Spotlight: Dave Allen

Yo, Dave whats up?

Nothin much man, waiting for some girls to call me back. apparently I'm new to this interview stuff, haha Man I've done a few of these things an I suck just as bad each time, I guess I lack carisma...

So in the aftermath of Uproar East do you have another video in the works?

Yes sir. we've been working on "Uproar East 2" for almost a year now actually. It's coming out exactly how I want so far, kind of a different take on skate videos. I really got into bombing hills, so there's gonna be a nice amount of that in it. And of course some amazing skateboarding by most of the guys from Uproar East.

Any differences in the lineup?

Yea a few dropped off and a few more are in.. Mike Shepherd, Ron Deily, Matt Boyle, and Joe Collison are still looking at full parts, with the addition of Dylan Thiel, a younger skater who has been ripping it, and my friend Matt Daniels may have some footage in it.

Sick, since it's the standard question to ask... What are you filming with?

For the most part I've been using a sony vx2000 for the past few years. I actually just sold it, and i'll soon be owning one of those dvx-100's and put a nice hole in my pocket

At least you'll be one of the few that will be able to harness it to it's full potential... Anyway, I gotta tell ya, this memorial clip is extremely hard hitting... Care to share any thoughts on it?

Sure can. I'll finally answer those questions everyone has been asking. Two of my good friends, Mark Fearon and Luke Nesbihal, died in an accident involving a train last October. I had recently started working on a short video with an actual meaning, so the Coldplay song had been in my head before the incident. When they died it just all fell into place, and I really wanted to make something beautiful for them and for everyone else to be affected by it. And I really didn't think it would get as much attention as it did, it kinda blew up in my face. Uproar East was on the "artsy" side, and it tended to get alot of criticism in that aspect. I almost changed my style of filming because of that, then I realized, why would i change because of what someone else thinks? That's when i started doing things my own way, such as Quentin Tarantino did. Conforming to what other people think about you kills your creativity, so do things your own way and no other.
wow, what a rant

No problem man, I never even knew the full story. Either way we both have shit to be doing now, any last words? shoutouts?

Sure, thanks Neal Bennett and Linda Ranger for teaching me almost everything I know. And thanks to God for inventing beer, now let's go enjoy our nights.