacs around his cul de sac on a twenty-year-old board. He had made it in the seventies, with a piece of wood and roller skate trucks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Your first skate video?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">I don\u2019t honestly remember what the very first video I watched was, but the first video that I remember buying and watching over and over was Real to Reel, in 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>How did you start to do skate videos?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">I would just take out my dad\u2019s handicam, and my friends and I would film each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>What were your influences in your videos?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">I think the skate filmmaker that influenced me the most was Joe Perrin. His videos had a flow to them that nobody else really came close to. Otherwise, I was influenced by Josh Stewart of course, Takahiro Morita, TBPR\u2026 Outside of skating, I drew from a lot films, music, art, and nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/296686801\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/296686801\">GIRL SKATEBOARDS &#8220;DOLL&#8221; &#8211; The Board Revenge Skit<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/colinread\">Colin Read<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>How did you end up working for Slap?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">I made a homie video called \u201c561 to NYC\u201d that got seen a lot, and after that the editor of Slap reached out to me about working for them. It was a lot of fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>Participating in that Slap \u2013 One in a million awkward season, did it change your perspective on the skate industry?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\">I think that was a special case and wasn\u2019t very indicative of the skate industry as a whole. However, it was quite an insight into what could happen to skating if we let outsiders interfere.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\">By that time, I was already friends with all the guys who served at the \u201cJudges\u201d and hosts\u2014Billy Rohan, Rodney Torres, Lurker Lou, Steve Rodriguez, etc. so it was immediately apparent how awkward and strange it was for <\/span><span lang=\"en-CA\"><i>everyone<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-CA\">. The guy in charge, Alex, was trying to push the show in a certain direction so that it could be marketed and sold to a non-skating crowd. At first, everyone played along, play-acting as reality show judges, but pretty soon it got old and the fa\u00e7ade dropped away. Obviously, it all fell apart by the end, but we still had a great time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\">One of the main problems was that Alex hired a bunch of non-skaters as the video crew. They were mostly pretty arrogant and didn\u2019t really care about the kids. We ended up having to wait for them all the time as they walked form spot to spot, since they didn\u2019t have boards.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/VcmSXdvydlg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>Is that right that you were the first dude to say \u00ab\u00a0it\u2019s bullshit\u00a0\u00bb to these challenges?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Well, everyone was bummed, not just me. The kids most of all. Someone had to try to salvage the fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">The kids were all there to skate, and despite constant threats of rain and bad weather, everyone was kept quarantined inside the indoor skate park all day until the pointless interviews and reality-show challenges were completed. The kids were all disappointed, and the life and the energy of the situation was turning sour.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\">I ended up leading a mutiny of sorts; after one kid left the interview room and Alex and the video crew were waiting for the next one to go in, I snuck away with all the skaters to go street skate. We skated all day and all night and filmed a ton of amazing footage. The challenges and ill-timed interviews fell apart after that, as from that day on Alex gave up as we just hit the streets.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Sadly, they edited the original version of the show so that it seemed like the kids just didn\u2019t want to skate and were lazy, and that\u2019s why the show failed. They left out all footage from the final few days of skating, when most of the heaviest skating went down, because it didn\u2019t fit their narrative. That\u2019s why I ended up making my own re-edits, \u201cOne in a Mandible,\u201d to show all of the amazing skating the kids did in that week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>Where did the name \u00ab\u00a0Mandible Claws\u00a0\u00bb come from?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Just one of those nonsense names that stuck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">I grew up in Florida; in the summers it rains almost every day in the afternoon for a couple hours. My friends and I would skate all day until it rained, then go inside and mess around or play video games until the rain stopped and it dried up, then we\u2019d go skate again.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Whenever we would play video games, for some reason my friend Fogt and I would always be on a team that we called \u201cMandible Claw\u201d, after the wrestling move. The other team was always Team \u201cKill Mandible Claw\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Who knows. Just a random joke. And here we are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1798 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"947\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_01.jpg 810w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_01-257x300.jpg 257w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_01-768x898.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_01-21x24.jpg 21w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_01-31x36.jpg 31w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_01-41x48.jpg 41w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>All your videos are filmed with a VX, do you plan on switching to HD at one point?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">I haven\u2019t touched a VX in a year and a half.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><b>What are the pros and cons to film with a VX for you?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">The pros are that it feels fun. The cons are that filming fisheye with it destroyed my back.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 73.33% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/211330469\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/211330469\">ROOF SKATING &#8211; Tengu: God of Mischief<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/colinread\">Colin Read<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>Your \u00ab\u00a0Tengu\u00a0\u00bb video is amazing, how did you come up with the concept for it??<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">I took many trips to Japan and was inspired by the legends of Tengu, a mythical creature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>Did you come up with the idea to skate the roof?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">One night we climbed onto a roof to chill and found an amazing skate spot. We skated it, and the idea was born there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Was it hard to find the roof spots?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Sometimes it involved riding around on subways to find cool-looking roofs. Then we\u2019d get off and try to find the building and get on top of it somehow. Other times we\u2019d just randomly get up on any roofs we thought we could get access to. It was a process over several years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><b>And the ollie over the train station, how sketchy was that?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">No one died or was injured so it was all good. Koki is the man.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 75% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/236456619\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/236456619\">Tengu: God of Mischief &#8211; SUBWAY SKATING (full sequence)<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/colinread\">Colin Read<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1800 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AllBox-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4167\" height=\"2662\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AllBox-1.jpg 4167w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AllBox-1-300x192.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AllBox-1-768x491.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AllBox-1-1024x654.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AllBox-1-720x460.jpg 720w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AllBox-1-360x230.jpg 360w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AllBox-1-24x15.jpg 24w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AllBox-1-36x23.jpg 36w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AllBox-1-48x31.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4167px) 100vw, 4167px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>How did the \u00ab\u00a0Spirit Quest\u00a0\u00bb concept come about; with the mix match of wild animals and skaters?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">It was an idea I\u2019d had for a very long time, that each person has some reflections of animal styles in their skating. Finally, I was ready to make the video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>The lion with Quim was obvious to find, but did you try to find an animal for each personality?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\">In general, yes, each person has an animal spirit.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>How many tries and broken cameras for the VX kickflip?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">None broken. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BjsNz1jlv8C\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Colin Read (@mandibleclaw)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 75% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/239857179\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/239857179\">Spirit Quest &#8211; Intro (Chameleon Vision Quest)<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/colinread\">Colin Read<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 73.37% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/273703754\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/273703754\">The Aquatic Journey &#8211; Spirit Quest<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/colinread\">Colin Read<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>Where did the thought of the double VX filming come from?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Honestly these are hard questions for me to answer. It\u2019s like asking a clock how it works. I\u2019m not always sure where ideas come from, I don\u2019t have some formula or specific process for coming up with ideas or concepts, they just arise naturally while thinking about things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\">But to try to answer\u2026 Ultimately, I wanted to try to do several things with the split-screen sections: I wanted to explore how it might feel to have independent control of your eyes like a chameleon; and I wanted to explore how skate lines have different possibilities, and find a way to inspect multiple options at the same time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>You are one of the last to still put together full lengths on DVDs, how do you approach the skateboarding noise on Instagram, and people selling online digital video via iTunes, or single parts online?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Just speaking for myself, I think that my days of making full-length videos are over. But I think it\u2019s important to try to filter out the noise and seek out work that people have put love and sweat into. It\u2019s easy to miss a lot, so it\u2019s up to the viewer to make sure he doesn\u2019t get sucked into just watched Instagram loops all day. The cool independent projects are out there, you just have to look for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/223493615\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/223493615\">Radiohead &#8211; &#8220;Man of War&#8221; (Official Music Video)<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/colinread\">Colin Read<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><b>How did you end up directing the video clip of Radiohead?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">I segued into directing more commercial and music video stuff after Spirit Quest came out. Somehow, non-skater people in the film industry saw it, and contacted me to pitch ideas on various projects. It grew from there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>You weren&#8217;t holding the camera this time; did you find it difficult to tell people what to do?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">It\u2019s helpful to be able to use your full attention to direct the action, without also having to think about moving the camera. But you do lose that specific, hands-on control. So generally, when I\u2019m working with a DoP, I let them do their job, but if there\u2019s something really specific I know I want, I\u2019ll operate the camera myself for a shot (if I know I can do it more easily myself).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1799 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"758\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_02.jpg 758w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_02-300x192.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_02-720x460.jpg 720w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_02-360x230.jpg 360w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_02-24x15.jpg 24w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_02-36x23.jpg 36w, http:\/\/www.mtlmediagroup.com\/loveskatemag\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ColinRead_02-48x31.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><b>What are your plans for 2018?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Skate-wise, I\u2019m planning a small project with State Footwear, another small project with my friend Taylor, and who knows what else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\">Otherwise, I have a fun little project coming out soon with Falcon Bowse. I have a few more music videos and commercial projects on the horizon, and am working on a feature film as well.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span lang=\"en-CA\"><b>Thanks Colin, want to give some thanks, and give some information on where to order your DVDs?<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">DVDs have been sold out for a long time, but you can find a link to buy or rent a digital version at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandibleclaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mandibleclaw.com<\/a>. Thanks!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandibleclaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">You can follow Colin Read&#8217;s work here<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interview made for our Issue #3 summer 2018<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong>Interview by<\/strong><\/em> Babas Levrai<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>Pictures by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/colegiordano.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cole Giordano<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Follow us: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/loveskatemag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@loveskatemag<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is roughly 8 million people in New York City. 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