As mentioned in yesterdays exclusive interview, Cassidy Sanders has launched his latest paintball video entitled “The World is Ours”. Cassidy has mashed up footage from all of the major championship events around the world into one highlight video.
2011 End of the Season Video Mix including footage from the final events. Individual Videos for PSP World Cup, Paris World Cup, Asia World Cup, Norway Master, and NPPL Las Vegas coming this month! H!
Filmed & Edited by Cassidy Sanders
Song: Antichrist – Night Shadow (F.O.O.L Dubstep Remix)
Pro Paintball caught up with Cassidy Sanders, arguably the best paintball videographer in the world. In this exclusive interview, Cassidy tells ProPaintball about his background, influences, and news of a fresh series of paintball videos.
Cassidy Sanders - photo by CreedShot
ProPaintball: How old are you and where do you hail from?
ProPaintball: Tell us about your background in paintball. You were one of the original Hostile Kids/HKArmy, right?
Cassidy Sanders playing paintball with HKArmy - Photo: Warpig.com
Cassidy: Yea, one of the few originals from when we created HKarmy almost 10 years ago. I got out of playing a season or two after xball was created because the pro teams were constantly picking apart our core. I always preferred playing with a core HK team and was way too shy back then to leave my friends to play on pro paintball teams. The core HK team was always a last minute ordeal and after a few seasons, I decided to go back to school and work full time. I came back to paintball after a few years to see that a few of the core guys had turned HK army into a clothing company. I jumped in and applied my creative talents to the cause. I rarely play now days because I enjoy filming so much.
ProPaintball: Where do you look for inspiration?
Cassidy: I don’t know if you can call it looking because I am literally inspired by everything. Any type of art form…be it through paintings, music, film, web designs, you name it, I have great appreciation for it.
ProPaintball: Which musician or type of music is your favorite, and why?
Cassidy: Man that is a tough one. That is almost like asking what is my favorite film haha.
ProPaintball: Haha, that was our next question. Do tell..
Cassidy: Honestly, this is a hard one to pin down. I enjoy almost every type of music and film.
ProPaintball: We understand you spent a considerable amount of time traveling last year to shoot paintball videos. What event and host country was your favorite? Care to share any memories from your trip?
Cassidy: The first Millennium event in Paris, France I didn’t plan on filming paintball. The event was used as a trick to get my lady out to France. My goal was to surprise her on the Eiffle Tower with a successful proposal. Being in Paris during the Millennium event I couldn’t leave without filming paintball. Paris was above and beyond a perfect trip and I’m excited to get married in a few months. Norway was also amazing and everyone I met was beyond friendly to me, which isn’t always the case because I’m a weird looking American
ProPaintball: You set the trend in paintball videography by introducing Dubstep music into your videos. What trend do you see popping up next?
Cassidy: Dubstep has taken over all media forms lately. I just happen to know a good amount of friends who made dubstep back when not many people knew about it. I always thought Dubstep would be perfect for paintball. The other thing that aided me was that very few were using DSLR’s for filming paintball back when I started. With the way technology is advancing I think there won’t be just one really big trend. The quality of these cameras are perfect for anybody to be creative and be original with there own type of style for film.
ProPaintball: What type of equipment are you using these days?
Cassidy: I still use my personal outdated Canon t2i 550d for paintball, but when ever I have the opportunity to use better equipment I jump for it. The latest event I filmed with a Red Epic and plan to use cameras at that level for many more projects.
ProPaintball: Here is one of our favorite videos by Cassidy – NPPL 2010.
ProPaintball:Which paintball videographer do you watch most? Any favorites out there?
Cassidy: Big fan of my buddy Drew Templeton’s Grind Paintball videos.
ProPaintball: Your videos are blowing up on Youtube and the paintball community is clamoring for more. When should we expect your next video release?
Cassidy: Next one will be released tomorrow (Feb. 2nd.) I hate not having videos done as soon as possible just like everyone else. However, I film and produce videos outside of paintball for a living. Unfortunately the paintball videos all began to pile up in a backlog. The rest of last years events will all be dropping through out this month and early march before next year’s season begins. I’m never going to let the event videos fall behind like that again.
ProPaintball: Awesome, we can’t wait to check the new videos out. What can paintball players do to find themselves in your videos?
Cassidy: I film anyone who supports paintball. Of course since my roots are HK and I now do videos for them, I will always hit record for anyone supporting HK army.
ProPaintball: Any advice for aspiring photographers or videographers?
Cassidy: When I began filming I couldn’t afford even the cheapest DSLR at the time, so I would test out friends cameras and learn everything I could while saving money. I would say don’t stop trying something new or making mistakes. So many good ideas happen on accident.
ProPaintball: What is your schedule looking like for 2012? Anything special we should be looking forward to?
Cassidy: 2012 is going to be huge. I have lots of big plans for paintball and plan on finishing the first HK Army DVD/BluRay some time during this season.
ProPaintball: Thanks for your time dude! We can’t wait to check out your new releases. For more information about Cassidy and his videos, you can visit CassidySanders.com, follow him on Facebook, and Subscribe to his Youtube Channel, ThePBFashion.
Our friend Cassidy Sanders of PBFashion & HK Army has put together another incredible paintball video. This time Cassidy & crew hit PSP New Jersey and capture a bunch of amazing paintball action.
The boys at HK Army / pbFASHION had to stop by the local jersey shore hot spots while enjoying paintball at the PSP New Jersey Open 2011.
Filmed & Edited by Cassidy Sanders
Music by: J.Rabbit – Mr. Balloon Hands
If you like the song be sure to like J.Rabbit on facebook to access a free download of this song!
The latest video by Cassidy features a bit of culture and alot of paintball action from the recent Millennium Paris 2011 paintball event. Check it.
The first event of the 2011 Millennium Paintball Series Event kicked off in Paris and few of the boys always have to go! Special thanks to MaXs Paintball and Go Beyond for helping us out and making it possible to film a little bit of paintball, H.
Filmed & Edited by Cassidy Sanders
Music by Minnesota: XX Booty (Remix)
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Cassidy Sanders is back with another one of his top notch paintball videos. This time the boys hit the NPPL 2011 Surf City Open held at Huntington Beach on April 1st to 3rd and grabbed some insane paintball footage. Check it out for yourself;
Paintball on the beach every year, pbFASHION & HK Army don’t have a problem with that! Some clips from the NPPL Huntington Beach event, HK’s player party on the pier, and more!
Cassidy Sanders from Pbfashion / Channel H recently Mic’d up pro paintball player Tyler Harmon of Tampa Bay Damage at PSP Galveston. This video provides an opportunity to watch and listen as Tyler raps his way through the prelims. According to the video notes, this was video was a test and more player perspectives are planned in the future.
Stocked up with the latest in video technology and the freshest man soda’s money can buy, Channel H (Cassidy Sanders & Mark Kressin) are planning to keep a steady supply of video updates online for pro paintball fans. Today we are proud to present the day 1 updates from PSP Galveston. Stay tuned for the latest paintball news and rumors from the PSP season opener.
Last week Youtube introduced support for 3 dimensional videos. Paintball videographer Cassidy Sanders of PBfashion decided to take advantage of the new support and release the first 3-d pro paintball footage.
Per Cassidy:
Paintball in 3D on Youtube ! We were out trying out some new gear doing some drills, and playing paintball…so we decided to be the first to film some paintball in 3D!
To view in 3D we recommend red/cyan cheap paper glasses but youtube 3D drop down menu lets you choose from different glasses, or even a non glasses “cross eye style”. Movie Theater 3D glasses do not work on youtube yet, but some 3D tv’s will work with proper glasses if you set the video on side-by-side mode! Watch in HD & Fullscreen for good 3D!
Filmed & Edited by Cassidy Sanders
Music: Drivepilot – Every Day
Update: Whoops–apparently Youtube’s 3d menu options won’t display when videos are embeded. In order to view the video in 3D you will have to visit Youtube’s Paintball in 3d page.
On Friday evening ProPaintball broke news that Oliver Lang had rejoined his friends and former teammates on San Diego Dynasty. Our friends Mark Kressin and Cassidy Sanders from PBFashion headed to the field to and captured exclusive paintball video footage of the first Dynasty practice. Take a look at the first game play with the new Dynasty team as well as interviews with Brandon Short (Ironmen), Ryan Greenspan (Dynasy), Alex Fraige (Dynasty) and Tyler Harmon (Infamous).
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