Directing duo Coodie & Chike are what you could call real rap directors: No cars, no bling, no booty: Just gritty creativity and reality matched to music that fit the same bill.
What first looks like just another pretty video about lost love becomes something more twisty. There's a car crash with singer Lena Fayre's boyfriend, but also too many bad omens along her barefoot journey to make you wonder whose grave she's visiting
The answer is simple: Because the DGA doesn't represent the interests of music video directors — unless they also happen to do qualifying commercial, TV or feature work — and they don't provide their benefits/protections to music video sets and workers
Downtown Los Angeles is the setting for all kinds of music video productions, but few spots are as popular with the GNP (generator-and-playback) crowd than the Second Street Tunnel.
The white tiled interior is great for reflecting light and making rock stars look appropriately rock-starrish — a trick it also pulls for the majority of car commerciala and Bladerunners.
