2013 Nitto Tire Palm Beach
Client . Nitto Tire / YAER Productions
Role . Motion
Date . 2013
The project was to add fun data, info-graphics and special effects to a video of Nitto Tire at Formula Drift Palm Beach.
TRG / Aston Martin Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona
Client . TRG / Aston Martin Racing
Role . Director / Camera / Editor / Color / Motion
Date . 2013
A solo project for The Racer's Group / Aston Martin Racing, I covered the 24 Hours of Daytona for this prestigious racing team.
All camerawork, editing and graphics by Skylar Smith.
Keep Drifting Fun
Client . WR+Co.
Role . Camera / Editor
Date . 2011
A long time friend, and mentor, Will Roegge asked me to help him put the finishing touches on his grassroots drifting documentary Keep Drifting Fun. Him and his cohort Joshua Herron had been traveling the country in a VW Bus covering small drifting venues and cultures.
I was brought in to help edit the final piece, and to help film and edit the final segment in Phoenix, AZ.
Climb: Pikes Peak Hill Climb With a Monster
Client . Falken Tire
Role . Director / Editor / Color / Graphics
Date . 2010
As part of my role of Multimedia Specialist at Falken Tires, I was in charge of directing the first full-length real-time on board camera video of an Unlimited Class car competing in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Monster Tajima is a name synonymous with Pikes Peak and was chasing the ever so elusive ten-minute record for Pikes Peak.
With a partnership from GoPro Camera, we covered as many angles as possible on Tajima's insane Suzuki and let the world really see what it was like to race up America's Mountain.
This video quickly became viral, and has reached millions of views on Youtube. The most popular Pikes Peak video since "Climb Dance"
Direction, editing, color-grading and motion graphics by Skylar Smith.