Hot Video: Low Limit - TrapperKeeper
- Author: Faith-Ann Young
- Posted on: Friday July 30, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- Filed under: exclusive, video, film, burning, trapperkeeper, lazersword, low limit, paul trillo, the no problem
It's Friday, and you are in the office?!? Bah-humbug. Well, here's a video that will feed that nihilistic, pyromanical side of yours - you know, the kind that creeps out of your cubicle around 1 PM on a Friday afternoon and threatens your corporate comfortability? Shot by Paul Trillo of The No Problem, the music video is simplistic yet brazenly dark - matching the sentiments of the DJ Low Limit's oozing, spaced-out track. (FYI: DJ Low Limit is one of the members of the SF/NY electro-dubstep outfit, Lazersword. Details on their The Golden Handshake EP HERE. ) Bonus: We chatted with director-cremator Paul about the Making-of-The-Video below.
VIDEO NOTE: While the video takes about a minute before it starts to get "toasty," remember 50 wee people were harmed making this video. It's well worth the wait.
Low Limit - Trapperkeeper from Paul Trillo on Vimeo.
Exclusive Interview with Paul Trillo, Director at The No Problem
Q: What was inspiration for the TrapperKeeper video?
A: Initially I was inspired by the childlike urge of playing with fire and melting toys. Since I'm no longer a kid, I tried to make it
slightly more sophisticated. I set out to create something that was tonally dark and almost gross but engaging. Similar to disaster footage on the news, it's horrific and sad but there is something engrossing about the footage. You watch these still environments get obliterated and there is nothing you can do but continue watching.
Q: Where did you get the wax figures?
A: Some of the plastic figures are from an architecture supply store and others are from a train hobby shop. Judging by the packaging, some of them were at least 25 years old.
Q: How long did it take to film? where?
A: This took 2 half days of shooting outdoors because of all the fumes. Sort of looked insane to passersby. I was using these Macro lenses to shoot the destruction of these tiny delicate figures; I sort of felt like a god director.
Q: Hardest part about playing with fire?
A: The hardest part of playing with the fire was having too much fun. It was exciting to do these sort of Hollywood pyrotechnics special fx - on a small, more manageable, scale. Also the wind and trying not to breath in all the plastic fumes. I was pretty light headed after the shoot, I saw stars in daylight.
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“ I love the way the wax figurines melt away slowly and also the way they are dressed. ”
