Ever since I was a kid I’ve envisioned shooting videos the old way…the “practical” way where the moves and gimmicks, the set changes and the moving walls happen in camera, in real time, and real space, as opposed to the numerous luxuries we have nowadays in post production. In short, the opportunity to live out that vision from when I was a kid is precisely why I was jumped at the opportunity to collaborate with my pals in the triple-platinum band The Presidents of The United States of America (Lump, Kitty, Peaches, Dune Buggy) on a music video for…check this out: Pokemon. It was a complete blast. Loved every minute of it.
And, it’s all practical, baby–and phew is that hard. Learned a ton through the process…not just about the cute little Pokemon characters, but about the amazing challenges working almost entirely in camera. And the choreography? Whoa. That’s HARD too, but it’s a wonderful challenge and something I think every filmmaker should play with at some point.
For the record, we shot it all at 4k on the RED, and had a lean crew of about 20 to pull this off. Huge props to the cast and crew–especially Loren and the art department who stepped up big to make this happen.
So enjoy the latest chase jarvis RAW above. We did our best to share all the moving parts, from concept to wrap. Lemme know how we did. And of course, the final video is below.
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That’s awesome as always! Love seeing behind the scenes. Was it a number of takes and stitched together or was it all done in one take?
we ended up doing it in 3 takes, but primarily because the space we rented was not large enough to accomodate the layout required of the set. we had to recompose with the dolly for one transition. the cuts are at the two whip pans between verses. see if you can catch em (all 😉
I like seeing all these “1 take” productions, great job!
damn i love it!
awesome BTS. Chase. Was this done in all one take? Wow the planning and rehearsing to get this done paid off in the end. The vision of this video is really great as well. Props to all involved.