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| EFILM works on Pearl Jam's "The Fixer" |
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EFILM recently completed post -production on "The Fixer", Pearl Jam's first music video in over ten years. The project was a challenge given its visual complexity and tight deadline. It required integrating super8, super16 and 35mm footage, and performing multiple level green screen composites on almost every cut. EFILM had less than one week to composite, color, and deliver for international distribution.
Directed by Cameron Crowe, and lensed by Phedon Papamichael, the band creatively turned footage shot for a Target commercial into a music video that sounds and feels like a live performance. The video was produced by Barbara McDonough and Morgan Neville.
Chris Perkel, editor of the music video, explains how they decided to repurpose the green screens shot for the commercial for the music video. The band requested him to "try and edit a video" and ignore the green screens and cut something that felt energetic and live, Chris said, "At some point, I applied a color matte to one of my cuts in order to replace the green with a red that matched the venue, but forgot to compress my video layers first. The lower layers were alternative angles and they were now playing through the screens, creating the disorienting, multiple-perspective effect. Barbara and I liked the result so we showed Cameron and the band and they all approved it. The video maintained a live feel while adding a new dynamic that was energetic and totally distinct from the commercial."
Producer, Morgan Neville, notes, "The Pearl Jam video for "The Fixer" turned out to be a very complex job, full of moving green screens, layering and effects. EFILM did a brilliant job of turning it around unbelievably quickly. We asked them to move mountains and they did."
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