2013 Showreel

It's been a while since I posted on here last, so I'll give you an update as to what I've been up to.

Since the completion of Perfect Blues, I've been busy working on several corporate videos for Parragon Books, continuing to contribute footage to Pixels and working towards several skateboarding videos for companies such as Rock Solid Distribution and A Third Foot. Of course, I'll post these up here as soon as they are completed.

To give you a taster as to what I've been up to this year, check out my brand new showreel.
It contains snippets from projects such as Parragon at Frankfurt Book Fair, Things You Never Knew About Dinosaurs trailer, Perfect Blues, The Wasteland Has Gone To Sh*t, Love Food Press Event and more!

Watch on...

Perfect Blues - The Promo

That's right, the promo for Perfect Blues is now live.

Don't waste any more time reading this and hit the play button below, and then head on over to the Facebook event page for info on the premiere!



Enjoy.

Perfect Blues - The Premiere

Perfect Blues is nearing completion, and will be released on DVD in skate shops in February. 

However, releasing a DVD without a premiere would be a crime! 

Come on down to The Cube Microplex on the 9th of February 2013 for 7pm and see all of what Dave Wallace, Jed Cullen, Jess Young, Phil Parker, Ash Hall, Jimmy Hart, Andy Coleman, Channon Wallace, Ollie Lock, Josh Arnott, Jason Lewer and Ryan Chamberlain have to offer. 

Alongside the finest skateboarding from the South West, Wales, Sheffield and Newcastle.

Check the Facebook event page here for more info.

See you there!

Dave Wallace - 10 Tricks for Osiris & Kickzoo

Burgess Hill's finest, Dave Wallace has spent a lot of time working on his Perfect Blues section.

But after a long day on the street, he decided to take some time off and hit up Emersons Green Skatepark to film this "10 Tricks" edit for Osiris Shoes and Kickzoo.




Check it out, and then head over to the Perfect Blues FB Page for more from Dave!

Perfect Blues - Filming in Progress with Jess Young

For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure of meeting Jess, he is an extremely humorous character.
No matter what the subject of conversation is, he will leave you laughing so hard that you'll find it hard to breathe!



Here's a very short glimpse into an average day's skating with Jess, enjoy.

Perfect Blues - A mission to Bath

Last weekend we made the most of the dry weather and headed to Bath, one of the UK's heritage cities.

Being that the city is so old and the spots are few and far between, you have to really think outside of the box when trying to film new and exciting things in Bath.

We took a moment to warm up and solidify our strategy at the Royal Victoria Park. Check the quick clip below to see what Ollie Lock, James Callison, Jess Young and Dave Wallace got up to at the infamous skatepark.



Enjoy.

Perfect Blues - Filming in Progress with Ollie Lock

Ollie Lock is one of those naturally talented skateboarders, but sometimes things don't always go to plan.

Check the second "Filming in Progress" teaser for Perfect Blues below.



More PB content on it's way very, very soon!

Perfect Blues on Facebook

For those of you who use social media in your every day lives, we have now set up a Perfect Blues Facebook page for you to check out.

It will be updated alongside this website to bring you fresh visuals and info on the project as it develops. Check out the page here, and don't forget to "Like" it to receive our content in your news feed.

There will be more visual and audio treats coming your way soon, so be sure to add the page so that you don't miss out on anything!

Lloyds Big Three Competition 2012

As per usual, the annual "Big Three" competition was an incredible event. There was a very large turnout of spectators, skateboarders, filmers and dogs.

The comp sees the iconic Amphitheatre based on the waterfront of Bristol transformed into a bustling skateboarding mecca that can be compared to havens such as Macba, for example.

Every single person who attended the competition contributed to the infectious electric atmosphere, which fuelled many of the skateboarders to try and go bigger and better than last year.

Below is my edit from the day. Featuring the likes of Ollie Lock, Jess Young, Phil Parker, Pete Adams, Josh Arnott, Shaun Currie, Korahn Gayle and many more.



See you next year!

2012 Showreel

My 2012 Showreel is now live, you can watch it here or below.


James Harris - Showreel 2012 from James Harris on Vimeo.

Featuring snippets from projects such as the Whisper Book Trailer, Illuminate Bath 2012 Promo, Taylor Oakley - Welcome to Etnies, X Media Lab Bath 2012 and many more...

Music by Jon Kennedy.

The Whisper Book Trailer

Earlier on in the year, I was given the task of shooting and editing a trailer for Chrissie Keighery's latest book "Whisper".

The book is being released in the UK through Templar Publishing and will be available in July.

Whisper is a coming-of-age tale, about discovering who you are and where you fit in life. About friendships and first love and, most of all, learning to love the person you are.



Please click on Demi to watch the trailer. Enjoy!

Dreams Of Age

My graduation film is now live! 

Dreams Of Age is a short film touching on the themes of movement, adaption to the world around us, and youth that is lived and then lost. Essentially wishing and dreaming to be able to do the things we love in life, forever.

This film was Directed, Produced, Shot and Edited independently by myself.

Photography by Patrick Bethell.

Music by Gustave Savy of Drawn Recordings.

Dreams Of Age from James Harris on Vimeo.

Shiner Big Push 2011

The Shiner Big Push is now live! Give it a watch, then head over to the Big Push website to check everything Big Push related out.


Shiner Big Push 2011 from James Harris on Vimeo.

Enjoy.

The Big Push 2011

This year's "Big Push" competition is now available on DVD, cover-mounted with this month's issue of Sidewalk Magazine (Issue 181).



All of the edits this year are of an extremely high standard, truly representing the finest of British skateboarding.

As you all know, I filmed and edited the Shiner piece. Go out there, get your copy of the mag and give it a watch, the proceed to vote!



You can vote once a day, every day until the 25th November over at the Big Push website.

Vote for Shiner!

Jason Lewer - There and Back Again

Earlier on in the year, Jason and I decided to work on this short project.



We wanted to show Jason's day-to-day journey through Bristol, shining a different light on some of the most iconic skate spots in the city by capturing them in an alternative way to conventional skateboard videos.

Hit the play button, and then go out and cruise!

Rolling for Etnies

Over the past 3/4 months Harmony Skateboards, and now Etnies Footwear representative Taylor Oakley and myself have been busy filming for his 'Welcome to Etnies' video section.

The edit is currently in the works should be finished fairly soon, but to wet your appetite a little, I have embedded some audio/visual treats below.


Discussing the plan.


Putting the plan into action.


A quick little offcut from the edit.

Keep your eyes peeled for the edit, it shouldn't be too long now!

Jason Lewer's Fabric Skateboards Section

Over the past few months Jason and I have been hard at work, filming non stop for his 'welcome' edit for Fabric Skateboards.

What was initially just a few clips soon snowballed into a full section featuring a lot of well known Bristol landmarks and even a couple of well known Milton Keynes street spots.

The soundtrack to the edit was kindly supplied by the musicians that go by the name of 'The Shaws', hit those guys up if you like what you hear!

Jason Lewer - Fabric Skateboards Video Edit from fabricskate on Vimeo.

Anyway, press the play button and watch Jason demonstrate how skateboarding should be done.