Recently I went with my friend Mercedes to visit the set of a music video for German Techno group “Boys Noize”. I read online that this band is being touted as the next Daft Punk by some, of course hated by others, which is of course the way things go, but I digress. The video was directed by Michael Maxxis, an Edmonton native who has since moved to New Orleans and is quickly making a name for himself as a music video director. He directed P.O.D.’s latest video as well as videos for Ours.
The video was being shot on and around 97th street in Edmonton, and for those of you who don’t know Edmonton this is basically the worst part of town. This is where all of the homeless, the prostitutes, and the pimps congregate. The last shot of the day was in front of an adult video store with 25cent peep shows. Mercedes briefly explained the concept of the video to me, and I will refrain from ruining it by telling you, but I will say that it is pretty subversive.
Mercedes took a bunch of pictures at the shoot, I can’t even really explain what was going on, I have no idea to be honest, it was all pretty weird. I think the woman in the shoot may have been an actual prostitute, but I’m not sure to be honest.
Mercedes Chilling
Emmet Chilling
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[…] I do like Boys Noize, though, so I am looking forward to the video he directed for them here in Edmonton. It was shot up and around 97th Street, so it should be funny to see. Read about it here. […]
Left by The videos of Michael Maxxis : Heart of Hundreds Bla-Bla-Blawg on August 18th, 2008