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Finished edit of principal photography.

It’s been a long time coming! Today we finished shooting the live footage for Blood Diamonds, and also the pre-CGI edit of the video. My brother and I hit up the thrift store earlier to find a perfect outfit for his character, then descended on the streets of Albany Park to get the last few key shots.

Rev. Brett as the Hoodied Trickster

There is still a ton of work to do, as the narrative involves a fully animated CGI character, modeled and rigged by the illustrious Maureen Boyle.

I don’t want to give away too much just yet, but promise to give a taste when we launch the Kickstarter campaign to fund promotions for the video and single dual-release. Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise, the Blood Diamonds music video will be finalized by the end of Autumn 2014. Who’s up for a viewing party?

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March 26, 2014

Journal

still shot from the video for Blood Diamonds

still from the Blood Diamonds video

While this blog has been quiet for a while, it doesn’t mean the Aquariphone studio has been silent. In the past few weeks I finished a new song called Blood Diamonds and am waiting until the video is complete so I can release them both at once. Since my last single got a lot of attention, I’ve decided to put some promotion dollar behind this project and am contemplating a very small Kickstarter campaign to fund it.

The song continues in the sonic tradition of my last few singles… nasty guitars, dreamy synths, heavy drums, and anthemic vocals. Blood Diamonds deals with the relationship cycle, solitude, and the zig-zagged process of finding one’s true self in the storm of it all.

The video is coming along with the very talented Maureen Boyle handling some intense motion graphics. I don’t want to give too much away, but I can say that the Blood Diamonds video is my most ambitious by far and I’m very excited about it. I need to shoot a lot of footage outdoors and I don’t want to be bundled up or have there be snow on the ground, so, like the rest of Chicago I’m waiting rather impatiently for spring to show herself in her truer of forms.

I’ll post an update or two as things progress. Until then you can see my previous videos at the WilliamSteffey.com video page. Take care and talk soon!

-WS

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Blood Diamonds: Finished Shooting!

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