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Tony Bingham, a sincere friend, found our
location for this video at the last minute -
and we were of course elated. But on the
shooting day in question, the skies produced
rain clouds for miles.
I sat silently, thinking how I'd finally
gotten to shoot a music video for this band
(I had already directed their EPK and
documentary), and now the heavens were not
cooperating. Clearly a disaster was abound.
I decided to shoot anyway. Maybe two takes
in, I'd pretty much given up on the clip
having any signature look...everything was
drab, muddy and dark.
But within, it seemed, seconds, a wondrous
thing happened. I received a call from my
steadicam operator who said prior his
schedule would not allow for him to be there
- now he was asking for directions. My smile
began. Once he arrived, the cloud cover
peeled back. We had a stretch of about 3
hours of moist sunlight! Outstanding!
After a bit of fertile photography, we packed
up and left the farm location, stumbling
accidently on a small shack in the middle of
nowhere. Funny, when I entered the rickety
structure, a visible hole stood out in the
middle of the place. I thought out loud,
"Quick, let's place the camera down there,
and spin it in a circle to catch each band
member in a different part of this open
house. Worked like a charm!
And when I suggested Speech sit in the
window, the sun grew brighter for our two
only takes. God...is all one can say.
We traveled back to downtown ATL, where I was
favored with the distinct honor of working
with famed artist, Radcliffe Bailey. A
polished professional. He braved rush hour
traffic, and seedy alleyways for us to
capture what was pure about his work even
then.
We ended our spirited day at the Scoville
Hotel, where we finalized our efforts for the
remainder of the concept.
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