And now openly and in detail about our most expensive music video “Ohmygodable”. We spent all summer performing and saving money for this video shoot. The idea was strong so it required good execution and finances.
We wanted to give you not only a song, but also an interesting video, which would allow you to immerse yourself into imagination and the world of art. We aimed for the video to still be relevant in 5 or 10 years. We are glad that the whole team was working with zealous passion.
Vaidotas started talking and working on the video idea with director Saulius Baradinskas as early as the end of summer. Patiently and without losing focus Saulius weaved the whole story, containing mythical characters, most famous art pieces and different cultures of the world.
Costumes. Designer Mantas Bartkus created and MK Drama Queen made the costumes which resemble ancient Greek motives while retaining the band’s image at the same time. Pay attention to Vaidotas’s exclusive belt with a model of the statue.
Artwork and scenography. Art director Daumantas Levickas designed, drew, sawed, hammered, and sewed all decorations. The huge arch you can see in the first scene - what it takes to build that alone! And when we saw the Munch’s painting made of folded fabrics, we said it was Ohmygodable!
The sculpture was made by one of the most renowned Lithuanian sculptors Donatas Jankauskas-Duonis. The goal was to make it move by fitting a person inside of it. As you can see it worked out!
The video was filmed using a single camera shot. At first there were 10 hours of rehearsals. Only then we started shooting those 3 minutes. If anyone made a mistake at any point we would start over. Cameraman (DOP) Vytautas Katkus operated his camera again and again with great patience until we had that golden shot! Overall the filming took us 12 hours.
Producer Laura Vrubliauskaite not only arranged the location, equipment, timing, but also managed to control the team of 40 people! She is truly an iron lady!
When the filming was done, all of the material went to MeinArt Animation Studio where they enthusiastically started drawing strange flying animals and various extra details which gave the video even more originality.
And that’s far from everything we wanted to tell - you will learn much more in the upcoming Making Of. Thank you to everyone who contributed and to everyone who appreciated our “Ohmygodable” work!
Photos by Jurga Urbonaitė