"Scary Bad Skinny" Production BLOG!!!

Well, “Where do we go from here?”

When the plans were made for this video, we knew that it would be our most challenging yet, but we never could have predicted just how much this would require on our part.

The idea for it came about as a kind of joke. We had been talking to A Shattered Hope for a while about doing a music video, but it never amounted to more than just talk because we couldn’t come up with an idea that both of us liked enough. Because of the nature of the song, it was difficult to find an idea that would be original enough for our tastes but yet flattering for the band. It was this thinking that led us to a video that in no way reflected the type of music the video dealt with.

We had the idea for an elaborate cardboard set, with a surreal, child-like quality. The idea was to appear simple minded and light-hearted yet incredibly detailed and complex.

Since we had never dealt with set construction of this magnitude before, we knew it would be a challenge. What we didn’t count on was the difficult in the details. Apparently, making a 20-foot long boat made of cardboard is difficult to make stand up right.

After three 15-hour-days of constructing sets and props -and only one day behind schedule- we were finally able to start shooting band shots for, "SCARY, BAD, SKINNY". Filming started Saturday morning at 10 am, and we didn't get our last shot until 4 am the next day!

Editing went much the same… very tedious and meticulous cuts, all done by Frank Lucatuorto with me, Myles, by his side. And again, much of it was edited pants-less.

It was probably the most draining weekend (and weeks prior) of our lives and it COULD NOT have been accomplished without all the help that came from our closest friends.
PETE LANGE
BRITTANY BURSON
SHANNON (SHANZ) CRAIG
NICOLE LUCATUORTO
AMY GILBERT
CHASSY MORENO
TOM LEON HOLLINGSHEAD
JORDYN PATTON
EFFIE KRITSIANI
MATT HARMAN
JOHNNY MABIE
PATRICK TONEY
STEPHEN AND CINDY GILBERT
JAKE GILBERT
FRED AND SHELLY LUCATUORTO
ERIC HESSE
MEGHAN LUCATUORTO

For the first time, we can literally claim that this video took blood, sweat and tears. We sincerely hope you enjoy watching this music video.

***UPDATE!!!~ watch the Making Of Documentary HERE: http://youtube.com/watch?v=FJ3i3mMgx5U