So we spent the entire day in Atolia working on another band's video for hire. After the work was finished, i reluctantly shot some video for my video.
To be honest, by the time the "real" work was completed, I didn't really feel like doing it. I was wearing jeans, work boots and my Randsburg, California t-shirt....hardly anything even resembling a Rocker, let alone a cool one.
But, my drummer pal insisted we at least get some video shot and see what comes of it.
We filmed in a huge, abandoned warehouse that is made up of a steel frame with corregated tin covering it. The floor is concrete and there is a 5 foot high, elevated "stage" made of cement, giving the floor two distinct levels. There is a 100 foot high, bright yellow tower adjacent to this metal building.
Here's the location:
The west wall has a large, multi-pane window without any glass remaining. By 4pm, the sun was coming through it.
I'll be honest and say that I didn't put any great imagination into this. Basically i strapped on YelloStrat and played along and sang along to my MP3 of Watchtower with the guitar unplugged.
We shot several complete takes of the song from different perspectives. We also shot the slide guitar part from different angles using a glass Dunlop slide.
TBTH, I felt ridiculous playing along to these tracks unplugged and it really was kind of tough to do it. I have a newfound respect for these artists who produce these elaborate videos.
We did not do the Flaming scenes and I did not scale the 100 foot 'Watchtower' because the contract & use permit we had with the production company (to use the premises) specifically prohibited the use of pyrotechnics and scaling any structures without an OSHA approved harness system.
with those limitations in mind, we stayed at ground level and we didn't burn anything.
Now, we have considered shooting the "flaming" sections of the song at a later date and possibly adding them in, but TBTH I think I'm more excited to get the new neck on and playable than I am determined to shoot the Flaming sections.
I think, at this point, if I can just check off actually completing this video, I'll be happy.
Perhaps I will do something more exotic for the next one???
Thoughts???
