The Art of the Promo Video

When London Rollergirls released their latest promo video (that you can see above) ahead of their trip to Fort Wayne in September, we got to thinking about some of our other favorite pieces of promotional derby video.

Here are a few of our favorites… please share any you particularly like in the comments below!

One of the video highlights from earlier this year had to be Texas’ super slo-mo Phantom-cam shot promo videos:

From slightly further afield, this wordless promo from Tenerife is well worth a few minutes:

Roller Derby Tenerife from Chris.B on Vimeo.

We also love this Long Beach promo from a couple of years ago:

Long Beach Roller Derby Promo: Dome-ination from Brent Firestone Films on Vimeo.

Also from southern California, this San Fernando Valley promo is likely to send a shiver down the spine of anyone with a pulse and a lover of roller derby:

And you know what? Boys can do it to. We love this from the St Louis Gatekeepers:

Does this recent promo for the Vagine Regime count? It’s so great, it must do.

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http://emdashandco.com/ Em Dash

That LRG video is pretty much my new favorite thing. Kick butt in Fort Wayne!
Serenity Caldwell

No love for Boston’s stuff? I think we’ve been killing it this year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwmys77CLNQ&feature=youtu.be&a
Serenity Caldwell

I should also give a shout-out to Angel City, who’s been doing some great stuff too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zO0E4iUmKM
- http://www.derbynewsnetwork.com Lex Talionis
  
  Yes! I do love the Boston videos, but remembered them mostly as edited highlights of specific bouts. Great stuff — just not quite what I had in mind.
  - Serenity Caldwell
    
    Totally fair. I’ll be sure to give you a holler when we finish filming our new project.
    - http://www.derbynewsnetwork.com Lex Talionis
      
      I shall look forward to it. Perhaps someone should step up to write/collate The Art of the Highlight Reel…
Neil

Another of the Gatekeepers videos!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agzMblpzPEg
Tom O’Tottenham

Simply brilliant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqw3HpvSMwI
- http://www.derbynewsnetwork.com Lex Talionis
  
  Nice! That one had completely passed me by.
Vicorp

The LA Derby Dolls do a ton of great videos but here is one of my favorites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2PeQaDnvdE