Stunning MTB masterclass: Matt Jones | Frames Of Mind

Song by Temples: ‘A Question Isn’t Answered’
Written by James Bagshaw, Thomas Walmsley, Adam Smith, Samuel Toms
Published by Imagem Music
Courtesy of Heavenly Recordings
Check out how Matt Jones visualises tricks and pushes MTB freestyle skills to the very limit, providing a fresh view into how elite athletes use sports psychology to compete at the highest level. Using gripping rotoscoping techniques the latest film sees Red Bull’s young gun demonstrate unique tricks including world-firsts in freestyle mountain biking: Bum Slide, 270 Rim Bonk, Hitching Post Flip to Feet, Decade Tsunami and Superman Backflip to tuck no-hander.

Within the film, an advanced editing technique ‘rotoscoping’ was used by Cut Media to enable the audience to see what's going through Matt’s head as he prepared for seemingly impossible tricks. This required an intricate process, cutting out countless sequential frames, in order to create the floating ‘traces’ seen in the final production.