Director Michael Maxxis on Billy Talent "Surprise Surprise"

Aces High lives on in this new Billy Talent video...

Michael Maxxis, director: "Almost every shot in the video has CG in it. We had simple sets built against blue screen, then Screaming Death Monkey created everything in post. The band members sat in real airplane cockpits, but the actual planes you see in the video were modelled in post. Each band member's aerial combat sequence was written out, boarded, and rehearsed before the shoot. On the shoot day, each guy simulated his entire flight, one at a time.  As always, schedule was tight, so all the CG was done in eight weeks. I literally handed over a bunch of footage of people miming over blue to the post team and got this epic combat video back. The editor and VFX artists really deserve the credit for this one."

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BillY Talent "Surprise Surprise"
Michael Maxxis, director | Rory Halsall, producer | Rosemary Films, production co | Adam Marsden, DP | Dave De Carlo, editor | Screaming Death Monkey, vfx