helikòn — monaco
A music video for Helikòn’s first single Monaco, combining a carefully developed visual concept with spontaneous and playful moments in front of the camera.
A fun and unconventional shoot resulted in a humorous, social-media-ready music video. My role included concept development, production and postproduction.
concept
I developed the video concept together with Martin and Jo from Helikòn and organized the shoot.
The band already had a lot of ideas when we started. My role was to quickly translate these ideas into a visual language and shape them into a coherent concept.
The band immediately liked the fisheye look I proposed, which pushed the concept further towards spontaneity: a lot of playful nonsense happening in front of the camera, turning simple ideas into something entertaining and visually interesting.
The contrast between a carefully planned visual concept and spontaneous, improvised moments in front of the camera became a key part of the video.
We developed the entire concept in less than two hours during a spontaneous evening.
production
For the main camera, I used a remotely controlled 360° camera to create the fisheye and mirror-based look. The camera was operated via iPad from an adjacent room, allowing us to create unusual perspectives and movements during the shoot.
I also directed the video together with Martin.
post
I handled the complete postproduction of the full video and the adaptions for social media.
Together with the band we also used some outtakes to create reels for Instagram.
interview and behind the scenes