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Ghost Style X Green Robot - Up Down Girl - Music Video is Out!!!

Friday, Nov 12, 2010 9:45AM / Standard Entry

You've read the blogs, you've seen the photos and now that much anticipated Music Video is out!!!

6 locations, 13 hot girls and 1 really great song!

Check it out:

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9VyWMRCTa0

Director: Arne Venema
Cinematographer: Arne Venema
Producers: Joe Fiorello / Spencer Douglass
Editor: Arne Venema

Music by Ghost Syle & Green Robot

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Ghost Style x Arne Venema HOT! MV - Day II @ Talent Asia Office

Monday, Oct 4, 2010 5:44AM / Standard Entry

Things really heated up on the 2nd day of our music video shoot and I mean REALLY heated up!

I was particularly happy with the location for the MV shoot this day, because the entire thing takes place in my office, mostly in my room and a fair amount right on my desk.

It basically features two members of staff in the office, a senior executive type, who is approached by a new junior member of staff, who gives her some "persuasive reasoning" as to why she should experience quick advancement in the company...

Behold:

This is MY DESK!!!

In case any of you doubted that they were really going for it:

I was actually under the desk during these shots, as I had to help throw paper over the desk for one of the scenes and then hide under the table so the camera wouldn't catch me. The most enjoyable place I've ever had to hide in my life...

After the first series of shots, it was shoot again and again all day. 4 of the happiest hours of my life!

The girls (Diane Wu & Uny Chiu) were amazing and incredibly into it. There were several shots were we had to call cut 3 or 4 times before the action came to a finish.

Here they are taking a break between shots:

And here's Uny with Max Lam, our make-up artist:

Then it was time to start up again.

Here is Arne giving the girls some direction:

I'll put up the full sequence of events here again in wide shots this time, so you can really see the action taking place:

Diane is so pretty!

We all couldn't believe how awesome Uny was throughout the shoot. As a quiet and shy girl normally, we were initially worried and then later amazed at how confident and aggressive she was throughout the shoot! Her energy helped make the shoot really hot! Great work Uny!!!

Diane taking control:

But not for long...

Here are a couple of shots of Arne capturing the action:

Somehow, he always ends up on the floor in every shoot we do:

Taking a break. Uny looks lovely. Arne looks incredibly smug! You can almost feel him patting himself on the back for coming up with the concept for this one ;-)

I leave you with this photo, probably my favourite still shot from the full day's shoot in the Talent Asia office:

As you can probably imagine, I haven't really been able to work properly in the office since we completed this day's shooting. Everytime I look at my desk my mind drifts off to somewhere else...

Keep your eyes out for shooting days 3 - 6!!!

Lots more excitement to come!

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Ghost Style x Arne Venema - New Song + HOT! Music Video - Day I

Thursday, Sep 30, 2010 8:02PM / Standard Entry

Not so long ago Ghost Style and Arne Venema decided to get together and write some really interesting music, consisting of Ghost Style rapping and singing over fast drum'n'bass beats with a bit of electro thrown in for good measure. This sounded like a pretty cool project to me. And then it got even better...

They decided to shoot one of the most awesome music videos that I've ever heard of and then invited me to be a part of the production. Well I can tell you this all made me pretty happy and the shoots were not disappointing at all, quite the opposite, they were better than I expected!

Well enough of the suspense, allow me to share with you some of the photos from Day 1 of the shoot and you can see for yourselves.

Our stars of day 1 of the shoot meeting for the first time:

They got on very well:

And so the video commenced:

With boats sailing by...

and the sun setting in the sky...

it got pretty heated:

Director Arne Venema, Co-producer Joe Fiorello & AD Michael Chan got to work:

Dolly shot:

tracking:

Well I can tell you that day 1 was VERY enjoyable!

Apart from the obvious excitement of the day, we also managed to attract a large number of "interesting visitors" including an ageing Indian man in traditional garb, an aggressive Australian photographer who was keen to join in on the filming and a 5 year old girl who burst out crying the moment she saw what was happening, but was only taken away from the scene after her mother did some serious shouting at the father to stop gawking!

Trust me, the shoot gets more exciting as it goes, so keep your eyes open for Days 2 - 5!!!

Spen

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Metro sign with SONY MUSIC!!!

Thursday, Sep 16, 2010 10:26PM / Standard Entry

This week has been an incredibly exciting one for Metro and myself, as on Monday 13th September, we officially signed off three contracts securing a deal with Sony Music to put out Metro's CDs , digital music and to co-manage them together with Talent Asia!!!

This was a really big deal for all of us, as Metro have been working towards a deal with a major record label for years and they are the first artists I have ever signed to one of the 4 major labels!

We decided to record this momentous day in photos.

Kevin Thornton signing the contract:

Michael Lance Signing:

Sean Signing:

Eric Signing the contracts:

I can't help myself looking over like a ridiculous stork to make sure everything is ok:

And finally it's my own turn to sign off the contracts:

Now at 130pm, it is absolutely the right time to open the champagne!!! (it was good stuff too!)

We couldn't resist taking a last picture of Sean's very special mug that he used to drink his celebratory champagne from:

For everyone who reads this, please take the time to go to Metro's Official Artist page (just click) and congratulate them personally on this massive achievement!!!

And look out for the great music to come!

:-D

Spencer

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24 Herbs x Michael Wong x Lisa S x Star Movies MV

Monday, Jul 26, 2010 11:31AM / Standard Entry

A lot of you have probably already seen 24 Herbs recent music videos which they produced in collaboration with Star Movies and with help from Michael Wong & Lisa S , but what I am about to show you has never been seen before! The behind the scenes photos, taken by none other than myself!

After we arrived at the West Kowloon heliport by helicopter, Star had to interview Michael right away:

At the same time Brian and Eddie from 24 Herbs, where getting ready in the prep room:

Simon Yin was getting his make-up done:

And Lisa S was getting into character:

Then it was outside to brave the elements and get ready for the shoot. Maria who was in charge of the production for Star, was ready to spare no effort in keeping her stars comfortable, carrying a huge umbrella and standing on her tippy-toes to protect the rather tall people around her from the rain:

Brian and Eddie then let off with a rap and heavy metal dancing combination around the helicopter (which in case you didn't notice had been flown to a different position since when we first arrived):

Then it was Michael's turn to let loose with Eddie:

An opportunity to show his mastery of breaking, popping and locking:

Then it was time for the story to unfold. Simon Yin is heading back to Lisa S's house with her to watch Star Movies at her place and is suitably excited at the prospect: