MV production Night Glory

music video production process

Role & contibution

Director/Producer - Wrote and conceptualized the music video from a treatment/synopsis level, developing it further with a detailed storyboard. Secured film crew, equipment and location hire for the shoot. Managing a lot of moving parts on shoot day and ensuring raw footage is accurately captured and secured.

Editor/VFX Artist - Processed all raw footage to ensure highest quality while optmizing for workflow. Produced VFX plates and backgrounds to use with processed greenscreen footage. Edited and colorgraded the footage for the final outcome.

Goal & Challenge

The primary goal was to create suitable imagery for the song "Night Glory" for the guitarist Funtwo. The concept of the music video required a specific location and a night shoot. Which in conjunction with a small production budget, proved to be the main challenge while planning the shoot.

Process & Creative Strategy

This project demonstrated full-stack music video production, moving from abstract concept to final cut under demanding logistical constraints.The process began with extensive storyboarding and treatment writing to mitigate the risks associated with the night shoot and limited budget. This rigorous planning defined all necessary greenscreen VFX shots and location logistics beforehand. As Director/Producer, the focus was on maximizing efficiency during the night shoot, ensuring technical consistency in the exposure and lighting for both principal photography and the background VFX plates. The workflow emphasized VFX integration, where the greenscreen footage was keyed and composited with custom-made background plates. The final grade was applied to establish a cohesive, high-contrast "night glory" aesthetic that supported the song's mood.

A treatment is useful when you want to quickly make a rough visual reference that will visually communicate your ideas.

Synopsis and storyboards are important in any narrative shooting, they help to visualize the final product and see the flow of the cuts in the pre-production phase.

I actually wanted the patterns embroidered or printed on the jacket initially but after considering the price, print quality etc, I decided to just hand paint it.

The storyboard for this shoot required a long, narrow alleyway with specific requirements for technicalities of the shoot. I spent endless hours on google maps and contacted dozens of businesses.

And finally I found this place in west Auckland. Apparently these walls were part of an old building that was burned down.

How this place was shaped was perfect for the greenscreen shots I needed for the video.

Funtwo moved back to Korea but returned to Auckland to shoot this video.

Creating the background plate in After Effects with lots of different graphic assets.

I composited some smoke in After effects during the post-production process. Using real smoke in front of a greenscreen during a shoot wasn't going to work.

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