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WINNER OF MTV VMA BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO 2010
THANKS TO THE BAND, THE CREW, THE CAST, AND MTV!

Director/Editor: Chris Marrs Piliero
Producer: John Lathan
DP: Jeff Butcher

MAKING OF THE VIDEO
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Caleb Vinson 1 year ago

that was great!!!!
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

thanks buddy!
David Thornhill Jr 1 year ago

I concur with I C BLue Production. I loved the father like son story line. You had me at he smells like ranch salad dressing.
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Ryan Tonegawa 1 year ago

Great video! I had a smile the whole time!
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

nice! thanks ryan!
Johnny Millz 1 year ago

My Favorite song man!
Joel Anderson 1 year ago

fantastic
Andy Wynn 1 year ago

Incredible dude. Loved it. Are you going to post about your gear? (Lenses, Follow Focus, Track...) I'd love to hear what you were using.
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

thanks, buddy... yes i will get to that later or tomorrow at the latest... thanks for digging it!
Andy Wynn 1 year ago

Awesome man! Can't wait.
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

posted a little more info, dude... also, we didn't end up even using follow focus due to a complication on set, so Jeff rocked all of the focusing himself...
Alanedit 1 year ago

Great job Chris! love the humor.
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

thanks everyone... very rad to know people are enjoying it!
Santiago A 1 year ago

Rad !!
wrelson 1 year ago

looks like the kids worked out great, love the black keys
Mark Smith 1 year ago

Nice work!
mpared 1 year ago

wow brilliant :-) posted at the curious brain
Lucky Rabbit Films 1 year ago

Love both of the videos man! Original ideas!!! Plus, it's always great to see someone make DSLR's look good!

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Michael Couch 1 year ago

This has to be one of the best music video's I've ever seen. The kids are funny, and stopping the music for the punch is a cool twist.
Blake Whitman 1 year ago

Great work, Chris. Awesome video for one of my favorite bands.
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

thanks blake! and yeah, they are a great band with some killers songs...
angry monkey 1 year ago

amazing TH
David - SkyJamVideos 1 year ago

What's with the stutter and the jump in the framing?
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

are you talking about the end of the video? there are freeze frames and jump cuts in the fight... and there's jump cuts throughout...
Michael Couch 1 year ago

Notice that they all happen right a impacts in the fight. It adds to the effect.
Mixtape Muse 1 year ago

I'm so happy you put this up here on Vimeo. I couldn't get it to play on MySpace. Plus, Vimeo quality is sweet.

So entertaining and it looks fantastic. Kudos, Chris.
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

thanks buddy... yeah the myspace player is kinda whack...
Marcelo Reis 1 year ago

nice song
Brian Shaub 1 year ago

Great music video! I saw some of that rolling shutter... Did you have a lot of issues with that? I shot with a 7D and find I can't/won't take it off some kind of tripod or something stable. All in all I love the video, just hate seeing that rolling shutter.
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

with fast pans you are going to get rolling shutter, but since mine were part of a chaotic fight scene i didn't really care too much about it... there's a rolling shutter plugin you can use in after effects to remove it, but i didn't even bother with it because i liked it... it added to the fast paced feel of the scene, but in instances where you absolutely don't want it, you either have to pan slower or fix it in post...

as far as keeping it stable... i think it's all circumstantial... there were a bunch of handheld shots in this video and most weren't effected... i went handheld for this other video vimeo.com/11929857 for every shot and i think it's pretty stable, so yeah... just practice, add some weight to the cam, and practice some more...
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

oh and thanks for liking the vid!
Brian Shaub 1 year ago

Great info! Thanks and keep up the good work!
Eric Williams 1 year ago

Yo. This was amazing! the concept and the way it was shot..awsome...waiting on the making the video as well.
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

thanks eric! and the "making of" should be coming soon!
MissAdrieG 1 year ago

Dopeness!!!
(((♥)))
Boat Safety Films 1 year ago

ridiculously awesome
Austin King Wilder 1 year ago

Like for Ranch and Ray Bans XD
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

ha... good enough... works for me... thanks!
Austin King Wilder 1 year ago

lol it was a great vid XD
john cliff 1 year ago

great band, great vid :)
Jaden Storm 1 year ago

great video and the black keys band have a vintage sound which i like
Will Spillane 1 year ago

thats rad dude!
Chris Lew 1 year ago

SO good! What mic did you use?
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

thanks buddy... i updated the description with the equipment used...
Brock Nordstrom 1 year ago

Pure brilliance.
Craig Williams 1 year ago

I didn't think I could love this song any more than I already did... until I saw this. Smashing job.
Nicc 1 year ago

Nice! I like also that you didn't had just a good idea, but you developed the idea for a story, with a lot of turnings point in 4 minutes... nice!
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

right on... thanks buddy... really appreciate it! i definitely aimed to tell a story so thanks a bunch...
Ids 1 year ago

The kid with the glasses is really hilarious, great job! May I ask what lenses you used?
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

just updated the description with the lenses... thanks!
KAMIDY 1 year ago

final cut colour collection? or is it another program u used? great video by the way!
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

hey buddy... it was colored in the Color program for Final Cut Studio... thanks!
Luke Sparkes Arnaoutakis 1 year ago

Great composition, loved it
Uli P. 1 year ago

wow! Very impressing video! One of the best ideas ever seen!
Fotis Fotiou 1 year ago

Loved it, great job!
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Chris Lew 1 year ago

Hey man thanks for the response! I was wondering how itnis recording audio with a zoom mic? Do u find u have to search through all of yur recorded audio to get the track that matches with the right take? Or is there some way to keep track of what recorded audio is for what clip? I'm really looking into getting better audio for my t2i and I'm stuck between getting a zoom or some kind of beechteck adapter.
Devin Hardy 1 year ago

just like they did in the old days...gotta have someone say take 1...clap so you sync the clap audio with the clap in the video and your audio and video match
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

yeah, just like how devin said... it's helpful to have a PA take notes on which take corresponds to which audio file number, as well...

if you're going t2i and want awesome audio for a scripted piece, i would definitely recommend the zoom h4n over the beachteck...

this method, however, is not great at all for documentary/behind the scenes/run-n-gun audio needs... I would then recommend you go the adapter route or simply attach a microphone directly to the camera... you'd be surprised how solid the audio is from just connecting a sennheiser mke 300 or canon dm100 (i've personally heard examples from the mke300, but not the dm100)... this method is not for audiophiles whatsoever, but surprisingly damn solid results...
Mihael Tominšek 1 year ago

WOW. the end is incredible, realy good story. It have meaning, and it's fun, and It's beautifully made... all that blood spit, and two man who make thoose "stupid" faces... jump cuts, ...great act!
Brandon Rottman 1 year ago

that was so awesome, great ending bit
Devin Hardy 1 year ago

awesome video...you now helped me make my decision in getting a dslr. I want to make mostly music videos and I think they are perfect. Great gig with the Black Keys too. Thanks Man
Helenautica 1 year ago

i liked it! really funny >_< and great song!
Linda González 1 year ago

I lovd it!!!
Was@Bi 1 year ago

this is how musicvideos should look like. One of my favorite bands. Me likey!
Alyssa McGrail 1 year ago

Ahh love this band, and this was so cute and funny
OZBIRD 1 year ago

:)
Realy good !!!
rick69 1 year ago

lol great.. Love it good work :D
Rick Macomber 1 year ago

very cool... a bit different than most band videos!
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

nice... that's what i like to hear...
David jones 1 year ago

Really great video and concept.. Top song from a real good band.. The kids lip sync perfectly, especially the first kid ,rock star in the making.. Hope to see more of your work on here in the future .. Cheers dude
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

cheers my good man...
RockySmokey 1 year ago

Did you film this in 1080p? I did not see any aliasing problems. I heard the aliasing only show up in 720p recordings?

Anyway great video A+
RockySmokey 1 year ago

One other thing the rolling shutter problem does that come from the CMOS chip? And would a CCD chip work better?
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

thanks buddy! shot in 1080p... yeah it's from the CMOS...
Tim Calahan 1 year ago

Awesome Job!
Artem Andreevich 1 year ago

Nice!
Jan Egbers 1 year ago

Weird but funny video. The black keys are cool. I liked it better when The drummer had long hair though.
Pawel Wojtowicz 1 year ago

Can you share your base Picture style settings in camera? The video looks pretty good. Just starting out toying with different options. Thanks.
Timothy Jongmans 1 year ago

Aaaawesome video, love the storytelling.
Robert B. Puckett 1 year ago

love the video :)
Ans 1 year ago

Everybody knows that the drummers always get the girlz! :P

Love the video and the band.
Ludbah 1 year ago

Thought it was going to be one of "those" videos but am pleasantly surprised. Really funny and simple. The kids were great. Excellent video
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

nice... rad to hear that it exceeded your expectations...
Diego Llamazares 1 year ago

this so awesome, thanks for sharing
Daniel Lee 1 year ago

That's a fantastic spin on boy meets girl! Very humorous.
Rob Potvin 1 year ago

Awesome
nixoid 1 year ago

Thank you!
Henrique de Sousa 1 year ago

One of my favorite bands and a really great music video!
Loved it :)
Ludo van Muilekom 1 year ago

Your quality is awesome! what camera did you use?
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

canon 7d... thanks!
danila bustamante 1 year ago

watching again and again.
;*
Trenton 1 year ago

that was a great idea and video
Andy Wood 1 year ago

That was great! If you don't mind me asking, what was the style profile settings you used? Did you do a lot of color correction or were you getting those tones out of the camera? Looks absolutely lovely!!!
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

definitely color corrected this sucker... i wouldn't ever leave something uncolored... not a fan of it... i have to double check exactly what the settings were... let me get back to ya on that one...
Chris Marrs Piliero 1 year ago

just wanted to say thanks again to everyone checking out the video and digging it and sharing it with others and all that stuff... thanks a bunch...
Hitesh K 1 year ago

Very cool video. Very random also, but that's why i like it so much. Well done Chris.
Anthony Elliott 1 year ago

One of the most entertaining films on Vimeo, nice one! I hit Like halfway through but it kept getting better and better.
Ryan Jenq 1 year ago

Perfect combination of narrative and song. I hate that crap where it constantly cuts from some band playing in a warehouse and some bullshit story.

Playful, fun, loved it.
Valentin Ortner 1 year ago

great idea and really fine execution! love it :)