WATCH: WONDERboom reveals one-shot 1930’s inspired music video
JOBURG – Taken from their latest studio album, Rising Sun, WONDERboom have revealed the visuals to their latest single, Hell. The video sees the band bring to life the 1930s in one-shot.
Taken from their latest studio album, Rising Sun, WONDERboom have revealed the visuals to their latest single, Hell. The video sees the band bring to life the 1930s in one-shot.
“I wrote the music and lyrics for Hell one evening, while my wife was having a bath. It just came to me – all in ten minutes. A late friend of mine, Dave Clarke, used to have this classic comeback line when someone would tell him to go to hell. “Joke’s on you, bud. I’m already there”. The song lived through a rollercoaster journey of demos, treatments and recordings. I was originally going to save it for my solo project, but after an initial recording of it didn’t work, I ended up recording it with WONDERboom. The single was mixed by Adam Howard of Howard Audio, who also added his talent to the recording with the apocalyptic, heavenly piccolo trumpet towards the end of the track,” Cito said.
The Steve East and Mark Justin Kretschmann-directed video plays cleverly with the 1930’s cinema inspired treatment of the black & white silent movies of the era. The video was shot on location at Pieter Toerien’s theatre at Montecasino.
“Music video-wise, we also went through some ride to get to this result. But the final vision in my head of a one-shot, portrait-styled, theatrical performance became clearer and clearer. Steve and Mark approached me to shoot a video and they accepted my daring concept. A one-shot, no-edit take, with a 1930’s treatment on a theatre stage; as if the actress were performing a scene in a tragic play as ‘The Tragic Widow’. A daring concept that cannot be pulled off by anyone I know, other than the beautiful and seriously skilled actress, Angela Kilian,” Cito said.
The film crew said it had a challenge with the timing, lighting and capturing of one shot to cover the technical demands of the video, but the true pressure to make the video a success was in Angela’s performance.
“She had to dig deep and portray the lyrics, as if they were her thoughts, through a dynamic journey – from subtle expression to full-outrage with raw vulnerability. The twist at the end with Angela performing to an empty theatre and taking her life, perfectly captured the message of the song. There are some lonely people out there who lose everything when that one person they love is no longer there. It was really special for me to tie in the theatre and I am really grateful for all the assistance and the usage of Pieter Toerien’s theatre at Montecasino. It turned out better than I’d imagined,” said Cito.
Watch the 1930s-inspired video for Hell below:
