4/19/2021 0 Comments Dj Shadow Interviews 2019
When I landed on set the first day I was bowled over by the attention to detail and immense hard-work that had gone into both sets.But there is no doubt that he and DJ Shadow have something special going on.
Now Pilling is back with Shadow for what is something of a sequel, and certainly a timely companion piece to the award-winning video for Nobody Speak. Its a brilliantly executed combination of realism and high comedy, and we talked to Sam Pilling about how it came about - and how the idea of a fake moon landing resonates today. PROMONEWS: Can you talk us through the process of coming up with the idea for the video SAM PILLING: After listening to the track a few times, I kept coming back to the idea of astronauts brawling on the moon: a close encounter of some kind It was just a funny image that I couldnt get out of my head. From there, I began exploring one of the most relentless conspiracy theories of our time: what if the Apollo moon landings were faked Its no secret that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin didnt get along and so putting two and two together (and getting a flat earth) I thought, what if Neil and Buzzs petty squabbling ended up exposing the lie We never talked about doing a sequel. After Nobody Speak I was in two minds about doing another music video. Has it been in your mind for a while to do a sequel to Nobody Speak Has it ever been discussed with DJ Shadow No, we never talked about doing a sequel, and it wasnt really something Id given much thought to. ![]() Did you research any storiestheories about how the moon landings were faked, to get inspiration for your storyline Are there any that suggest that Kubrick directed the Apollo 11 footage Yeah, totally After coming up with the basic premise, I went down a YouTube wormhole of Moon Landing conspiracy theories, stumbling upon a load of interesting (if not ridiculous) arguments along the way. One of which, is the relatively widespread idea that Stanley Kubrick directed the moon landing hoax. He definitely consulted NASA scientists when he was making 2001: A Space Odyssey, but that is almost certainly the end of it After that I watched the Apollo 11 documentary (which is amazing) and re-watched First Man using both as visual references throughout the production process. Therere a few other Easter eggs in there for avid conspiracy theorists - if you know, you know I watched the Apollo 11 documentary - amazing - and re-watched First Man using both as visual references. ![]() And as you said, Kubricks masterpiece was obviously an inspiration for Nobody Speak, so the two videos are definitely connected. How long did you have to prepare between being awarded the job and shooting it What were your biggest priorities in making sure that this was completely convincing I really wanted the video to feel authentic. For viewers to question (albeit for a brief moment) what was archival footage, and what was filmed by us. So, my biggest priority was ensuring that everything looked and felt as believable as possible. When DP extraordinaire Rina Yang came on board we talked about the best way to achieve an authentic archival look. Rina suggested the idea of shooting with two different film formats; 16mm open gate for the mission control room (giving the imagery a textured feeling similar to the old stock footage) then 35mm for the moon landing film set, giving a slightly sharper, more cinematic look. Rina Yang (above, second right) suggested the idea of shooting with two different film formats to achieve an authentic archival look. Rina also suggested using older lights to light the set with, in an effort to keep the look in-keeping with our 60s era. The next step was finding a studio big enough to build a convincingly-sized Moon surface and to get our main light source as far away from our moon surface as possible, in order to emulate the elongated shadows synonymous with the moon landing. We had about two weeks of preproduction before shooting and one of the biggest production issues was the actual design of both the Mission Control room, and the moon landing set. We worked closely with our amazing art director Vlad Rhyhikov, referencing Apollo 11, First Man and NASAs iconic Hasselblad images of the actual moon landing (yep, it definitely happened folks) and we constantly referred back to these images throughout the process, trying to make each location feel as legitimate as possible.
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