I try to bring musicians into the logistics of filmmaking.
ADRIA PETTYAs a kid, I wasn’t given the sense that celebrity, or fame or any of that,
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Musicians ultimately are who they are, they aren’t actors, so as a clipmaker you have a responsibility to protect them.
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Was something to be impressed by, or to seek out. It was always impressed upon me that making something well crafted
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I’ve never made a video where I didn’t talk to the artist before I wrote the treatment.
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100 percent, my whole life. I went to school, I did music theory,
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If it’s something I can’t achieve, I tell them straight.
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Something respected, was the most important thing to do with your life.
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My process in making a music video is pretty much a formula of talking to the artist.
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Otherwise they’re not going to feel great when they’re up there miming it.
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I’m pretty committed to being a filmmaker because it incorporates everything I love: music, art direction, story, and you know – everything.
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And I try to preserve whatever’s of value and achievable in their idea.
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I think musicians are perfect at knowing how to get the best out of other musicians. I can really relate to that communion.
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I did voice training and piano lessons, and while I was a decent musician.
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It didn’t seem like enough for me.
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Basically, I enter into it knowing we are collaborators.
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I always wanted to be a musician.
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