THE FAMINE “Consume-Devour-Repeat”
music video
Fun video shot in an abandoned brewery.
We shot the band for half a day, then
the narrative portion another.
Shot on the RED ONE camera and utilized
primarily the LensBaby!!
This fun little lens gadget allows you
to create swing-tilt images yet leave you open to twist & distort
more freely than conventional swing-tilts. Just grab the lens barrel
and go!
I love the distorted highlights it gives
you, very noticeable on shots of the chrome hits on the drum set.
Bags of concrete created the ‘dust’…choke
choke!
I had numerous drop-frames when hand
holding the RED very close to either the drummer or the massive playback
speakers. Once we went to the CF cards instead of the RED drives, this
problem was no more.
After the 2nd or 3rd
master take of the band, the guitarist rubbed his neck and said the
quote of the day: “Man, I got ‘rock neck’!”
Andy Reale, the director, was a pleasure
to work with! He had great ideas and yet could think on his feet when
things hit the fan. That’s what you need for these shoots.
One thing I thought was very weird was
MTV’s ‘censors’ not allowing us to show any means of killing the
KING. The KING character of this video sits on his gold throne with
hot chicks and eats giant turkey legs. An ‘assassin’ roams the halls
and corridors enroute to dispatch the king. The director had to figure
out how to imply death and mayhem without showing any real violence
or struggle, no weapons, nor even the hint of a weapon via a shadow
[my thought]…so with a series of quick cuts of hand coming at the
King, a gasp, and gold coins falling out of his dieing hands, Andy got
his point across.
I just thought that was strange from
MTV.
BTW, the coins falling are shot at 120fps
on the RED.
Director: Andy Reale
Gaffer:
AC: me