My friend Brooke over at Yobeat was recently venting her frustrations about how no one knows the difference between “premiere” and “premier” when announcing snow film events. I know we have some amateur Angry Grammarians in our readership, so I decided to help her cause with a public service announcement about the proper use of these words:
It’s that time of year when you will likely be writing about many video premieres. While you’ve seen it both ways because no one seems to know the difference, the appropriate spelling when describing an event is “PREMIERE.” Without the final E it refers to the “first in rank.” So if you wanted to say the event was the best of the season, drop that e. Otherwise it is PREMIERE.
We’ve heard Chris O’Connell’s take on the print side of things, but Mr. Schmuck comes to you from the biggest online freeski forum/community in the world: Newschoolers.com.
Check it out, and add your 2 cents to the conversation. These guys are giving honest and candid responses, but your perspective is just as legitimate.
“The process of how I determine who gets coverage on Newschoolers is pretty informal, and admittedly there’s times when I fly by the seat of my pants a bit, as we have a bloodthirsty wolfpack of an audience who likes to be fed with as much content as possible, so I have to stay on top of making sure I’ve got a stockpile of meat for them to chew on. As a result of that we don’t have as much time as the magazines to sit around and consider/plan different editorial options, so at the end of the day I’m basically open to interviewing or doing a story on any athlete who’s of some significance, whether it be because they just won X Games or put a cool edit online that everyone thinks is the bees’ knees.
I have sent some requests for comment on our recent poll, but as yet only Chris O’Connell has responded. I was going to go with some short quips, but his response is so thorough and accurate that I’d be doing it an injustice by only excerpting the juiciest bits. I’ll let him handle the introduction, enjoy:
Here goes…
So for a bit of background to start: At SBC I work as Editor as well as Photo Editor and I have different approaches for each when I’m planning out the magazine as far as who gets play and who doesn’t. Overall though, to unfortunately quote a moronic beer commercial, it’s all about balance. Click to continue »
I’m no industry insider, but writing this blog has certainly given me a glimpse into things I didn’t know about our little ski world. Some stuff hasn’t surprised me, and other things have come as a bit of a shock. We all make different assumptions, so I’d like to find out what you’re all thinking.
That brings me to this weekend’s poll– What do you think is the biggest determining factor when a ski media outlet decides what skiers to cover? We’ve all heard and voiced complaints about the exclusivity of the group that gets coverage, but I’m curious to know what you all perceive to be the reason why so many good skiers are left out of the limelight. As always, feel free to add, subtract, or expand on the answers in the comments.
Over the weekend I’m going to try to get some quotes from folks who are or have been at the helm of major ski media outlets, and we’ll see how their perception lines up with yours.
Greetings. I feel like people are starting to trickle back towards skiing after taking a break for all their summer pursuits. Those of you who didn’t take a break and slogged through the quagmire that is the NS forums in the summer, well you brought it on yourself. We’re slowly getting back to business around here as well, and here are some updates as to what we’ve got in store:
Site redesign sometime around Labor Day. Matt put together a nice clean design that is a bit easier to use and leaves room for all you company owners who just can’t wait to advertise with us(right?).
Interviews! We spent our time off getting interviews from interesting human beings (and skiers) Mike Nick, Cody Townsend, and the mind behind the new GroupHome edit series.
Reviews, reviews, reviews. There’s tons of new product making its way to a website near you, and we’re here to review a very small portion of it. There will obviously be our usual video reviews, and we’re going to try to snag clothing/outerwear we think you’ll want to know about.
Snark, parody, and satire. Those words are better done than explained.
As a final warning, as you go back to trolling message boards, remember that the internet isn’t safe. They can always backtrace it. Consequences will never be the same!
We break our self-imposed moratorium on even thinking about skiing to bring you an edit from Shayne Metos that features the summer grit and grime of Ian Wade, Max Hill, Scott Damon, and Banks Gilberti. Here’s to hoping that the Group Home crew keeps the production value low and the creative output high.
All the new movies will be out in a couple months and that means your brain will be erased of everything that happened before what someone will surely dub “the steeziest year ever.” Before that happens, check Dunfee’s top 5. Feel free to disagree, denigrate, diss…but Dunfee WILL be snidely dismissive of anything you have to say.
With more and more young talent popping up on skis this year, we started to see the solidifying of the next generation of filmmakers as well. And, thankfully for us, they put a fair amount of their work on the internet… fo’ free! While the fall movie premieres definitely do their thing, it’s the web edits that keep you stoked during the winter, and keep giving you new reasons to head back up to the hill. I’m going to try positivity on for a spin and give you my five favorite free online ski edits from this year.
Last winter we made a statement about magazine and DVD covers. Never afraid to overestimate our own influence, we’d like to claim victory with the new Meatheads DVD cover– it’s not a rail, but it fits in that amorphous category of “urban.” More importantly, the shot just looks like a shit-ton of fun in a uniquely East Coast sort of way.
Thanks to Mitchell for the heads up on this one. We love Muddy Films here at BroBomb. Their mix of style and humor is so awesomely Japanese. We’ve kicked around the idea of trying to make their films available in the US. So I pose the question to you, would you buy it?
My friend Brooke over at Yobeat was recently venting her frustrations about how no one knows the difference between “premiere” and “premier” when announcing snow film events. I know we have some amateur Angry Grammarians in our readership, so I decided to help her cause with a public service announcement about the proper use of these words:
