Ever since I was a kid I’ve envisioned shooting videos the old way…the “practical” way where the moves and gimmicks, the set changes and the moving walls happen in camera, in real time, and real space, as opposed to the numerous luxuries we have nowadays in post production. In short, the opportunity to live out that vision from when I was a kid is precisely why I was jumped at the opportunity to collaborate with my pals in the triple-platinum band The Presidents of The United States of America (Lump, Kitty, Peaches, Dune Buggy) on a music video for…check this out: Pokemon. It was a complete blast. Loved every minute of it.
And, it’s all practical, baby–and phew is that hard. Learned a ton through the process…not just about the cute little Pokemon characters, but about the amazing challenges working almost entirely in camera. And the choreography? Whoa. That’s HARD too, but it’s a wonderful challenge and something I think every filmmaker should play with at some point.
For the record, we shot it all at 4k on the RED, and had a lean crew of about 20 to pull this off. Huge props to the cast and crew–especially Loren and the art department who stepped up big to make this happen.
So enjoy the latest chase jarvis RAW above. We did our best to share all the moving parts, from concept to wrap. Lemme know how we did. And of course, the final video is below.
Execution is superb,,,,,What is more exciting & crative for me how you pull out of that kind of idea….?any kind of stydy?,thinking?,what chase what just tel me if got time pls tell,,!
Amazing, one little question though, how many takes did this take? And the entire video is one cut right?
we probably had 15 takes to get it right. and we actually had three cuts in there because in the end, the space we built the set in could not accommodate the full set of camera moves …
Nothing new under the sun. Hitchcock’s “Rope” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_(film) invented this technique in 1948. Always interesting to see a new take on something old.
A dramatic film with 20 minuets between cuts. Available from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Rope-James-Stewart/dp/B000ECX0O2
Chase,
That was pretty tight. Congrats!
Woooow this was awesome. Amazing insight.