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www.postmagazine.com 27 POST MAR/APR 2020 The Pussycat Dolls — React LONDON — The Pussycat Dolls recently released their first new track in a decade. Directed by Bradley & Pablo (www.bradleyandpablo.co.uk), the React music video takes place in an industrial setting featuring water, fire and strobe lighting. According to the directing duo, the project came together rather quickly. "The project came in to us quite out of the blue," they note. "The Pussycat Dolls came to us after having performed the track live on X Factor. They wanted to bring over the water element into the video, and of course, the choreography, so we rolled with that and came up with this multilay- ered set that functioned like a self regulating water cycle, looping much in the same way a toxic relationship might." The group consists of Carmit Bachar, Ashley Roberts, Nicole Scherzinger, Jessica Sutta and Kimberly Wyatt. React was shot in 6K at 4:3 using a Panavision Millennium DXL2, equipped Primo 70 (27 & 40mm) lenses. "We edited this with our trusted, long-term collaborator Chris Roebuck at Ten Three (www. tenthree.co.uk) in London," recall Bradley & Pablo. "We knew he'd be perfect for this." While visual effects didn't play a big roll in the video, the color grade helped create the stylized look. "Greg K. at Black Kite did grade it beautifully, and together with the painterly lighting from our DP Danny Hiele, gave the piece its slick, sophisti- cated look." Like many music video projects, time was one of the main challenges. "The time we have to prep and the time we actually have to shoot," explain the directors. "The short days put a lot of pressure on everyone — crew and artist — to nail each set up in as few takes as possible. We do secretly en- joy the pace and pressure though." Robin Antin and Mikey Minden were creative directors on the project, which reached more than 6M views on YouTube just days after its launch. La Doña — Quién Me La Paga SAN FRANCISCO — La Doña recently released Quién Me La Paga, a new music video featuring singer, songwriter and multi-instramentalist Cecilia Cassandra Peña-Govea. Directed by Naomi Garcia Pasmanick, the Quién Me La Paga video is the second visual from La Doña's up- coming debut EP "Algo Nuevo" (following Le Lo Lai, which was released on March 12th via Human Re-Sources). The new release finds her performing the track amongst loved ones at an intimate family gathering. "Both La Doña and I love to host parties," explains Pasmanick. "It was mid-December, my birthday was coming up, and we decided a few days before that it would be a great idea to host a music party with good food and drink — and film the good vibes while we were at it! We filmed it on December 29th, after Christmas and before New Year's Eve, when everyone was in the mood to get together and have a great time." Director of photography Fabian Aguirre shot the project on a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera in the Blackmagic raw format. "He wore it on a Steadicam so we could achieve a subtle and smooth movement that makes the viewer feel like they are part of the experience," Pasmanick notes. A Litegear LiteMat was used, along with practical lighting, to create soft glow in the pink music room. Footage was captured using low aperture Voigtlander Nokton lenses. Everybody in the room is a meaningful character in La Doña's life, including her family, bandmates and long-time friends. Between takes, the room would erupt into jam sessions, some of which can be heard in the introduction of the video. "I wanted to make sure to highlight the characters in the room as well as La Doña to give context to her rich musical back- ground," says Pasmanick, who edited the video in the style of a live performance using Adobe Premiere CC 2019. DP Fabián Aguirre performed the final color grade using Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve 16. Translated, the song's lyrics ask, "Who's going to pay my rent?" React was shot in 6K on Panavision's Millennium DXL2. Resolve 16 was used for the color grade.