Song (video, intstrumental performance): Levantation, "Hello, Goodbye"

This isn't yet the actual music video but one of Kato and I performing the song from which clips will be used in the actual music video. The guitar and drum track that I used were not from this performance so the video and audio are not well synced and there were things I did on the drums (a few bars with cymbals not in the song) that aren't in the audio track. It wasn't critical as clips from this video will be just interspersed in the final production. I made this version just to show us having fun together and my first time actually performing with someone else, or even performing a song!

Thanks to my few "followers"! I plan on having more fun with music and publishing it here.




Here are 4 photos from the 4 scenes I have filmed so far. I've got about 8 more scenes to shoot and need to cast an actress. I have one in mind that I need to talk to who's already appeared in several films.

The first photo is from the scene where I'm driving past colourful fall trees. It will be paired with the verses "weekends with the trees, the turning of the leaves" as my ex-girlfriend favoured this particular time of year, hiking and running amongst trees and enjoying the beauty of nature.



This scene has a shot of me waking up and mouthing "I love you". The other half of the scene will be the same shot but of the actress saying the same words with the same angle. It's paired with the verses "The love we made, seemed would never fade".



This particular scene was a bit tricky to shoot. In order to avoid shadows on my face, I filmed it on a cloudy day for diffuse lighting at about 10AM when the sun was directly facing me as I walk away from my building. Normally a large white reflector would be used to light the shadows but I didn't want to bother making a home-brew version, it was easier to use the weather and sun's position to advantage!



I chose this shot of a traffic light changing from green to red for several symbolic reasons. First, you'll notice the church steeple in the background behind it. That is a symbol of marriage, the beginning of a committed relationship. Second, the antique looking street light behind is a symbol of antiquity, of age old romantic periods and the poetry of that period, in the 19th century. Third, the green light symbolizes the beginning of the relationship and the greenery of spring renewal, of reawakening from the dead of winter into the romantic spring. The brief yellow light, the initial apprehensions and caution of whether this is the right person for you. Finally, the red light is symbolic of the end of the relationship, when we stop feeling love, and red in general is associated with matters of the heart and in some cultures, the colour of a bride's gown.


More to come as work on this progresses!