The Humble creative team humbly breaks down the action of their recent video for Wolfmother "Far Away," shot on-location in Sydney, Australia and directed by their collective Hydra.
"One mirror-plated piano, five wild feral children, and an estimated seven million lens flares later, a kick ass rock video was born.
Shot on super 16 mm film using the Arri SRIII to get that 70's warm, retro, faded, grainy feel that we all love.
We took the rocky surf turf blue waters of Maroubra along with the dense green woodlands of Centennial Park and turned them into mirror utopias. Of course it wouldn't have been complete without a 10 ft. rotating mirror-plated pyramid for good measure.
Costume designer Georgia Ashdown went above and beyond the thunderdome with her Mad Max inspired costumes for the children. The kids were decked out as tiny little hunter and gatherers looking like they had skin thicker than rabid wolves.
Director of Photography Matthias Koenigswieser dangled a 26 ft. jimmy jib over shark infested waters on a 50 ft ocean side precipice for beautiful sweeping shots of the band's performance. Do you believe that there is love that lasts forever? Humble and Wolfmother do. All hail the mirror pyramid."
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Wolfmother "Far Away" (Interscope)
Sam Stephens/Hydra, director | Justin Cronkite, producer | Humble, production co | Matthias Koenigswieser, DP | Alan Witcher, editor | Eric Berkowitz, executive producer | Persis Koch, head of production | sponsored content: Humble is a sponsor of VideoStatic.com
