We created a video for
@danielellsworth in which he plays every character.
Hereâs what director
@bethtriffon has to say about the concept:
What I love most about making music videos is the invitation to be as imaginative and absurd as possible. Anything goes in a music video- you create the world and the rules. Daniel played all the instruments on this song, so the idea of him portraying each member of the band came pretty quickly and only grew from there. If we were going to show the band performing, we wanted to think of a natural place for that to happen and loved the idea of a late-night talk show, but to be stylistically interesting, maybe itâs a late-night talk show that would be on at 2 AM in our hometowns.
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Once we landed on the concept of Daniel playing all the characters, the meaning of the song completely changed for me. All of the characters are an extension of himself. So, what started out as a love song about a crush or a partner, became a self-love anthem where you cheer yourself on and act as your best support system- thatâs definitely a theme in the video.
We knew that to execute the concept properly, weâd need to employ some camera trickery. Daniel plays 12 characters in this video and oftentimes, there were up to four Daniels in the same shot! To have so many âDanielsâ on the screen simultaneously, the cinematographer, Kerry Henderson, and I had to do a good amount of spatial planning to make sure that each character never interfered in anotherâs space. If they did, as the lead singer does, then we used a green screen so the drummer could still appear behind him. We really had to perfect each shot, because once we started shooting one characterâs coverage, the camera couldnât move at all.
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The whole shoot was an intricate puzzle, everything had to fit precisely. Between all the camera planning and the many wardrobe changes, it was a lot to keep organized. Watching all the pieces come together in editing was really thrilling. We definitely felt like the video was something special. While watching cuts, I would truly have moments where Iâd forget that Daniel was our only actor. It felt like a full cast to me!
