Music video,
2:52 minutes,
English,
ON,
2009
Synopsis
This video is a peek behind the scenes of The Good Lovelies music video shoot. It captures the band members as they are even when the cameras are turned off.
Lie Down is featured on The Good Lovelies first full-length album.
Creative team
Writer/director/producer: Richard B. Pierre
Producer: The Good Lovelies
Personal statement
Director Richard B. Pierre says:
"In the summer of 2008, I met up with a former coworker and friend Kerri Ough to discuss making a music video for her band The Good Lovelies. At the time, The Good Lovelies were working on their second album thanks to a FACTOR grant.
Many, many months later we were going to shoot a video in the middle of winter only to be thwarted by a massive snowstorm. Due to scheduling issues it looked as though we might not be able to do a video until after their album was released, but then a short window of time opened up in both our schedules and before I knew it I was concocting a scaled down video for a new track.
In the span of a frantic week I managed to gather equipment and crew for what would be a $300 music video. We managed to get studio space from JPC Post in Toronto which was a terrific score which we were endlessly grateful. Our valiant crew and extras lent us a Saturday and we went to work.
Just so I can add to my word count let me preface with this, I’ve never thought much about directing music videos until I saw The Good Lovelies perform. After that I knew we had to make something, so I concocted a very elaborate idea for Lie Down
which I hoped to submit for funding but then timing wrecked that plan and I had to pare down my concept to shoot in a day with very little pre-planning- probably the least I’d ever done.
But I knew that the personality of The Good Lovelies would come through which was what this first music video was all about: getting to know and love these ladies. I think it worked. All of the spontaneous moments were key to the edit that balanced well with some actual singing and playing instruments.
The other complicated part was the final shot which we shot about thirteen times just to be sure we had it. In my original daydream of the music video we were going to shoot it all in one take but nonetheless I’m happy with this video and proud to have been a part of it.
A final side note, The Good Lovelies and I are shooting a music video for another track I Want
on glorious Super 8, so stay tuned. Special thanks to the Hart House Film Board, JPC Post and Code Film."