"Everytime" - The Video
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 10:19PM So we shot the video for "Everytime" (which features Del The Funky Homosapien). It went quite well, considering I never met Laura and Steven before. To be honest, I went into it with a backup plan if I wasn't feeling their performances. Acting-wise I knew it was going to be a tough job to pull off since it was all one long take with a lot of choreographed moves between the actors and the camera and various objects, not to mention the story that had to be told.
We did a couple run throughs and after the first one I knew Laura and Steven would pull it off. It was just a matter of getting the right angles and timing things nicely. There was also a certain moment where a certain liquid was to be poured on the floor. We tried leaving towels on the floor throughout the whole shoot, but it showed up when she walked through the hallway. So when you see her pouring the coffee out, imagine a bunch of people diving underneath her laying towels on the surrounding area. Pete Songsiri (cinematographer) did a great job framing the whole thing, and I definitely didn't want to compromise the shots for a bunch of towels.
Lighting was great, the loft had 20 foot windows and we estimated a good 7 hours of good sunlight. At about 2 pm Laura's hair and makeup were done and we had gone through it a couple times when everyone started to feel hunger pains so we ordered pizza and watched tv. When we were nice and full it was time to get to work. It took exactly 3 full takes to get the one that I used to cut the video. Laura really did a great job, I had a few ideas for the look she gives at the coffee spilling moment but the one we ended up going with was all her. If you can read lips backwards you can tell Steven was saying some pretty funny stuff during the argument. It got heated, but it was hilarious.
Overall, I'm super happy with how it came out. It's one of those projects that turned out even better than I saw it in my head. I love that.
Spectacle's first music video is in the can!
Let me know what you think!
Reader Comments (23)
WOW!!!! SOOOO DOPE!
This is an amazing video and I love the song. Thank you so very much!
Works for me!!! Keep up the great work!!! Can't wait to see what's coming next!!!
Everything about that is awesome!!! If I could just loop it to tide me over till the Dallas show (which I know didn't REALLY get canceled because I live in the same reality as the chickie in the video), well... that would be even more awesome!!!
(please reschedule.... PLEASE!!!)
Wow... must've hit a wrong button!
Anyway, that is freakin' awesome... visually and auditorily!!! Had me on the edge of my seat once I caught on. Can't get the song outta my head (but thankfully I'm not still walking around making "O face" sounds, so for those around me, that's a good thing).
PLEASE reschedule a Dallas show!!!!
It's awesome! I saw that at your show at Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver and it was my favorite part of the entire show! Very smart, very impressive! :)
yo mike!! love the new video.. I gave you some love on our homepage. saw you're playin youtube Live! that's so dope! congratz on all the success. we should sit down again for an interview on our show.. holla!! djvibeTV.
Wow. Its funny, I have always heard good things about your video work and have always been the broke college student that didnt have money to buy Clown Alley. But I bumped into Everytime the other day when I was on the net and loved it! So, I will for sure buy the dvd when I get paid. (Im still a broke college student)
I can't wait to see more work.
Wow, I'm at a loss of words. Such a sick song and video. I saw you at The Blue Bird last night and you are by far the most gifted and down to earth artist Indiana University has ever seen (next to Afroman and Hanson of course). Keep doin what you do because you are damn good at it!
sick track yo!
Del's flow on this is sick and the video is perfect too. A great story.
i posted about this here:
http://www.iller.cc/cartel/?p=61
cheers, venk.
hey, the video is fantastic! i like how you've got the viewer thinking one thing, then BOOM not so fast, it's really like this! excellent track too.
i hope you don't mind if i blog about it.
-michael
I stumbled across this video on YouTube today, which was honestly the first I've heard of you. Great song, and amazingly well choreographed video. Now, the version I saw was entitled a "Clean Version, High Quality." Does this imply that there is a more adult version of this video out in the aether?
Nice work. I enjoyed it a lot.
I love the music video, quite amazing!
Great music video. This is probably one of my favorite ever! You need to make another appearance at UCSB like you did a few years back!
Hello I am french, for have a music "everytime" ,what I do?
bad ass song, great video. I like the end. :)
Fan-fucking-tastic....! Many thanks for this audio-visual stimulatory piece.
I friggin' LOVE this video and the song and I don't even like rap. <3
You're an amazing director.
Pretty savage video, I'm so stoked for the show at the Mezzanine
I'm a lil late, but here's what I think: D to tha O to tha P to tha E! I also dig the Spirit / Punisher mix (among others). I wish you could come to Asia. We need you. I'll be back in the States sometime though. If you have a mailing list, please put me on it. Thanks.
Love, Stephanie
Oh...I found the mailing list sign up. Paz.
That was too badass.