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Breakdowns

How a few of the videos were made, shot by shot.

November 2026

5 videos

  1. Rooftop at dusk, one light and a rain machine

    How we lit a whole verse with a single violet source and a borrowed generator.

    Artist seen from behind on a lit rooftop shoot
  2. Why I always carry a violet gel

    Colour on faces, and the order I add it in.

    Hand clipping a violet gel onto a film light
  3. Drawing the video before shooting it

    A wall of rough boards, and what survives to the edit.

    Wall of pinned wordless storyboard drawings
  4. The first cut is always too long

    Inside the edit: the three passes every video gets.

    Dark edit suite with two abstract timeline screens
  5. A singer, a stairwell and a magenta bulb

    A one-take video shot in forty minutes.

    Singer seen from behind in a magenta stairwell

October 2026

1 video

  1. Camera on a roof: my kit list

    What goes up the ladder and what stays in the van.

    Jermaine behind a camera rig on a rooftop at dusk

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