Dilemn - Modern Slave
***After more then two years we're still proud on this experimental piece of film. Thanks for all the support and positive reactions!***
What if you wake up with the strange gift that when you clap your hands twice, you'll teleport to a random location and situation. We thought it would be something like this...
Produced by Hugo de Kok & Timo Blanksma
Camera: Canon 5D Mark II
Lens: EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM
Special thanks to:
- Dilemn
- Boxon Records
- MSI Europe
We're inspired by the videoclip that is made for the song called 'Luv DeLuxe' by Cinnamon Chasers. At that time a very popular music video. The only thing we wanted after seeing that video was to shoot a videoclip entirely from point of view.
Before we worked out any of our ideas, we had to make a suitable helmet to mount the 5D on. This wasn't that easy because of the weight of the camera. After a few tries it finally worked and we made some test videos. But after seeing the results, we concluded that we needed a wider lense for the camera. With some luck we could borrow a 14mm lense for the whole production. With this lense mounted we really created the eye sight of a human being.
The script of this videoclip started in the bus to school when Hugo listened to a song with a lot of claps in it. We decided to work further on the idea of picturing different situations with claps leading trough the story. But there are not that much songs with a lot of claps ánd nice to listen at the same time. After some real hard pub hours thinking we came with the idea that the clapping also could be visible, not only hearable.
On the same day we searched for an other kind of music and we found the artist Dilemn. We didn't knew him or his music at all, but this number really suited our idea. So we worked out some ideas with Modern Slave on the background for inspiration. We came with the idea of a guy who accidentally claps twice in his hands in the morning. His hands would start to glow a bit and he suddenly teleports to an other location. The rest of the story can be seen in the video ofcourse.
The only thing that bothered us after finishing the first edition of the script was that it wasn't really a story. It was more something like a lot of different scènes after each other that didn't had much to do with one another. So we thought that there had to happen something with the main character. We decided to change a bit of the script and searched for a way to keep the attention of the audience.
There was no way around it, the character had to die. Or at least be in a situation where he looks death straight in the eyes. We actually took that qoute very literally and made it to be our semi final scène.
Well, we hope you'll enjoy the videoclip and critical comments are always welcome!
