yesterday we had a day off in San Francisco and we used the day to shoot a music video for Fire It Up. the video has to do with a car chase and us playing on a moving flatbed truck. I won't spoil the video for you and tell you what happens. noooo, why would i ever do that? instead i'm going to just show you all the behind the scenes camera tricks. here's a shot of us getting setup.
Steve's kit was strapped down and screwed into the truck. behind him is a generator and a couple loudspeakers so that we can play along with the CD while we're filming. trev's metal spine mic stand had to be screwed down partly to keep it from falling and partly to give trev something to hold onto.
before we started moving, the driver freaked out and wanted us all to sign a hastily written contract that said he wouldn't be responsible if we fell off and got hurt. kinda freaky for a sec, but we all signed it anyway. (as if that thing would hold up in court anway hahah).
Here you can see Adam, one of the directors and the bay bridge in the background. we were actually on a small island called Treasure Island that used to be a Navy base. right next to us was a shoot for the ABC medical drama Trauma. Coincidentally, Tricia's band Superchick had their song "Breathe" used in some of the promos for that show. Notice our tour manager Clay Allen in the white hat strapping down steve's drumset. more on clay later...
i was really surprised to see what they were shooting with. 3 of the 4 camera's were the new Canon 5D. these are regular digital SLR photography cameras, but they're able to shoot HD video. Along with an assortment of different lenses, the clips i saw actually looked pretty good. they also had the RED camera that Max Hsu (http://homepage.mac.com/maxwax11/iblog/) used on the new superchick video. wow, that's two superchick references in one blog. that's for you babe.
Although we did plenty of moving shots of us on the flatbed truck, we had to cheat a little and get some closeups while we were stopped. here you see trev singing with a guy with a leaf blower pointed at his head to give the appearance of wind.
this is the same shot, just panned to the right. again, we see our amazing road manager clay helping rock the truck to give it the appearance of movement. that's the big guy for ya. if this truck is a-rockin', the big guy is a-knockin'.
And finally here is a shot of the '65 Mustang Fastback that is gonna be in the video. he tried not to show it, but i could tell that steve was salivating over it and was trying to figure out a way to get them to let him take it for a spin. also of note was an instance of a seagull flying overhead and pooping on me. NOT FUN.
i think the video is gonna look pretty sweet. once it's edited and done i'll be sure to post it here. the rest of the day was spent walking around San Francisco, eating at a nice restaurant and then finding out our rental car had been broken into while we were eating at said restaurant. clay and i spent the next half hour questioning random homeless people and searching for a "short guy who steals things" at a nearby shell station. so ya, basically a really crazy day. you stay classy San Francisco.
Steve's kit was strapped down and screwed into the truck. behind him is a generator and a couple loudspeakers so that we can play along with the CD while we're filming. trev's metal spine mic stand had to be screwed down partly to keep it from falling and partly to give trev something to hold onto.
before we started moving, the driver freaked out and wanted us all to sign a hastily written contract that said he wouldn't be responsible if we fell off and got hurt. kinda freaky for a sec, but we all signed it anyway. (as if that thing would hold up in court anway hahah).
Here you can see Adam, one of the directors and the bay bridge in the background. we were actually on a small island called Treasure Island that used to be a Navy base. right next to us was a shoot for the ABC medical drama Trauma. Coincidentally, Tricia's band Superchick had their song "Breathe" used in some of the promos for that show. Notice our tour manager Clay Allen in the white hat strapping down steve's drumset. more on clay later...
i was really surprised to see what they were shooting with. 3 of the 4 camera's were the new Canon 5D. these are regular digital SLR photography cameras, but they're able to shoot HD video. Along with an assortment of different lenses, the clips i saw actually looked pretty good. they also had the RED camera that Max Hsu (http://homepage.mac.com/maxwax11/iblog/) used on the new superchick video. wow, that's two superchick references in one blog. that's for you babe.
Although we did plenty of moving shots of us on the flatbed truck, we had to cheat a little and get some closeups while we were stopped. here you see trev singing with a guy with a leaf blower pointed at his head to give the appearance of wind.
this is the same shot, just panned to the right. again, we see our amazing road manager clay helping rock the truck to give it the appearance of movement. that's the big guy for ya. if this truck is a-rockin', the big guy is a-knockin'.
And finally here is a shot of the '65 Mustang Fastback that is gonna be in the video. he tried not to show it, but i could tell that steve was salivating over it and was trying to figure out a way to get them to let him take it for a spin. also of note was an instance of a seagull flying overhead and pooping on me. NOT FUN.
i think the video is gonna look pretty sweet. once it's edited and done i'll be sure to post it here. the rest of the day was spent walking around San Francisco, eating at a nice restaurant and then finding out our rental car had been broken into while we were eating at said restaurant. clay and i spent the next half hour questioning random homeless people and searching for a "short guy who steals things" at a nearby shell station. so ya, basically a really crazy day. you stay classy San Francisco.
1 comment:
He probably wrote up the 'contract' because he wanted your autographs but was embarrassed to ask. ha!
Sounds like a sweet video!
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