Gramatik
"Solidified"
I stumbled upon the technique used in this video while directing another music video. It’s one of my favorites because it’s what I like best about experimenting with video. The first project involved filming b-roll of New York through little plastic baggies. It added this foggy look to everything, but still had a very organic feel that was different from the effect we would have achieved in post. At one moment when we were racked out of focus, the edge of the bag crossed the lens. The hard shape from the zip lock created a silhouette, but it ended up in every single “bokeh” of light. It was like it was projected out to each circle of light.
The DP and I sort of just stood there for a moment and went “whoaaaa, did you see… whoaaaaaa.” After doing more research, I found that others were using similar effects and that there were some kits to help create this, so we built upon this idea and made little paper puppets that had hinges and moved. The effect made it look like these little monsters were invading the city lights. So from there, the story took shape and we had our goblin invasion.