Life Cycles Recut Contest!

16mm
In May of 2004 Gibb and Frankowski decided that they wanted to do a film together, shortly thereafter the name Life Cycles was conceptualized. Being unknown filmmakers they determined they needed footage to show they were capable. At the time Film was the best medium available and it was decided that Life Cycles would be shot on 16mm. Over 2004 Gibb collected enough footage to make a teaser. In May 2005 the above teaser was edited and Life Cycles now had something they could approach sponsors with.

IDT Vision Highspeed Camera

Between May of 2005 to March of 2007 Frankowski was occupied with a successful photography business, while Gibb was finishing up Film School and shooting the Travis Pastrana Documentary “199 Lives”. The search for sponsorship was bleak until Scott Bicycles stepped up and became the first sponsor of Life Cycles. At this time Gibb and Frankowski decided to stop everything else they were doing and focus solely on Life Cycles. With the announcement of the Red One camera they decided they were no longer going to shoot the movie on film and switched to digital. With the Red One still along ways from being completed IDT Vision lent them one of their highspeed cameras and in August/Sept of 2007 they were able to shoot the above teaser. With the aid of this second teaser Life Cycles was able to secure their second sponsor Shimano.

Panasonic HVX200
As February 2008 rolled around, Red One was behind schedule and the Life Cycles crew started to get anxious. They decided to buy a Panasonic HVX200 and Redrock Micro hooked them up with a lens adaptor. They choose Southern Utah as their first shoot/scout mission. Very quickly they found out that the HVX200 was not the camera they wanted to shoot Life Cycles on and decided to postpone shooting until they could get a Red One.

Red One
On April 24th 2008 The Life Cycles crew picked up their Red One. This is when official production started on the film. They finally had a tool that could capture their vision and went to work doing just that. The clips in this folder are the shots that hit the cutting room floor and didn’t quite make it into the film.
Download All the Raw Footage here

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The Contest
The point of this contest is to take all of this unused footage from the Life Cycles past and present and create the most wicked awesome edit possible. You have four different folders you can mix and match from. The edit can be as long or as little as you like. You must only use the contents provided in the folders, with the exception of music and sound design. Music is the entrants responsibility. The edits will be judged by the Life Cycles crew, pinkbike and community and the winners will receive prizes from the sponsors. Grand prize: Scott Voltage

Life Cycles Contest Details

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