"Air"' spec video - final cut

AIR spec video from Noah Smith on Vimeo.

You all remember this blog here -- the final cut was sent out yesterday of our "Air" video shoot...enjoy!

"Air" spec music video

 

So last Sunday I spent an incredibly hot day at a great abandoned warehouse in Long Beach shooting a spec music video.

 

The casting notice had caught my attention because it was featuring the music of French band, "Air" - whose dreamy music I love. Also, the director had stated it would be shot on 35mm (yes! great quality film!) and shot in the vein of "Amelie" - one of my top 5 favorite films ever.

The shoot was 2 days, although the fantasy sequence with the gals was only shot on Sunday. I love just being on a set studying what every single person has to do to colloborate and make even a small few-minute video happen. It was a very hot, long day - but great, funny people to work with - gracias!

I will obviously post the real thing when I get the finished product, but until then enjoy the youtube videos of our spectacular dance break and click on the slideshow below for pictures from the set.

"Air" spec video

80s Song of the Week #2 - Adam Ant

oh, this song is so much fun! I love the playful brass section - it just makes me want to get up and dance the 'skank'! Note: once again, the 80s usage of face paint, sexy Adam's tied-up salmon pink blouse at his naval (not many straight men can pull that off), and lastly notice that back in the 80s music videos were about having fun with the songs - not the overkill nowadays of "I'm-so-sexy-look-at-me" videos that all look alike...

Lastly: this song could have been my anthem for my teenage years- because Elsa was a self-proclaimed "Goody 2-Shoes"...(but 'there must be something inside'). Hmmmmmmm...

Enjoy!

80s Song of the Week #1 - Duran Duran "Rio"

ok ok. I am in my mid 30s as you all should well know by now. I also love my 80s music (especially New Wave) from back then. I decided this New Year for my blog that I'd treat myself and maybe even some of you to a different 80s video each week. Perhaps it will take some of you down memory lane or open you young ones to a genre that coincided with MTV's birth. These videos are colorful, strange, loud, and each one UNIQUE.
Of course, I could not help but start off with my beloved Duran Duran and their hit, "RIO". Note the tanned bodies, big hair, European playboy attitude, use of dyes, paint and bright colors and the Brazilian model's tilted back laughing open smile at the beginning (which I realized upon posting this that I have stolen as one my signature poses - as many of my images with that exact laughing smile have been in ads everywhere....)
Enjoy...I'll be 'dancing on the sand'!