The Final Stretch | Freestyle Football Documentary
444A documentary about PWG, Philip Warren Gertsson, 32 year old football freestyler who has reached a crossroads in life. Continue to compete professionally? Or quit?
After 17 years of football freestyle, he has always been competing in almost every major competition world wide. But after 2 asian titles, a US Open title, a dozen smaller competition titles, it has become more difficult to stay on top. Follow along on a journey to “The Final Stretch”. The final push for greatness within football freestyle for PWG. Join him and videographer Jakob to Hiroshima, Japan for the Asia Pacific Championships.
Football freestyle is much more than just tricks with a ball and doing skills on a stage. It's a global community built around the passion for an art form. Discover the world of football freestyle through the lens of a half norwegian/half filipino freestyler in Japan.
This project has been a challenging yet fun endeavor. Please leave a like, a comment and share this documentary to support the sport but also Philip & Jakob. It is greatly appreciated.
Freestyler: Philip Warren Gertsson
Videographer/editor: Jakob Semajer-Garic
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Soundtrack provided by Epidemic Sound
Tracklist in chronological order:
Ealot - Time to Go
Trevor Kowalski - The Verdict
Shake City - I've Had Enough
Across The Great Valley - Only Us
Jobii - Sisel
Christophe Gorman - What Happens Next
Skrya - First Responders
Bonnie Grace - The Sound of Arrows
Johannes Bornlöf - Ambiance
Yi Nantiro - Immovable As The Mountain
baegel - One for Yamada
Kikoru - Eyes Forever Closed
AGST - Envy
Yi Nantiro - My Brother
Yi Nantiro - A True Master
Ritchie Everett - You've Done Enough
The New Fools - As Bad as They Come
Yi Nantiro - The Way Of The Warrior
Scoobadive - Electric
Thip Trong - Riddims
STRLGHT - Midnight
Lupus Nocte - Astrophage
Yi Nantiro - The Dice is Cast
Jakob Ahlbom - Into the Forest
Hanna Lindgren - The Growing Became a Pause
Yi Nantiro - At Long Last
Yi Nantiro - One Way Ticket
At The End Of Times, Nothing - Derailed
Yi Nantiro - Not All Roses Are Red
Yi Nantiro - As The Curtains Fall
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Technical aspects
Camera used: Sony A7IV
XAVC S 4K at 30 fps 4:2:2 10-bit
S&Q XAVC S HD at 120fps 4:2:2 10-bit
Shot in S-Cinetone
Lenses used:
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art
Sony 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS FE
Viltrox AF 16mm f/1.8 FE
Filters used:
PolarPro PMVND 2-5 Stop
Stabilizer used: DJI Ronin RS2 Pro
Microphones used: Røde Wireless Go II & Røde VideoMic Pro
Edited in Davinci Resolve Studio 18.6
Emulations used for color grading:
Kodak 2383
Kodak Ektachrome 64
Kodak Portra 800
Kodak Professional Portra 400
Polaroid 600
Agfa Portrait XPS 160
Fuji Sensia 100
Fuji Eterna 3513
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