FRINGECASE premiers in just under four hours here: Based on reactions so far, it sounds like this edit is groundbreaking, so I wanted to create a thread to contain our reactions as we take it in. So hyped!
2 points of interest about this edit that I have mentioned in FKC and on Instagram. - All of Ben’s posts on Instagram from the last year were not good enough to be included in Fringecase - It was just Ben and his camera and a tripod when filming for this edit. No one else.
first two and a half minutes were literally hard to watch, just because of all the edits.it made it way harder to make out/track/appreciate the tricks being done, i could tell they were fuego but i couldn't quite make sense of it. other than that tho this shit was fueg, big fan of the ken-tracking in the b&w shots
@super_cdizzle for the amount of post-production done, I'm actually impressed at how easy it is to follow along with the tricks. I don't discount anything you said, but most edits with that much post-work would just be a mess to watch and know what tricks are happening, lol.
They showed the slowed down version at NAKO during the Fringecase premier. It’s just the tricks in slowmo, unedited and no b-roll/transition clips.
Oh shit I'm stoked for that. I've watched it about three times now. I definitely feel that the post production adds a ton to the video but can certainly make some of the tricks harder to track. That said, a lot of the tricks are just mind bending and tough to understand at regular speed any way.
Also note this first paragraph of his caption is such a cool glimpse into how he sees his place in kendama: "Sometime in 2016 I began to focus more on innovation, when the worldwide skill level got so high that I could no longer contribute meaningfully to the progression of mainstream tricks, and I had to find new, unexplored realms of kendama where I could make a bigger impact." I love the thoughtful and strategic approach to contributing to the game.