Broken heart
It was a fantasy folk music video from IRDORATH in which we tried to invent (reconstruct) the events of the past, when sorcerers and game hunters still existed. In the video, we used natural locations and tried, to the best of our ability, to replicate the props and clothing of those times. It was very difficult because a lot of things were invented from scratch.
The idea for the video was invented by the performers of the group, and in our opinion, it fit perfectly with the music, which also refers us to ancient times. There were a lot of difficulties during filming for a video with such a scenario. Preparing the project for filming took two weeks, the main part of which was collecting props.
Task
Make a music video on a historical theme with national motifs, flavor and plot, in which a scene from old times will be played out. The props were collected by the artists together with the rest of the team in order to fit into those ancient times as much as possible.
⬤ 01. Challenge
Make a fantasy folk music video about the events of the times of kings and secret rituals.
The fantasy folk music video of the group IRDORATH has become a beautiful example of Belarusian creativity in the video segment. A team of professional video makers took on the work, initiated by the musicians. Meetings were held throughout the week to discuss ideas, locations, and scenes. Then we drew up a detailed script, storyboard, moodboard, and then started choosing locations. The area was supposed to look alien, uninhabited, to show ancient times. If you want to order a similar music video for a fantasy folk group, check out the Instagram of our production company YOPRST.
Shooting the music video was quite an interesting experience for our cameraman Sasha Aleinikov, since such stories and reconstructions of certain images are quite rare. All the actors in the video are siblings. As conceived by the authors, the actors showed their interaction with the environment, how they lived and what they did.
The script showed how brothers and sisters gather from distant lands into a single family, bringing certain powers and traditions. It became interesting for us to show this whole story in natural locations. I even had to find a real horse.
⬤ 02. Production and post
To properly prepare an excellent fantasy folk music video, you need to allocate enough time and money.
The fantasy folk music video often looks out of date, but don’t worry about that. This is done intentionally, because the directors are trying to give the picture a look, as if the clip was shot on rare cameras. Of course, in those days there could not be any cameras, but who thinks about it. If you want to commission a fantasy folk video, start by developing a script. It is musicians who often act as screenwriters in such projects, because they deeply know that period. Perhaps they even conducted research and reconstruction, but they definitely know more about that time.
There was little time and a small budget for filming, but the video production company managed to prepare well. The author of the idea prepared the storyboard for the entire video, since during the preparation stage she studied at the Minsk film school. Preparations for filming were ready within two weeks.
The cameraman chose an interesting location for filming, which easily immersed the viewer in the old world. In one scene, a small accident occurred with a horse, in which he almost crushed the cameraman and the camera.
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Fire of Perun
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A piece of land
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Cool gray
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Dull green
In this music video, color grading served the purpose of bringing the colors closer to warm brown, beige, and orange. Gray-green and gray-blue colors worked in contrast with them. After clearing the image of noise, it became soft, but additional softening was applied on top.
They decided to abandon grain and distortion, since the clip was shot using Cooke Anamorphic series optics, which gives a soft-edged image and unique bokeh.
⬤ 03. Equipment
Fantasy folk music video was shot on ARRI Alexa SXT with Cooke Anamorphic 2x.
The fantasy folk music video was filmed over two days continuously near Minsk. The team collected the equipment and went to the location, assembled the equipment in a couple of hours, prepared the actors and began filming. Scenes included day, night and drone shots, as well as live action scenes with a real horse. The animal was brought from the Minsk stables of friezes, which are much larger than an ordinary horse. Moreover, they have an unpredictable character, which is what happened on the set when the horse simply ran away from us.
Filming
equipment
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Cameras.
ARRI Alexa SXT
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Lenses.
Cooke Anamorphic/i FF 40, 75mm 1.8x F2.3
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Monitors, recorders.
SmallHD Cine7
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Lighting
equipment
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Halogen fixtures.
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LED fixtures.
Aputure 300d, Fresnel 2X
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Sound recording
equipment
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Recorders.
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Microphones.
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Rig, stubs, copters
and action cameras
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Stabilizers.
EasyRig Sirena
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Copters.
DJI Inspire 2
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The dream Team
Direction
— Nadya Kalach
director &
producer
— Alex Aleinikov
DOP &
1AD
Lighting
— Vasya Khvalyuk
lighting dir. &
gaffer
Camera dept.
— Vitaly Mazepin
1AC /
focus puller
— Dima Stelmakh
2AC &
copter
Management
— Vasya Nikitik
line producer &
site director
Creative
— Volodya Kalach
production-designer
— Nadya Kalach
creative &
script
— Nastya Sadovnikova
makeup
Post
— Igor Kuzavka
color
correction
Actors
— Vasya Kalach
first hero
— Victor Kalach
second hero
— Tina Kalach
third hero
— Valery Kalach
4th hero
— Volodya Kalach
5th hero
— Nadya Kalach
6th hero
Festivals and awards
Notyetreceived
Oct 20, 2020
Butwereallywant
Sep 25, 2020
Atleastone
Sep 23, 2020
Opinion from outside
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