Editing Roadkill (paintball film)


'''''Roadkill''''', also released as '''''Roadkill: The DerDer U.S. Tour''''', is a 2004 American tournament [[paintball]] film produced by [[DerDer]]. The documentary features footage from eight American paintball tournaments, combining competitive action with sections devoted to leading professional teams.[1][2]

The film is one of DerDer's early full-length productions, following ''[[300 FPS (paintball film)|300 FPS]]'' (2003). Its original DVD has an approximate running time of 60 minutes.[2]

== Production ==

''Roadkill'' was produced by [[DerDer]], the American paintball video production company associated with filmmaker [[Rob Astamendi]].

The documentary was filmed during the 2003 and 2004 tournament seasons, covering professional and amateur competition across the United States.[2]

The film follows the editing approach established by DerDer's earlier releases, using tournament highlights, close-range action footage, music and team-focused sequences.

Contemporary WARPIG coverage from November 2004 identified ''Roadkill'' as an upcoming DerDer release documenting eight American events.[1]

== Tournament coverage ==

''Roadkill'' includes highlights from eight tournament events.

The original DVD description identifies the following events and locations:

* [[2003 Paintball World Cup]]
* Mardi Gras / Bourbon Street
* Los Angeles Open
* Huntington Beach
* Orlando Open
* Bunkerfest
* Chicago
* Denver

The footage documents professional and amateur tournament paintball during a period when American competition was divided between organisations including the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL) and [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] (PSP).[2]

The film presents edited tournament highlights rather than complete match recordings.

== Featured teams ==

In addition to tournament coverage, ''Roadkill'' includes dedicated sections featuring eight paintball teams.

The original DVD description identifies:

{| class="wikitable"
! Team
|-
| [[Infamous (paintball team)|Infamous]]
|-
| [[Avalanche]]
|-
| [[Sacramento XSV|XSV]]
|-
| Justice
|-
| [[San Diego Dynasty|Dynasty]]
|-
| Arsenal
|-
| Texas Storm
|-
| [[Naughty Dogs]]
|}

These team sections are documented in the film's historical promotional description.[2]

The documentary records several leading professional teams during the development of modern seven-player and X-Ball competition.

== Soundtrack ==

''Roadkill'' uses music-driven editing to accompany tournament footage and team sequences, continuing the production style established in ''300 FPS''.

Contemporary WARPIG coverage described DerDer's films as collections of tournament highlights edited to fast-paced music.[1]

The individual recordings used in ''Roadkill'' have not been reliably established from surviving published sources.

A contemporary [[PBNation]] discussion from December 2004 records a viewer asking about the opening song in the film's trailer, although the available discussion does not identify the recording.[3]

A verified soundtrack track listing has not yet been established.

== Release and distribution ==

''Roadkill'' was released in 2004.

A trailer for the film was included with ''[[The CFOA Experience]]'', another DerDer production released during the same year.

In November 2004, WARPIG reviewer Bill Mills documented the trailer and identified ''Roadkill'' as a forthcoming DVD featuring eight American tournaments.[1]

By January 2005, the film was being sold through specialist paintball retailers.

A contemporary discussion on Automags.org records Devil's Den Paintball advertising ''Roadkill'' alongside ''300 FPS'', ''Pan Am Las Vegas'' and ''The CFOA Experience''.

The discussion also records the DVD being offered for approximately US$34.[4]

The film subsequently remained available through physical DVD sales and online video archives.

== Preservation and availability ==

On 10 October 2018, [[PBNation]] published the complete film on its YouTube channel under the title ''Derder's Roadkill - Old School Paintball Movie - 2004''.[5]

The preserved version has a running time of approximately 61 minutes.

The online release provides access to the original tournament footage and team sections after the decline of DVD distribution as the principal format for paintball videos.

== See also ==

* [[DerDer]]
* [[Rob Astamendi]]
* [[300 FPS (paintball film)]]
* [[Pan Am Las Vegas (paintball film)]]
* [[The CFOA Experience]]
* [[Obscure Influence]]
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[Paintball media]]

== References ==

# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/resources/videos/derdercfoa/index.shtml WARPIG, Bill Mills, "CFOA - DerDer Style", November 2004. Contemporary review documenting the Roadkill trailer and its coverage of eight American tournaments.]
# [https://spiderpainballgun.blogspot.com/2008/01/paintball-dvd-and-videos.html Spyder Paintball Guns, "Paintball DVD and Videos", 10 January 2008. Historical promotional description identifying the eight tournament events, featured teams and approximate running time.]
# [https://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=753537 PBNation, "Road Kill", 17 December 2004. Contemporary discussion concerning music used in the film's trailer.]
# [https://www.automags.org/forums/forum/automag-owners-forums/paintball-talk/77634-where-art-thou-derder Automags.org, "Where Art Thou, DerDer?", 23–25 January 2005. Contemporary discussion documenting retail availability and pricing of the Roadkill DVD.]
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQedV6FWoio PBNation Paintball, "Derder's Roadkill - Old School Paintball Movie - 2004", YouTube, 10 October 2018. Preserved full-length film.]

== External links ==

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQedV6FWoio ''Roadkill'' — complete film, PBNation Paintball on YouTube]
* [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/resources/videos/derdercfoa/index.shtml Original Roadkill trailer reference, WARPIG]
* [https://vimeo.com/derderpaintball DerDer Productions video archive on Vimeo]

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