Audio commentary by director Sylvain White, cinematographer Scott Kevan and editor David Checel. Unless you're an avid fan of hip-hop dance and really don't give a jot about story or substance, then you'd do well to sidestep this DVD. He then bangs on about wanting to give the story "emotional weight",but his insights into the characters are limited to dull clichés. Later, he adds that, "We wanted to approach it more as a sports film than a dance film," but doesn't really expand on that. White did that by allowing the dancers to "get loose", improvising moves and keeping three cameras running simultaneously to capture all of the action. They talk about wanting to achieve "a dirty, gritty" feel to the club scenes and preserve a "raw energy" in the dancing. He is a choreographer who has worked for such top singers as Britney Spears.Short is also an actor who has landed roles in such feature films as Stomp the Yard (2007), Armored (2009) and The Losers (2010). Sylvain White, cinematographer Scott Kevan and editor David Checel team up for the film commentary. was born on the 19 th September 1982, in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Frankly, it inspires a new appreciation of plastic wheelie bins.Īnd talking of rubbish, a gag reel proves that it really is difficult to keep a straight face while delivering tired, second-hand threats from the LA ghetto circa 1991 like, "Chill out 'fore I bust a cap in yo' ass." The third scene is a little too cute though, with a bunch of college students suddenly forming a drum band out of a few trashcans and an irrepressible urge to express themselves. 
Children of the eighties might appreciate some improvised body popping, and there's even a hint of Ricky Gervais' famous 'windscreen wipers' move. That seemed to work for him at the box office despite reviews that tagged it as an overlong music video padded out by " naff melodrama".Ī couple of extended 'stepping' numbers are included in three deleted scenes. Stomp the Yard DRAMA A troubled street dancer enrols in a Georgia college and finds himself in the middle of a tug-of-war between fraternities, who want to use his talents in a dance competition. Director Sylvain White hoped to set it apart by showcasing a new college craze for 'stepping' - a high-octane hip-hop dance style.
#Columbus short stomp the yard series
Stomp The Yard, starring newcomer Columbus Short, is the latest in a long series of American dance movies.
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