I just finished shooting and editing this music video called "Battles Won." The artist's name is Kwesi Emmanuel; an independent Folk/Reggae style musician based in Toronto. He is a very talented and soulful musician who I had the pleasure of collaborating with.
This was an ultra low-budget shoot that took some planning and praying that we could even pull off. We kept it simple and tried to focus on execution.
Our initial concept for this video would have cost too much and we did not have the budget to execute it, so we just wanted to try something more experimental.
We basically shot the entire music video at 60 fps and reversed it. Sound simple enough? Well... The song is meant to be sung in-sync. That meant we had to speed up the song to 250% to compensate for the ramp in frame rate from 24 fps-60 fps.
I guess you're all thinking that's pretty easy too... well, now you have to reverse it. I'll let you all think on that for a minute and what that meant the artist had to accomplish...
We basically shot the entire music video at 60 fps and reversed it. Sound simple enough? Well... The song is meant to be sung in-sync. That meant we had to speed up the song to 250% to compensate for the ramp in frame rate from 24 fps-60 fps.
I guess you're all thinking that's pretty easy too... well, now you have to reverse it. I'll let you all think on that for a minute and what that meant the artist had to accomplish...
I hope you all enjoy it!
Directed by Jullian Ablaza
Cinematography by James Hellyer
Art Direction Jess Finch
Production Assistant Yolande Ammon
