DBETM / Control Video
With the budget akin to that of a state university’s art department that gets shafted like a porno for a lame football team that loses year after year and has an otherworldly knack for humiliating legendary coaches, Diesel , Death Becomes Even the Maiden’s first lady, and I produced this video.
The idea from the beginning was not to rely heavily on technology or a complex set but to assume a brisk and choppy editing style that would evoke a manic mood which mirrored that of the frenzied musical style.
This idea was accentuated through covering the drums, cymbals, and “stage” with lots of flour. While its manifest purpose was to provide visual emphasis on how hard the drummer mangles his set, it also conveniently provided for a latent misinterpretation that was too delicious to try and circumnavigate: a group performing in a setting which is littered by mounds of cocaine.
Diesel, in the driver’s seat, and I poured over the editing for several weeks with Chill’s in hand. I was responsible for the titles, and created them in AfterEffects.