Takes a certain kind of mad genius to imagine a one-take video, but in a non-linear fashion that requires an edit (of sorts) to fast forward and rewind the footage so as to hit certain narrative/performance marks. That mad genius is director Ellis Bahl.
Ellis Bahl, director (via NPR video premiere): "The way we did it is rather simple. I figured out how I wanted the video to look and then I recut the song completely out of order for the band to learn before the shoot. I added extra choruses and split up the outro throughout the playback. I rearranged all the verses and added a lot of half measure counts throughout. I also messed with the speeds of the choruses and "oh yeahs" to make it slowmo. It's probably the most confusing thing a band could be handed a couple days before a music video shoot. I just said, "here, learn this" ... I was actually really concerned that it was going to be impossible, but they were awesome and nailed it."
Actually not a surprise that Walk Off The Earth was able to pull it off, since it's the same band that learned to play "Somebody That I Used To Know" on one guitar with 10 hands.
--> watch "Red Hands" and read more @ NPR
Walk Off The Earth
"Red Hands" (Columbia)
Ellis Bahl, director/editor | Courtney Davies, Jason Colon, producer | Doomsday, production co | Pat Scola, DP | Max Orgell, production designer | Danielle Hinde, exec. producer
Comments