into the white: Kids

Started and finished The Concretes music video yesterday (Kids). We began at 7am and finshed at 1.30am, an 18 and a half hr day. I woke up at 5am and slept at 3am (a total of being up 22 hrs). It didn't seem like a long day even though by the end i wanted it to end. It was a good shoot with 'my crew', the usual suspects. I had basically the same crew as the on I had on the short film Thoughts of Yesterday a few weeks ago. It's a great and fun crew who work hard and joke even more. And we're on the same wavelength and it's so very cool to be working with everyone so soon AND all together agan. Camera kit wise, we even got the exact same Arri SR3 from JDC...

At the last minute we found a location which was a sixties store basement. It was clutered which retro radios, lamps, records and the like. The space was about the same as our other location but with lower ceilings. What it did have was nearly all the props we needed for the shoot which was a godsend. It was a difficult space to light but i think i did okay.

The band was nice but didn't get to talk to them much. It's funny meeting the band after seeing their previous videos and listening to their music and talking about the video we were to make for them weeks before. They came for a day from Stockholm for the shoot. All except Lisa flew back the next day as she lives in London.

Tomorrow am going in to do the best light grade and transfer. But we have to figure out how David can online from home as he doesn't have a digibeta deck. We wonder if we can get a transfer to hardrive instead. Hmm.

Today Azahara talked of how the band were a little older than most of the crew (despite how professional, hard working and great we all are at our jobs and that they appreciated it) it might feel like a bunch of kids creating their music video...