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Precious

70 %|Jan 16, 2024|Documentary

Directed by Paris-based filmmaker Joaquim Bayle, PRECIOUS builds on Carhartt WIP’s last full-length skate project INSIDE OUT, which was released in 2022. The name of the project derives from the delicate yet gruelling process of shooting tricks on film. “Now that I understand skateboarding a little more, I wanted to pay tribute to its subversive form, its poetic form,” says Bayle of the feature, describing a “precious feeling I had when I started skateboarding and which, as I have gotten older, I've tended to forget.” In encapsulating this, he employs a multi-sensory approach. Warm, gauzy footage is punctuated by shutter clicks and black and white photography. Quiet moments of reflection are interrupted by the sound of wheels on concrete. Softly spoken word drifts in and out of a soundtrack of sludge metal and synthwave.

Featured Crew

Joaquim Bayle
Director
Romain Batard
Camera Operator
Ryan Mettz
Camera Operator
Joaquim Bayle
Editor
Angelo Marques
Cinematography
Trevor Dare
Camera Operator
Joaquim Bayle
Writer
Alexander Kelvy
Writer