Christine Lee’s Music Video for “Supernatural”
About the Shoot
When an artist and her team approaches us with a big idea and a budget to match it, we are game to bring that video production idea to life! In this case, Christine Lee and her team wanted a fast-paced video to mirror her song, one styled on the classic larger-than-life, vintage feel of the 80s. They wanted all the classics: big stage, full band, DJ lights, smoke machines, bright lasers, and, of course, background dancers—the whole shebang! Can you blame them? Who wouldn’t want to star in their own personal rock concert? (Fun fact: after we finished the shoot, the onset crew performed their own fantasy jam-sesh up on the stage before tearing down!)
Marshall speakers, Fendy guitars, DW drum kit, action lights, and laser beams—the stage was set for Christine’s rockstar fantasy. But, we still wanted more. So also created a backlight silhouette runway and an LED backdrop lit with both with standard lighting and UV options. By the way if you need gear rental for your next project, we do that too!
Shoot Day
On shoot day, our musicians and dancers arrived ready to rock! It was important that the band members be both experienced as actors and actual musicians. When shooting a music video to a pre-recorded song, we don’t need the band members to actually play the song. However, many of our crew members are musicians as well, so we made sure each band member knew how to play the song exactly on point, just as it was recorded, so their fingers and rhythm matched up.
For the dancers, we brought in professionals in several dance styles—from ballet to breakdancing, from popping to hip hop. And when it came to shooting the dancers on our surprise silhouette runway, we told them to let their creative energies loose, blending their various skills into a wonderful synthesis just asking for witnesses!
The LED backdrop with UV lighting was one of the favorites of the day—does anyone not get excited when they enter a room glowing vibrant with UV lights? We sure do! Bedazzled in glow bracelets, glow necklaces, white clothes and oodles of energy, the cast and crew had a blast rocking out to Christine’s own rock fantasy. One member of our crew even claimed a cameo in the final cut!
When it came to editing, our final cut became a whole new fusion of styles and elements for our team, complete with cross dissolves, layered scenes, and light flares galore.
To be sure, we had an absolute ball working with Christine and her creative team on this video! We hope your joy experiencing the video matches ours making it!
We would love to work with you on your next project. If you have any questions about our process or want to see more of our work, we invite you to explore our website.