Lace Tension True: a short film

m_v: I think so, yes.

Awesome. The way he handles the spoke key is pretty impressive, I drop the spoke key several dozen times any time I so much as true a wheel!

Had watched it at work with no sound when I posted before. Even better now I've watched it with sound.

Yeah he didn't drop the nipple inside the rim once. This is not wheel building how i know it... Must be faked! ;)

Busted ...

Lovely video, nice one Skulls

bump for more vimeo views ...

Nice. I really like the music.

nice video
what is he doing between 1:17 and 1:24 the little flicks ?

Psy and TS take note!

Nicely shot, would have enjoyed it more if it was a crows foot with sapim blades
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kinky fecker

What a wonderful film. I hope that wins the contest and gets some recognition for these true craftsmen & women. Wouldn't it be good to have our wheelbuilders celebrated more than someone who can cook food.

Isn't Power of Making at the V&A?
One of the artists from my work has got stuff in that show.

Kept waiting for the music to transition into Orbital, feel trolled!

Otherwise, beautiful video, only real thought is that with the quick cutting at the start you don't actually see a continuous shot of spoke through hub/spoke through rim/spoke nipple, which might have been informative to people who are completely new to it.

But like everyone else said, absolutely beautiful, captures the methodical calm that I feel when building/truing wheels, and shows an epic level of craftmanship

Lovely film Ben, good luck with the entry.

Thanks all^^^^^

Isn't Power of Making at the V&A?
One of the artists from my work has got stuff in that show.

V&A and/or the Crafts Council, where I heard about it. I guess it's a joint event. Perhaps the V&A runs the Crafts Council? That would fit.

Mister Skull Head, what can we do to help this to win the prize?

nice video
what is he doing between 1:17 and 1:24 the little flicks ?

Checking the relative tension of adjacent spokes by plucking like a guitar string. If evenly tensioned they should all sound the same 'note' when plucked.

Mister Skull Head, what can we do to help this to win the prize?

bribe some judges put out hits on those that refuse to be bribed
simples

although skully doesn't need any help at all to win
his mastery of the videographic arts and his steady camera hand have all but won it already

his steady camera hand have all but won it already

all done in post.

Mister Skull Head, what can we do to help this to win the prize?

Thanks Rik!

You have to sleep with people at the V&A.

Little bump to get me some more views...

i still think it's a lovely piece of work skully

Little bump to get me some more views...

To be honest, I found the last third a bit predictable. I know it's a traditional story arch - from beginning to ending, the tale of a number of individuals becoming something bigger than anyone of them could be on their own. That's fine, but it's a bit "samey." And I'm not saying you should get all M Night Shyamalan on it. That's the last thing the film world needs. But maybe take some cues for Von Trier's later work. The second he became predictable, he turned that predictability back on the audience. For example, everyone familiar with his work must have went into Dogville expecting a couple hours of torture followed by a tragic and depressing conclusion. When he twisted that ending, giving the audience exactly what they wanted, he showed them that they perhaps were not the best judges of what they wanted. By making the ending they thought they wanted into something so grotesque and terrible, he was able to play with the audiences own desires and expectations, and the relationship they have with both the film, and him as a director.

What I'm saying is, maybe he puts the wheel on a bike and it tacos or something. That'd be a laugh.

Mark: quite.