Just arrived from Alabang after doing the rough cut for the MOJO FLY video I directed two weeks ago. Jay, my editor picked me up from my place thru the driving rain because I couldn’t have ridden the bike it was raining and it would have been a bitch to clean up after wards. It was the driver’s day off so no car.

In the editing room we ordered a large thin crust and some fried potatoes and 4 bottles of beer. The first two was very cold…and nice. The latter ones were the stucked in the bodega type so you need lots of ice.

I kept piling up the list of post –production stuff I wanted done. Jay’s eyes glazed over.

JAY: “ That’s going to be bloody! You move the camera too much.

FLIM: “ But if it’s easy, where’s the fun in that? “

The best part about being an editor myself is that you don’t have to go thru the usual crap that lazy editors would give you. The ‘ it cant be done or we don’t have the program to do that shot. “ Or if you have to go thru that then you can counter with,” Get off that chair and I’ll do it myself! “

It began as I said two weeks ago when I was lounging around bibliotech during those rare moments when I can just relax and read the sealed books they have on display when my phone rang.

JAY: “ I want you to direct a MOJO FLY video.”

FLIM: “ Shouldn’t I be preparing for that cable series.”

JAY: “ There would be plenty of time for that.”

Initially the treatment Jay gave me (He’s also the producer) was the band driving around in a top down car and some rose garden or was it fields.

FLIM: “ NO WAY am I going to be involved in a top down drive by band playing their instruments, music video! Every generic band has done that to death! I want complete freedom with whatever treatment I do decide to shoot! “

JAY: “Dude, that’s why I want you, Give me your treatment as soon as I send you the cd.”

FLIM: “ I don’t need to listen to the song. I’ll give you this treatment.”

Funny enough He didn’t object to my treatment and neither did the band. HEHEHE Now let’s have some fun!

We had a 2 cam set up. One was locked and the other one, I hand held. Saved a lot of time for the set-up. The shoot was relatively easy. The props were very simple. There was a lot of cutting and pasting and stringing stuff and materials along. It was a simple set up.
Its the assembling and the parring down of the footage that’s the trick.

The funny part about all this is the music video is for a love song. Go figure!