" Lies that Bind " Daylight Dies Music Video

Very good. I love the close ups!
Being a fan of Death Metal I would say you did a hell of job not dulling down the song like I've seen done before.
 
So are you really working in a car wash? I hope not anymore. That video was seriously kickin! It was amazing you were able to put that much together on such a short time frame.
 
Thanks a lot for the tips, i'll play with smoke & lights to create some footage.
So i'm playing the game, here's my estimation: 2000 $.
 
oops sorry i meant $27.50

"We had enough to buy everyone their own bottle of coke, redbull and dominos pizzas!"

i think dominos has a 3 for the price of 1 deal going..

:)
 
It was actually hilarious when we ordered pizza for the band, because we were shooting at an abandoned prison thats been around forever. We thought the pizza place might think it was a prank call - "Hey, deliver the pizza to the abandoned prison." Like they get that one everyday. They did make it there, but the delivery guy seemed very hesitant. I think we got that on video somewhere. Hiro might know where it is.
 
wow.. more power to you then.. really fantastic job. can you tell us some more about the gear you used?

what grip gear did you have?

also how did you do all the fire shots?

where/how did you find the location?

can you tell us a bit about your cam settings for the slow mo.. it looks really good.

there is alot going on.. did you board and or create a timing before hand? did you improv any of the ideas on set?

where did you get your talent?

i loved the shot of the couple with the smoke and flowers flowing by.

what were the influences for your concept?

would be cool to know what you like most about the vid and what was it like to work with the band?

these questions come up because it is really tough to pull off this level of production value with little funds. i think that there are many here who direct MVs or want to that could benefit from insites into your experience. very much looking forward to your next one! :thumbsup:
 
rcbrown23 said:
We need details. Lighting setup for the main band scene? fire scene's? How'd you make the 60i look so good? any custom settings on the 60i?

-brown
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Well the indoor band set was lit with all halogen work lights, which I strongly suggest not to use when trying to create hard shadows, but thats all we had to work with.

Most band members had a 500w key light, and I believe we had an additional 250w downlight for the vocalist. The drumkit had a 500w fresnel and a 150w I believe for the drummer's key light.

All the windows were blacked out with tar paper for roofing.

The dance/narrative was lit with a 500w fresnel and a 500w halogen on the ground. The table/writing scene which transformed into the fire scene with our main actor was lit with just 1 fresnel, and once the fire grew the light took care of itself. For the bands fire scene, we didnt remove any of the lighting that we had set up for their set.

I think thats all I got.
 
nice questions KOVA!

yes, i'm a budding MV director and it's a tough job! trying to get what you want out of your talent is probably my biggest challenge.
 
KOVAROVA said:
wow.. more power to you then.. really fantastic job. can you tell us some more about the gear you used?

what grip gear did you have?

also how did you do all the fire shots?

where/how did you find the location?
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I dont want to take over Hiro's post here so I'll answer what I know/ what I did on set.

Well the crane shots were done on a custom built dolly we had done for us, 10ft. The crane was a cobra crane, 15ft. On it we had a 180 degree panhead and a varizoom iris/zoom/focus remote.

The wall of fire was aircraft cable strung across the width of the room to pull our fake wall a few feet away from the real wall. We couldnt burn any of the existing walls/ ceilings because the prison was built in the late 40s and everything was covered in lead paint. Burining lead paint = bad. So we attached our paper to the aircraft cable and soaked the bottom row in gasoline. We had flame retardant drywall screwed to the ceiling so the ceiling wouldnt overheat. Some close up shots were done with a 2 foot flame bar (propane gas). We attached thick aluminum sheets to the pillars so the paint on the pillars wouldnt burn.

This location is the same location where we shot the Sanctity video, the Oceans Firing Video, Tolerance, and Pursuit. I found it originally about a year and a half ago for Tolerance, and we negotiated with the NCDOT to use the land however we wanted. Theyre about to tear it down, but Hiro asked me if we still were able to use it, and the NCDOT let us squeeze in one more shoot before we had to be out of there. The asbestos removal team was actually working the day before and after we were there, so there were alot of containment areas that we were not allowed in. The day after the music video was over, the asbestos team tore out the floor, which was all asbestos tiles.
 
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