GENIUS: MY “NO BUDGET” MUSIC VIDEO
-Cattski Espina-
Nobody got paid. Not me, nor my cohorts. It wouldn’t be a “no budget” project if somebody got paid. It just means everyone volunteered.
I wanted a music video and I knew that I could do it even without spending a fortune. So I decided to express this sincere intention to a few young, eager and upcoming film enthusiasts. I guess the universe must’ve been on my side because they all agreed to do it.
Since it’s a no-budget project, our available equipment were just 2 digital video cameras (you know, the home video type and not HD quality), a make-shift steady cam holder and a humble laptop webcam. And in the absence of proper lighting equipment, we depended on natural lighting which, by the way, threatened to fail us the day of the shoot. But since the gods were on our side, it didn’t rain and we had just enough light from our supplier Mr. Sun.
I wanted a music video and I knew that I could do it even without spending a fortune. So I decided to express this sincere intention to a few young, eager and upcoming film enthusiasts. I guess the universe must’ve been on my side because they all agreed to do it.
Since it’s a no-budget project, our available equipment were just 2 digital video cameras (you know, the home video type and not HD quality), a make-shift steady cam holder and a humble laptop webcam. And in the absence of proper lighting equipment, we depended on natural lighting which, by the way, threatened to fail us the day of the shoot. But since the gods were on our side, it didn’t rain and we had just enough light from our supplier Mr. Sun.
The music video is poised to tell you a story and not to impress you with special effects or high quality cinematography. We decided to just make-do with what we had - a song, concept, story, a few pieces of equipment and most important of all, we had ourselves. We were a 15-man crew of 5 ‘behind-the-scenes’ people and 10 actors including my nephew and myself!
We shot the video sometime July last year and started editing September. We decided to take our time with the editing, in fact, we had quite a number of revisions. Finally, we’ve all decided on the final edit and we are pleased that the objective to tell a story and to provoke thought has been achieved.
Official social media release date of the music video is Saturday, March 12, 2011. Please mark your calendars. Big love and thanks to those who worked with me on this project. I’m one lucky bitch!
We shot the video sometime July last year and started editing September. We decided to take our time with the editing, in fact, we had quite a number of revisions. Finally, we’ve all decided on the final edit and we are pleased that the objective to tell a story and to provoke thought has been achieved.
Official social media release date of the music video is Saturday, March 12, 2011. Please mark your calendars. Big love and thanks to those who worked with me on this project. I’m one lucky bitch!
MUSIC VIDEO TEASER
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Crew:
Cattski Espina (Producer)
Manna Alcaraz (Direction)
Gwenmarie Reyes (Assistant Direction)
Bong Aller (Camera 1)
Noel Verula (Camera 2 & Video Editing)
Dominic Roa (Make-up Artist)
Featuring: REDHABAGAT
Philip Bawasanta
Teodis Buma-at II
Oswald Ouano
Louis Michael Ouano
Chris John Yeto
Thomas Pua
Kristoffer Abelita
Earl Jaru Obenza
Special Appearance
Vaughn Reykurt Gaviola
Crew:
Cattski Espina (Producer)
Manna Alcaraz (Direction)
Gwenmarie Reyes (Assistant Direction)
Bong Aller (Camera 1)
Noel Verula (Camera 2 & Video Editing)
Dominic Roa (Make-up Artist)
Featuring: REDHABAGAT
Philip Bawasanta
Teodis Buma-at II
Oswald Ouano
Louis Michael Ouano
Chris John Yeto
Thomas Pua
Kristoffer Abelita
Earl Jaru Obenza
Special Appearance
Vaughn Reykurt Gaviola