Saturday, May 19, 2012

Danse Macabre Music Video Clip Shoot

Was it really a whole month ago that I wrote my last entry?
Goodness me, i'd been to China, Korea, Japan, back to Sydney for 2 days, then back to China and Korea!! not to mention that I climbed the GREAT WALL OF CHINA!

What is more incredible is that the last 72 hours entailed the filming of my 2nd music video clip as well as shoots for my up and coming EP. It was really a national affair with the efforts, creative minds and manpower of an amazing team:
Jackie Tran as photographer (Adelaide)
Andrzej Paytel (House of Ezis, Brisbane) as designer and stylist
Ohh Snap Photography (Sydney) as official behind-the-scenes photographer
TL Make Up as well as Theresa Thao (Sydney) for make up
Cinetier as Director (Sydney)
Cinematographers (Kien Luu & Adam Lowe)
Mischa Simmond (Sydney) as behind-the-scenes videographer ....
The Amjad Estate (Sydney) for letting us use their property to film (lots of love to Arfa, Aisha and Kashif as well as Mr & Mrs Amjad)
...and of course my extras (Taylor, Mischa, Laurent and Alex)... it gives me a headache thinking about all of this!

What i appreciated the most was that we all worked together as a team, no ego, just sheer hard work, sleepless nights because even though our bodies were tired, oh brains were thinking of the next day.
We sweated during the day when the sun was out (someone was looking over us for the 3 days were beautiful sunny days), we froze as we shot in the evening, we smiled and all nodded in awe during the magic hour (sunset), we went cross-country, went out of our comfort zones, cried out of panic and

All i can say is I couldn't have done it without you all, the hardwork out of pure friendship, love for the arts and the want to continually push at those creative boundaries. I SO look forward to completing the project and releasing the EP to share with everyone!

Just a few of the behind-the-scenes shots from the 3-day project shooting.
Left to right: Day 1 with Ohh Snap Photography, Jackie Tran Photography, Cinetier and Kien.
hiding behind the reflectors.
Day 2: hair and make up with toasties for breaky :)
serious gear happening
piano gets set into place
in action...

left to right: Jackie Tran, me :D, Khoa, Thi & Andrzej
Jason testing out lighting but trying to look like me ;)
decided to squash Jackie with the piano because he wasn't doing a good enough job ;)
Andrzej


getting serious Jason! :)
food run at Subway ;)

AND FOR THE NOW:

Fav food: celery and carrot sticks with divine dips

Reading: Liszt's Rigoletto Paraphrase
Wishlist: Kate Miller-Heidke's new album.
Current city: Sydney
Listening to: Emeli Sande ... the best complete album!
Fav clothing item: Blackbirder Coat from Tato & Memi. SOOO comfy and warm!
Next destination: Vietnam
Missing: rest and sleep
 

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