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www.postmagazine.com 23 POST AUGUST 2017 Los Angeles. According to the director, band mem- ber Nadezhda (Nadya) Tolokonnikova had a strong opinion about what she wanted and how the video should compare and contrast the childlike nature of the song. "The budget was not big at all," Lopez recalls, noting that the shoot took place last fall, right around the time of the presidential election. Lopez had been shooting on Red cameras for some time and chose a single unit for this project, capturing multiple passes to create a multicam feel. The director edited the video himself, using Adobe Premiere Pro. The production partners then called on MTI Film for post services, including the online and color correction. "Matt has run my post production since forever, and has worked with MTI," Lopez notes. His goal was to capture as much of the look in-camera, and then use color for further enhancement. "It was a pretty easy edit," Lopez recalls. "My traditional workflow is: share (the edit) with the pro- ducer and make internal revisions, and then to share it with the client." Alex Chernoff served as the colorist on the proj- ect, working on a Nucoda system. "The Nucoda sys- tem has a good grain tool," Chernoff notes. "As far as color, they did a really good job of choosing the location," he adds, referring to The Theatre at Ace Hotel. The goal was to create a church vibe, so the golden colors of the theater were highlighted. He also used the Nucoda system to clean up the green and blue colors featured in the bathroom scenes, as well as to bring out the red contrast of the women's shoes that the men are wearing. Chernoff says he spent three or four hours working on the first pass. After a review ses- sion, he spent a few more hours making tweaks based on input from the label and artists. While the video does not rely on visual effects, speed ramps were used in some scenes, such as those shot in the bathroom. Lopez says he'll use the Red camera for shooting 4K at 120fps or 2K at 300fps when desired. MTI handled the deliverables, creating 444 and DCP versions for screenings, like the one at the SXSW show. They also created a Pro- Res 422 HQ version, which tends to be a standard requirement for label clients. — By Marc Loftus SAWTHIS: THE BURNING PLACE Sawthis is an Italian metal band that combines el- ements of thrash, groove and atmospheric sound- scapes. Signed to the Denmark-based label Mighty Music, the band released their Babhell album earlier this year, and recently debuted The Burning Place, a new play-through music video. The Burning Place features the band's guitarists and bass player performing the heavy track. In each scene, the band member is situated in the center of the frame, surrounded at their respective feet with computer monitors showing other members of the band, also performing. As a play-though video, The Burning Place provides close ups of band members' hands, revealing their individual techniques for play- ing the song. As the band performs amidst beautiful landscapes, the monitors strike a juxtaposition of nature vs. machine. "'The Burning Place' is Track 1 from our new- est album, Babhell, and best represents the entire album and the band's brand-new soul," says bassist Gaetano Ettorre. "Musically, it is a dynamic, power- ful, fast track, but at the same time full of groove. It's also pretty fun to play, which is why we chose to share this new play-through (video)." The video was produced by Underroom Studios (underroomstudio@yahoo.it) in Italy and was shot in 1280x720/60fps resolution. Adobe's Premiere and After Effects tools were used for editing. Color correction, masks and monitor replacement was also performed during post production. The video was completed in just a week and a half, from shoot to final edit. — By Marc Loftus The Burning Place video from Sawthis was shot, posted and completed in a week and a half. Pussy Riot's Straight Outta Straight Outta Straight Vagina was shot using a Red camera and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro on a very limited budget.