Stone Roses 'Best Of' Album

The Client "Stone Roses" wanted a TVC (Television Commercial) for their new 'Best Of' Album. The Advert was to show people in the late 80's dancing in a hacienda style enviroment in black and white then with an explosion of powder paint from the speakers the scene comes alive with colour.

Here is the first 2 pages of my 4 page call sheet for 23/07/09

The Treatment

On the shoot day i was asked to arrange the extras lunch, keep refreshments constant, go and buy 200 meters of black fabric, lay protection on the floors, clean and tidy set, move furniture, dress the set with the art department, unload and load lighting equipment and operate a light for 3 hours in the style of a swinging disco light. For me the working day started at 7:30 breakfast until 22:00

The Shoot

I recorded these 2 videos of the main powder paint explosions emanating from the speakers. The actual cameras used were running on 120 frames per second which allows them to play the footage in standard time showing the explosion in slow-motion, whilst retaining incredible picture quality. i have edited these videos to show the explosions in real time and slowed down.