Into The Fall

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'Into the Fall' Week - Unseen...

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to tie up 'Into the Fall' week we have something new...Russ went through the pile of old DV tapes and dug out some unseen footage and some extended cuts for this web only extra. Once again, a huge thank you to everyone who was involved with the making of 'Into the Fall'!

'Into the Fall' Week - Jay, Ben, Neil, Dave & Veran...

Thursday's 'Into the Fall' week instalment is the Jay Tate, Ben Sutcliff, Neil Smith and Dave Underwood section and the last part, Veran Tull's section (plus the end titles). We hope everyone who didn't get a chance to catch the video the first time has enjoyed having a watch. Once again we would like to thank everyone who was involved in its making, everyone who filmed, skated, etc. Roll on the next video...

p.s. it's Go Skateboarding Day today so if your legs are feeling itchy after watching those killer parts then dust of the wheeled girlfriend and scratch up a curb, bomb a gradient and pop an ollie or two, it's the summer, happy skateboarding!

'Into the Fall' Week - Friends & Dave...

Today's third 'Into the Fall' week instalment is the Friends section and David Dixon's section. A little known thing...when Dave bombs North Hill at the end of his part his rear kingpin nut and bushing fall off his truck halfway down making that bomb extra gnar. Keep you eyes open for it...

'Into the Fall' Week - Paul, Russ, Wiggy & Sam...

Today's 'Into the Fall' update is Paul's section and the Russ, Wiggy and Sam section...

'Into the Fall' Week...

Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the premiere of 'Into the Fall' and to celebrate all this week we are going to be uploading parts of the video culminating on Friday with a little surprise!

The last twelve months have flown by and loads of things have changed. The new Monster network video project is building up serious momentum and we think is going to be rather interesting...we'll be releasing more details about that project and some other recent video projects in the next few weeks.

Today we've added to the 'Into the Fall' watch online page the Titles and the rather awesome Sandy and Steve Bailey part, alot of people's favourite section highlighting the mix of old and new but all heavily steezed out! Check back each day this week for more parts.

Either/Or...

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Found this clip of Mr Gonella from the I.T.F tape vaults. Either or he can do blunt maydays both stances. I think everyone likes a mess about on that ramp down the park!

Old Photo...

This was taken when a bunch of us went up to the University filming for Into the Fall...

Smithy's Close Call

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Sorting through some old tapes we found this clip of Smithy nearly taking out a passing car during the final few weeks of filming for I.T.F. "MIND THE MOTOR MATE!"

Into the Archives

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Whilst looking through old tapes from I.T.F we found a few extra bits from a day out we had at Dunmow fly over banks at the end of last April. A few of the clips you may recognise from the DVD but everything else has never seen the light of day. See if you can spot Veran pulling his best "Blue Steele".

Skating : David Dixon, Veran Tull and Russell Cowling
Filming : Russell Cowling and Paul Gonella
Editing : Russell Cowling

Knives Remix...David

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Continuing the Hythe Knives slicing and cutting remixes, Dave's Into the Fall part has had the treatment...stay sharp!

Knives Remix...

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What happens when you cross these two numpties with Metallica? Its a Hythe Knives remix, suckers!

Crossfire Review

'Into the Fall' just got reviewed up on the Caught in the Crossfire website. We're stoked they really picked up on the underlying themes of the video. Best bit is Sir David Underwood esq, forever young! Check the review out here.

Veran Tull - Into the Fall

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Veran has recently been putting down some incredible new footage for Russ for use in a few upcoming new video projects including the new The Harmony video, Mike's upcoming Chelmsfordians video and, of course, the new Monster Network project, whatever that may be! 'Into the Fall' has now sold through and sold out (if you are still after a copy we can knock some up as and when!). We did a very respectable run of about 200 and they all went super quick so a big thanks to everyone who helped out or bought a copy. Anyway, it's a sunny Friday so we've decided to let everyone get a watch of the awesome Veran part from the video ...

Filmed by Russ Cowling
Edited by Paul Gonella

Music is 'Feel Good Factor' by The Hermit Crabs

If anyone is still after a copy of the DVD email us or simply use the paypal button to the right and we'll knock up a copy specially for you.

Sidewalk Magazine - Review

The new issue of Sidewalk Magazine (August 2006 - issue #119) contains a review for 'Into the Fall'! We're all super pleased with the review and with all the feedback we've received from everyone in the month or so the video has been out...thanks again to everyone who was involved in the video's production and everyone who has bought a copy of the video! Check the review out on the right hand side. Thanks to Sidewalk Magazine too of course, we appreciate your support aswell.

sidewalk magazine review (issue 119)

INTO THE FALL by Monster Network Cinema

uk scene production

WHAT IS IT? Into The Fall is the latest in a long line of scene productions from the Essex area which features some of the new talent in the related scenes as well as sections from some longstanding UK skaters, forum heavy hitters, company owners and artistes. The vibe throughout is heavily fun and friendship orientated with all the ingredients of any good British scene vid
- supermarket carparks, rugged schoolyards, crazy bank spots and people taking the piss. Perfect...

WHOS IN IT? Sandy, Steve Bailey, Paul Gonella, Russell Cowling, Adam Leeds, Sam Juner, David Dixon, Jay Tate, Ben Sutcliff, Neil Smith, David Underwood, Veran Tull and a host of cameos.

HIGHLIGHTS? As with all Monster Network projects the production values here are high, the filming is solid throughout, the editing is straight forward and clean, the soundtrack varied and the still photography featured is worth a look on its own.
Nobodys backlipping El Toro obviously but what you do get is a whole load of competent skating on homegrown terrain, this dvd will make you want to go out skating; no matter how shit your local spots are.
Standouts came from nearly everyone featured in one way or another: Sandy, Russ Cowling, Dave Dixon and the Monster rep it for all us middle-aged street tits out there, whilst Dave Underwood goes mad tech - nollie heelflip fs crooks at full speed anyone? Steve Bailey (no, not that one), Luke Harvey, Jay Tate and Veran Tull make up the hot new talent contingent with Simon Skipp and John Hayward ably filling the "Essex Legends" vacancy.
Extras include two unused footage montages, more still photography, slams and more.

OVERALL? A really well thought out and produced glimpse at a tight and long established scene featuring everyone from Blueprints pros to trembling aesthetes. Into The Fall will fill you with a warm glow and make you thirst for Sainsburys carpark again. Well worth your money.

Lost Footage

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We've been cleaning out and archiving all the 'Into the Fall' files on the computer and a few clips of footage that somehow slipped through the cracks have been found. Somehow they went missing during the edit until now so we'll be posting a trick up now and again so they finally get to be seen...

Note: Quicktime version 7 or above is required

Old 'Into the Fall' Teaser

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Some spring cleaning on the old death star now that 'Into the Fall' is done and dusted has resulted in finding this little clip, a short teaser for 'Into the Fall' that was made to demonstrate the general aesthetic of the then forthcoming video. It was never used for anything apart from passing ideas between Gonz and Russ in the final weeks before editing started.

Editied in April 2006 by Gonz.

Note: Quicktime version 7 or above is required

Sweden Premiere

Russ was away this week in Sweden helping MN close friends The Harmony film for their next visual epic due out early next year. Whilst there he treated the crew to an 'Into The Fall' premiere swedish style! Think they liked it, especially Danijel Todorovic who can be seen disecting Royal London banks in Veran's section. "GET DOWN VECTERAN!"

Ben's Premiere Photos

We've posted up the last of the premiere photos that were taken by Ben on the night, have a peek.

Ipswich taken out by South Woodham

Back in the last few weeks of filming for 'Into the Fall' we hooked up with some of South Woodham's finest, Neil Smith and Reese Westlake, in Ipswich for a day skating loads of spots old and new. The footage fruits of Neil's labour are in the video for all to see, awesome stuff. One thing you didn't see in the video was the super close nollie heelflip attempt down the theatre stairs...blimey. those stairs are a touch on the fucking massive side. Gonz took a few photos that day too...

p.s. Reese came second place at the Crossfire Southbank best trick comp the other weekend, pop shove-it late flip...mental, good work fella

Wick Wick Not Terribly Wack

On Saturday Gonz dusted off the old DJ skills that didn't and never have paid any bills. Late in the evening playing to next to nobody (lucky as nobody could hear the mistakes and random button pressing on the mixer) he played a bunch of hip hop classics. If you're interested in what you most probably missed on the night of the 'Into the Fall' premiere then a podcast is now up of the set (don't worry, not a live recording, just the set list songs) for you to download! Word.

Subscribe with iTunes or you own favourite podcast player.

DVDs Now Available

Roll up, roll up, we're now in stock of 'Into the Fall' DVDs so if you wish to buy one they are five pounds + one pound p&p and will be sent out first class post the day after order and payment. Payment via PayPal is easiest (click on the button to your right) or email us about cash/cheque payments or any other details.

More Photos

There are some more photos up from the premiere. We should say who took what really, the new photos are by Bobby from Chelmsford, a few are by Gonz, one by Ray and the rest are by Russ. We should be getting some more new ones soon too.

Hangover and Chips

So, it's all done and dusted. The premiere was on Saturday night and everyone was over the moon with the great turnout, thanks to everyone who made the trip up/down/over, we really appreciated the support. LBD was there from New Zealand, some of the Shoes Gentleman's Club were in attendance from London, Romford, Chelmsford and Southend were all heavily represented not to mention all the Colchester skaters old and young showing their faces. A special mention goes to the suprise turn up on the night, Matt Letch, one of the true OG monster network heads making the trip down from the dirty north, seriously stoked everyone the hell out! Anyway, we've put a bunch of boozy digi photos from the night up on the right and will be adding more as we get them in the next few days.

If you are after a copy of the DVD there are some for sale in Chelmsford Hoax for a fiver right now and we'll be gearing up to sell them online via the website/email/paypal over the next few days, five quid plus one quid p&p. From all reports on the night, the video went down well and should be well worth you putting your hand in your pocket...

The premiere on Saturday 17th June 2006 in Colchester was a huge success with loads of friends from near and far making an appearance. We're super happy everyone could make it up. Here are some photos from the night:

Premiere Time!

Finally the day has arrived, all the hard work pretty much over with and the weather seems to be behaving too. We just tested out the projector and thats all good and will be setting up everything this afternoon ready for everyone turning up around 7:30! Alot of the boys are out skating today, which is rad, fuckers...hehe! Anyway, we're looking forward to this evening and seeing all of you there. We have 30+ dvds for sale tonight at a fiver so make sure you grab one at some point. From Monday we'll be selling them in Chelmsford Hoax and from sometime midweek via the website (via email/paypal, etc). OK, see you tonight!

"It's the Final Countdown..."

So...one more day to go and the weather is looking very promising for everyone looking forward to sipping on cold beer in the evening after catching 'Into The Fall'. So this is the last reminder, the Premiere is tomorrow and we'll be kicking things off around 7:30pm at Cabaret Voltaire in Colchester (see here for the map, etc). We're super excited about just having loads of friends from all over all gathered together and having a few drinks on a summer's evening. Can't be bad, eh?

Oh, one last sneaky bit of info on the video, have a guess who might be pulling the proverbial curtains...

"they're here..."

The first of the DVDs were finished last night! The DVD will consist of the 30 minute main feature plus the following extras:

- Two raw 9 minute+ outtake sections
- Slam section
- Original trailer
- 'Winter Retreat' short
- Music Credits

We'll have around 30 or so available for sale on the night after the first showing for 5 quid each, a bargain no doubt. This is our 10th video production in 12 years and with it taking only 12 months from first filming to premiere we are super proud of all the skating, fun and friendship that went together to produce it. Hope to see you all there Saturday!

Next Generation Chelmsford

One of the main contributors of friends footage for 'Into the Fall' was Mike Parmenter. The footage includes skating by many of the up and coming new generation of Chelmsford skaters such as Macy Peach, Luke Harvey and Mike Stimson killing loads of old and new Chelmsford street spots. The footage is sure to blow serveral pairs of socks off at the premiere! This crew now have a video blog with new footage cropping up every day and it's well worth checking out... Chelmsfordians.

Outtakes...

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Again, sorry for the lack of updates, we've been super busy working on finishing the dvd by this weekend to allow us to get a bunch of dvds ready for the night of the premiere, we're hoping to have a pile of them for sale for only a fiver. More details on the dvd next week! The edit of the final video cut is almost done so we've pulled a few unused tricks out as outtakes for the website (you may need the latest version of Quicktime to view the clip).

We've been lucky to get a mention in this month's Sidewalk magazine and also on the Document website too, check both the magazine websites out for loads of awesome general skate news, photos, clips, etc. Anyway, back to the editing cave away from the glorious weather...

Update: Due to a few technical problems a replacement quicktime clip has been uploaded, hope that works better than the last...sorenson right now seems to have a terrible temper. sorry!

Editing in Progress, Premiere Sorted!

Sorry we have been a bit quiet recently when it comes to updates. it's not due to us being lazy, quite the opposite. In recent days there have been some heated last minute filming missions as people have been trying to get a few last tricks in to the video. The video itself is deep in to the editing phase with Gonz and Russ working long hours putting together the footage, artwork and music. On top of all that we've sorted out the premiere night too, see the flyer to the right for all the details. So as you can see...busy bees for sure. We all hope you can make it up/down to Colchester for the premiere next month, it should be a great night!

Every Skater's Secret Love

We love stickers, you love stickers, everybody loves stickers. We got a bunch made up by the mighty Adam Whitaker the other day...expect to see them around and about.

The Old Trailer

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As a little reminder we've put up the original trailer for 'Into the Fall' that Russ edited up back in October 2005. The video didn't even have a name at the time but in the preceeding few months running up to the trailer we had logged so much footage it had pushed us towards the idea of producing a video and making it within twelve months of our last, 'Lately'.

Into the Fall

Welcome back to the Monster Network website, you've more than likely noticed the changes! Our latest video 'Into the Fall' is