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Exit Calm Video Shoot
Last week I had the lucky pleasure of being able to work on a music video. I got a call from a friend who would be directing the video and asked if I could come along and shoot stills, this was the first time I’ve had the opportunity to work on anything like this and I jumped at the chance.
Exit Calm video shoot
After meeting the other people on the shoot en-route to the location we arrived and began setting up. I duly helped out where I could, moving furniture and holding things whilst the Director and irector of Photography sorted out finer details and the lighting. Part of the setup including mounting a dvd player, projector and speakers onto the camera rig, after a bit of tooing and froing we were ready to go.
Camera rig at the Exit Calm video shoot
The band arrived and we made our introductions before lunch arrived and we all took a break. Once the food was wolfed down Annette got to grips with the make-up for the band. I would like to point out for fear of a beating from the band that they didn’t have much make-up.
And so the real work began, working to a recording of the upcoming single and pre recorded visuals we began the shoot, projecting film across the band and capturing their performance. Things went pretty smootly and the takes went quickly, I snuck round the camera and crawled across the floor, i knelt, I ducked, I got pulled out of the way and by the end of the shoot my legs were aching. I had taken over a thousand photos in that time.
For the few hours we worked together I felt drawn to the band, they had a brotherly spirit between them, they were a family. During the post shoot drinks this tie between them was evident in the recalling of stories from the road and how they met. When I met up with them at their gig at the Barfly in Camden this weekend I saw this bond on stage.
I’ve managed to get the number of shots down to around 300 however I’ve uploaded a few already as a sneak peak for any Exit Calm fans that might stumble across this blog
Exit Calm - Video shoot for next single
The rest of the photos can be found here:
Exit Calm - We’re On Our Own - Behind the scenes on the video shoot
I’ll be updating the set with more photos as I process them.
Summer Mix
A few friends have been chatting about music recently and the plethora of compilation CD’s. After a while we each decided to put together a playlist of songs. The requirements were simple, It had to fit on an audio CD. After much deliberation I finished mine. I’ve stuck it up here with links to videos or web pages where you can hear the songs in case you were wondering what I came up with. There were many more songs I could have used and having seen the tracklists of some of the other cd’s there was a wide variety of songs and artists everyone picked. Anyway I hope you enjoy.
1. (Love Is Like A) Heatwave - Martha Reeves And The Vandellas
2. May This Be Love - Jimi Hendrix
3. (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
4. Voodoo Juju - The Voodoo Trombone Quartet
5. Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman
7. Midnight In A Perfect World - DJ Shadow
10. Whole Lotta Amore - Senor Senor Click on track in player
11. Happiness (Ashley Beedle Mix) - Shawn Lee
12. Singing Winds, Crying Beasts - Santana
13. Electricity - Spiritualized
14. The Impression That I Get - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
15. Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy - Queens Of The Stone Age
Pendulum rock Camden
A sea of bodies is swaying slowly and cheering to a pre-recorded video of other artists that have played the iTunes festival. This was the calm before the storm. The introduction was over and the entrance began.
With a swirling beat and building noise Pendulum took to the stage and for an hour or so had Koko literally shaking. From my view in the balconies all I could see was an endless swaying, sweating, jumping, pushing, bouncing orgy of fans. The floor at Koko was a giant mosh pit and it didn’t stop throughout the entire set.
The floor shook constantly throughout the set and it wasn’t just the bass blasting through but also the sheer number of people moshing and dancing was causing the balcony to shake.
Now Pendulum wasn’t the kind of thing I would normally listen to however a friend is in the band so thought I’d go and see what all the fuss is about. The show was superb, hugely sweaty, fun and noisy and everyone seemed to love it. I loved the live show. However it’s not really my thing for listening to at home. If you get the chance see them live, it’s a proper rockout to Drum and Bass show!