Real Skifi are known for their creativity on skis, but this is some next-level sh*t!
The more you watch it, the more it blows your mind.
In this project, we had to use our creativity differently from what were used to.
Obviously, you were inspired by Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, but did you understand the movies plot?
Were still scratching our heads.
Haha, I will admit that I may have googled “Tenet explained” after watching it!
Explain how you went from watching the movie to making a Tenet-themed Real Skifi episode?
The seeds for the project were planted long before the movie even came out.
It was mostly just theory around symmetrical tricks and setups, but we never tried it.
We realised we could bring in extras to create the illusion of opposite time flows.
We could make the clips go back and forth, or any which way.
The discussions, when we were trying to explain our ideas to each other, were pretty funny.
Has it surprised you how well this episode was received?
We knew this was a good one and we were super excited to release it.
We can’t begin to imagine how difficult this episode was to coordinate and film.
Which shot was the most challenging and why?
The simple rail slide on the log with children riding the carousel was one of the hardest for me.
There are just so many details to think about when doing something “inverted”.
It was funny to build a take-off that would look like a landing and vice versa.
Basically, the take-off had to be as low as possible and the landing high and narrow.
Then I would fake a heavy head-bob landing and pop onto the rail more or less blind.
I had to hit the tranny of the landing perfectly, while going backwards… blind.
It was almost too much for my brain to handle.
In terms of production level and execution, this episode is mind-blowing.
Can we expect to see the further blurring of cinematic themes and skiing creativity in future Real Skifi episodes?
Stepping up our production game and exploring our creativity are definitely things that we value and want to pursue.
However, going full Hollywood isnt our plan right now.
We would need some very different budgets for that haha.
How do you manage to re-invent the ski edit every single time?
Whats your creative process?
Thanks for the kind words!
I really don’t think there’s any secret to it.
When you have a tendency to get excited about things, you might just end up creating something interesting.
We keep our eyes and ears open and sometimes we even sit down to think and plan.
Any clues on what your next project might be?
We do have a few projects already in the oven.
I won’t give away too much, but there’s some good stuff coming!
The next video will most likely be released in autumn.
Honestly, I haven’t thought about that at all!
If I had to pick one now perhaps it’d be Forrest Gump.
There’s the running scene where he runs for years and people start following him.
