So now i'm just about over the exhaustion that has come with co-piloting the shoot for our group's second pop video. For those of you that haven't seen the first, have a looksee
here We've gone way over budget again, of course, but i think it's been worth it because this time not only will it be funny/creative/sexy/soulful/generally brilliant, and a million times better than your average big budget shitsplats full of serious haircuts and precious little else, but it also has something they're all calling "production values" thanks in no small part to our very brilliant D.O.P.
Michael FrantzisI'd like to take some time out here to also thank all of the following that have made the story so far possible:
the lovely Sophie for all her help with the set, the moon, and beautful planets
the utterley incomparable Claudia Dufe, 8 months pregnant, for driving all the gear all over london and then keeping us all reasonably glisten-free and glamourous under the lights
Tom(camera assistant), Elliot (swat team) & Carolina (gaffer) for their preposterous amounts of energy, enthusiasm, giggling, and canned air gags
Paul Giovanni, blogger extraordinaire, always in the right place at the right time (twenty five to six)
Conrad Olende, our lucky star and stand-in drummer for delivering another priceless performance even after being awake from 5am and doing an 8-hour shift before he even arrived at ours for a further ELEVEN HOURS!
Bex Peczek for doing all the ironing, catering, various other bits and bobs, and managing to stay awake and glamourous as she operated the tape and smoke machines way past her usual bedtime
Harp player, songstress and angel
Serafina Steer, arriving on set pissed up and demanding to be in the video at EXACTLY the right moment.
Jono, Stephen, Jason and all the funny and uber-creative people at
Utrophia for their help, enthiasm, and letting us takeover their project space for a couple of days.
George Butler, for being George Butler.
Last, and most - Rachel 'Third Eye' Martinez -Our Producer & Director without whose relentlessness, gorgeousness, and brilliance none of this would even have been thinkable.
here are a couple of pics to tease you all, courtesy the
Blingin' Blog of the aformentioned
Paul Giovanni


