Andre Paskowski just came up with his latest online video project STACKED. He followed Gollito and Victor and got filmed himself, too. The result is an extraordinary 10 minutes long movie. Andre found some time in his busy life for an exclusive interview with continentseven. We talked a bit about the video productions and his attitude towards production and sport.How long did you work on the video?
Well, I worked around 1 week to plan and organise all the movie. Then we filmed around 3 weeks to get all the footage. After returning from the Canary Islands 3 weeks ago I was working on editing together with Sebastian Dörr (the editor) and on some small promo things (moves, trailer etc.). Now I will need in total one more week to make the movie known.
What´s the content about?
As always in my movie the main content is crazy windsurf action. Till now you just know my videos for freestyle action but this time we also have a nice wave part. Also we included a few nice effekts. So all in all i think the viewer can expect to watch nice 10minutes of windsurfing wich will make him hungry for the own next session on the water.
Who are sailors on the vid?
It´s Victor Fernandez for the Wave Part, Gollito and myself for the Freestyle Part.
Are you over producing selling DVDs?
No! I still could imagine to produce a selling DVD. But for such a project I would need a lot of time which I do not have in the moment. A successful DVD you can not make in 4 weeks. I see my Online Clips as a good alternative. We offer definitely good action plus an editing which is on a high quality. We reached with 2forTEN over 100.000 views... I think it is good to transport freestyle and windsurfing to people, who can not be on the water all year long or even to people who never saw windsurfing before. With STACKED I hope to reach these numbers again or even top them.
Is it hard for you to focus on competing and video production?
Yes, sometimes. It all takes more time then it looks like. But I am a windsurfer and competitor first. I want to reach my sportive goals. So I check before the season, how much work is possible or not. This year my results were not as good as they used to be the last couple of years. But I am confident to bring back the good results next year and in the same time having great and interesting movies.
Is your focus more on producing videos or on your competition career?
Well. As I said already. I want to win events. BUT you can not win all the time. I won the Euro Title the last 2 years but it is not possible to win events for the rest of my life. I want to do also a good job off the water for me, my friends, my supporters and the sport. The videos are one part, which are or were obvious to see - now with STACKED and before with 2forTEN. But I do other things like photoprojects, writing articles, taking care of team riders as well.
Do you visit filmschools to improve your skills or how do you get all the knowledge. Honestly your movies get better and better!!!!!!!!!
That is a big compliment. Thanks. Of course we want to push our own limits. I am in charge of the filming side. I did not went to a filmschool. I really like to film and work together with the riders. I think I have a good view for the action and a good workflow with the riders. Maybe because I also windsurf on the level. So I know what is possible and looks the best.
Basti, who is in charge of the editing, went to a university to study media design and his focus was on movie editing. So he has a school background.
Thanks for the interview!!!
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