INSIDE OUT - Music video

Record label: SOLON

In every job there is a challenge. In this on it was to include 5 houses of horror inside a 2 min. video. Director and producer Miguel Angel Almagro came up with the concept and story connecting the victims with the main character: The Undertaker. We decided to film the story like a film trailer and tease the audiences to the live show at Universal Studios Singapore.

We presented to the agency and client film references like Se7n, Evil dead, The Forest, Shutter Island. This was very important to set the mood and also the level of quality that the director wanted to achieve in every scene. The selection of the locations and cast was very important. Because we had only budget to film 2 days we had to recreate a prison cell and an abandoned circus tent inside The Undertaker warehouse location and we had to create a motel room from scratch.

We used Castle Island Pictures RED CAM. Cinematographer Juffrie Friday selected the COOKE lenses S5i. We achieved a cinema-quality image for this Film Trailer. It was a lot of fun and we are now teased to do more horror films productions.

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THE UNDERTAKER

He may have achieved one of his biggest goals in the pool, but Joseph knows that out on the roads, there's still work to be done. That's why he is an active champion of road safety in Singapore, and in particular, safety awareness and the education of children. With only 2 weeks for prep. the Singapore based film production company Castle Island Pictures achieved an impossible mission. Due to Joseph's tight training schedule to prepare and compete at the Asian Games, we had only 4 hours to film his scenes for the latest Road Safety campaign sponsored by Toyota. Working under a lot of pressure with Director Jochen Schmoll, specialised in action sports and cinematographer Max Penzel, we manage to film the five locations with Schooling inside the 4 hours window. ​

Award winning underwater cinematographer Nihal Friedel, used two underwater jets to follow Schooling, using his RED camera and Gates housing. Nihal is a Master diver, we worked together before and we knew he could get those difficult shots in a very limited amount of time. Other challenging scene was the “road accident”. We had to stop the shooting for heavy rain. The stunt drivers did a great job driving on a wet surface. Bryan Lee, expert drone operator capture the action with precision following the car from above at different levels. Working on a complex production, large crew, celebrities and tight schedule you can’t afford to crack under pressure. Trusting the team and yourself is vital. After several days of heavy drinking coffee and poor sleeping, I said to the director that if we would safe just one life with this road safety campaign it would be worth all the effort.

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