We’ve been involved with the band Absent Elk before when we filmed them in a pub for one of their singles. I distinctly remember listening to their cd at the time and was transfixed by one of the songs – ‘Comfort or Amuse’. I said at the time that I’d like to shoot a video for the song. It’s been almost a year since I mentioned it but I got a call from Kjetil Morland, the lead singer in January asking if I’d like to shoot a video for ‘Comfort or Amuse’ to be used for promotion of the song for Cancer Research.
Finally we set off last week for 2 days filming at a fantastic location on the Isle of Wight. So off we went. We chose to use a micro-crew of 3 people to do the filming using a 5D-mk2, Libec jib, track and ‘Joker Bug’ continuous lighting. Here’s us on the RedFunnel ferry…
We pulled in at 6pm and trecked over to the other side of the Island to the location. After unloading all the gear and food supplies we had a brief rest before starting filming the next morning when the band turned up with our main protagonist. Here’s some images of the setting up.
Set pictures ©Tom Lakeman 2011
We’ve just seen the final edit and it will be up here as soon as we are allowed to release it…
A special thanks to Tom (lighting assistant & chef) and Dan (camera assistant) who made the job run so smoothly and Helen from Vintage Vacations for supporting our cause.