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Making a Masterpiece: Inside Kyle's 'Kaleidoscope'
BMXer Kriss Kyle collaborated with Ridley Scott Associates to make a super slick video. Here's how.
Kriss's hits The Rings while filming Kaleidoscope
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Normally when you think BMX, you think dusty dirt jumps and dingy skateparks. It’s not something you tend to associate with moody lighting, techy cinematography, movie sound stages, cleverly constructed mechanical sets and Hollywood-type directors.
Kriss Kyle’s “Kaleidoscope” will make you rethink that notion.
Teaming up with esteemed set designer and first-time director Ben Scott, the Scottish biker’s latest labor of love is truly a game-changer in every sense. The results of their collaboration will leave you gobsmacked. And the documentary about the making of it all, "Kaleidoscope: See Things Differently" will make you appreciate it that much more.
Kyle puts his bike through paces that evoke a surreal acrobatics display the likes of which would make the folks at Cirque du Soleil green with envy, dropping down a 40-foot wall, giant shelf by giant shelf; circling and then disappearing down a “drain” like a two-wheeled bug; and pinging from wall to trampolined floor and back like a human pinball.
You have to see it to believe it, but to fully understand the challenges, check out the GIFs below that show some of the many painful misfires, wipeouts and successes that preceded the final product:
In the end, the hard work paid off in the form of magic moments like these:
Now that you've had a taste, check out the final product below, then get an in-depth look at the making of it all in the Red Bull TV documentary.
5 min
Kriss Kyle's Kaleidoscope
Watch Kaleidoscope, the latest project from Scottish BMX rider Kriss Kyle.
WATCH NOW: "Kaleidoscope: See Things Differently"
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