The Collecctive's Darcy Wittenburg mans the camera
Sterling Lorence
The boys at The Collective have recently begun production of their third, yet untitled film. You knew they would. They had to—the mountain bike world wants more of the beautiful cinematography, compelling stories and killer soundtracks—the juice that just won The Collective Best Director at 2007’s X-Dance, the action sports film version of the Sundance Film Festival.
The crew began production on their yet unnamed film in February, with release scheduled for spring, 2008. Catching up to the crew on their way to a shoot in Kamloops, I managed to get an inside take on their next release.
“We’re taking a different approach to this film,” says Jamie Houssian, The Collective’s producer. “We all talked for months about new ideas and how we want our next film to play out. The concepts that we’ve come up with give us new challenges to keep things fresh for us. We all just felt like we needed a new approach and the style of this film reflects that.”
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The boys are keeping pretty tight-lipped about specifics, but Houssian hinted that they want to delve a little deeper into the lives of the riders in the film. “Each rider in the film has a story to tell—the goal of the film is to help them tell it.”
While Houssian won’t release a full list of athletes they aim to chronicle in this next film, they have already bagged on location shoots of Steve Peat, Cam McCaul and Matt Hunter in their respective hometowns. At least in this early stage of development, this film aims to capture more than just action, but also capture the trials, tribulations and hard work that goes into a season of riding.
“We’re definitely trying to step out of the mold of our first two films,” Houssian says. “It’s tough, because we don’t want to abandon what’s been working for us, but we have to make sure this stays fun for us, and in this case it means doing something different.”
As for rumors the Collective is trying to make a film that’s going to bust down the wall of mainstream filmmaking by entering the Sundance Film Festival and other prestigious events, Houssian takes a modest approach. “For us to submit to Sundance is like saying we’re going to the Super Bowl after the first game of the season. A bit immodest for my taste.”
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