Chris Bivins approached me to DP his latest music video featuring a spin on the Superman series. We linked up in late 2010 when I was a camera operator on his last single, “The Glow“. Chris is a genuine guy with big visions and it’s nice to have a lot of the legwork done from a story and logistical standpoint, which makes for an awesome time on set.
We shot the bulk of the video inside of Capitol Dialysis in NE DC. It was my first time shooting on Canon’s D60- and I was thoroughly impressed. It was a very intuitive camera, and it handled every situation well. I stopped down to f5.6 for most of the shoot to give me a slightly crisper image and to make focusing easier with on the longer focal lengths.
From a lighting standpoint most of the scenes were a combination of daylight coming through the windows and a pair of gelled Arri 600′s. I used a 300w as an accent to edge light specific shots. I was operating as a one man band and had an ambitious shot list so I tried to light the room as a whole so there would be little reset time when we shot reverses. As the story-line got darker we let the color go a little more bizarre.
The garage scene is personally my favorite look. We turned 3 cars around with the headlights for key light, and the 600′s gelled (Red/ Full CTO) from either side behind.
The track being released online on (my birthday!) February 10th. I’ll update with a link.
