The streaking was done in camera. You can take an Arri 435 (Big thanks to Charles Tammaro at Camera Service Center), throw it into test mode, and then run the film straight through it. The problem is that this also disables the shutter, so you can’t see anything while you’re shooting. Fairly terrifying for my producer, Avi.

The second part of the vid was shot on one of the hottest days in August on a roof in Marcy. It's normally used for huge commercials that they charge like 10 grand a day for but we snuck in. Basically every pixel was worked over (sky replacement + snow) in the Inferno by my friend Karen.

The video is half 35mm/ half miniDV. The film came for free from this feature that I shot when I was 21. Also, Steve Garfinkel at Kodak got me film so I could shoot the rooftop part. We shot only 30 mins of 35mm.(shooting at 29.97 for the t.v.s goes quick) My editor Anthony and I had another 6 hrs of miniDV to play with.

All of the old footage came from Archive.org which is a really great resource that lets you use archive footage for whatever you want to do.

The tv falling footage is all CG except where it hits the deck. That was done for real on a quiet Sunday morning in Bushwick, Brooklyn on Serious Business Records’ roof. Really, the whole video was an excuse to drop some t.v.s which is really the most fun thing ever! The old t.v.s’ vacuum tubes pop/explode when they touchdow

Full credit list to come soon!