Single-shot, time-ramped icon of Brisbane/Magandjin Suburbia. We definitely didn’t realise how much of a Thing this video was going to be when we spent a day shooting in 39º heat at bass player Luke Henery’s house.
It totally became a Thing, nominated for a 2014 Aria Award (we were beaten by Sia – Chandalier… fair enough, it’s also one of the greatest clips of all time), and over a million plays on Youtube.
Update 2025: 6 million.
I sorted out the time-changing of the music, set up stage lighting, and came up with the quintessential “Jaymis” suggestion when we couldn’t figure out how to finish off the clip: “set the hills hoist on fire”
For the shoot day I had it easier than the rest of the crew, spending most of the clip hidden upstairs watching the video remotely and pulling focus. More sweat came out of Dan’s skin than I thought was possible for a human body to contain.
The look of the piece, and the “teleporting” band members required that we produce a Behind The Scenes video to prove it was a real single-shot clip:
Director/Steadicam: Dan Graetz
Producer: Benjamin Evans
DP/Editor/Colorist: Dan Graetz
1st Assistant Camera/Focus Puller/Tech: Jaymis Loveday
2nd Assistant Camera: Brian Loewe
Playback/gaffer assist: Dane Hansen