Rock and roll – Supertzar made a music video for “Blood Horizon”. Friday we went into a studio and pretended like we were singing the song, first as a band and then with the camera focused on individuals. It was good fun, despite some mishaps with the sound system that we were synching to. I pulled out my new boots and had a great time. Our old guitarist James came out, since our guitarist is out of the country; James wrote part of the song anyway, so it made sense, and we were very happy that he agreed to come out. Val looked bloody cool behind the drum kit with his shades on and all sorts of people pointing cameras and lights at him. Val’s a star! After shooting that night I went out to two music events – Groove Union at Wheels And Weiners in Little India, and Heritage in Tanjong Pagar at JJ’s.
Saturday we returned to the campus, but went to a classroom in a crappy building somewhere at the back, near the military base (which I hadn’t known was there…). Nice. Cool rooftop with nice view, there we were. The shoot went well, I was a mad scientist, I brushed out my curly hair so that it was puffy and more afro-like, I brushed up my eyebrows so that they were also disheveled and standing up and pointing all over the place. I grimaced, I pranced, I retorted, I acted manically, I over-acted manically… We had a nurse for our operating table scene and rojak to represent the guts that we were going to remove from the patient’s body. People were hanging around, pointing lights, pointing cameras, screens, taping up the operating theatre stuff, boarding up windows, all sorts of stuff. At one point the instructor strolled in for a look, after he left we sang “Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone.” Went to pick up lunch from the school cafeteria, then back to party, and the video was a wrap. Went to three parties at friends houses that night. Busy day!
Sunday was the last day of shooting, and it was only Val that was needed, but I came along for moral support. We were doing it at a bus stop, Val got painted up again, and we filmed a few scenes for a few hours. Val’s such a trouper! The bus came by a few times, we had to wave to it that we weren’t going to get on board. I did a beer run at one point, and then it was a wrap. Val and I went off for more drinks to celebrate, and I went home and got some rest. Busy weekend!
Here are some pics from the three-day shoot:
MV Day 1 - onstage view
MV Day 1 - Carmen chopping Peter's nipple
MV Day 1 - onstage view
MV Day 1 - onstage view
MV Day 1 - onstage view
MV Day 1 - onstage view
MV Day 1 - onstage view - Val, the Rock 'n' Roll Doctor!
MV Day 1 - onstage view
MV Day 1 - onstage view
MV Day 1 - onstage view - Val getting the attention he deserves
MV Day 2 - operating theatre - patient with nurse
MV Day 2 - operating theatre - Nurse With Skull
MV Day 2 - operating theatre - We Rock!
MV Day 2 - operating theatre - Val getting the attention he deserves
MV Day 2 - operating theatre
MV Day 2 - operating theatre
MV Day 2 - operating theatre
MV Day 2 - operating theatre
MV Day 2 - operating theatre - Captain Eyebrows!
MV Day 2 - operating theatre
MV Day 2 - operating theatre
MV Day 2 - operating theatre
MV Day 2 - operating theatre
MV Day 2 - operating theatre
MV Day 2 - operating theatre
MV Day 2 - operating theatre
MV Day 2 - operating theatre
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop - red shoes, blue shoes
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop
MV Day 3 - Bus stop scene wrap, celebrating!