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Katy Perry's Firework Music
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One of the more obscure location-finding
missions Beliczai worked on was for Katy
Perry's unusual music video for her song
"Firework" in which fireworks appear to
be coming out of her body.
The production team for the video
asked Beliczai to find a large green field
or a big area where a few hundred fans
(who had travelled to Budapest after
winning a competition) could gather and
dance together with Katy under the big
fireworks display.
"I had a more unique idea in mind—
instead of a plain field, I suggested the
Lion Courtyard of Buda Castle, again
one of the most iconic landmarks in
Budapest. It's far more beautiful and
visually striking, especially at night. They
loved the idea and ended up shooting
there. The video has now reached more than 1.5 billion views,
and it's always a pleasant thought that I helped showcase this
beautiful part of my city to such a massive global audience," says
Beliczai.
She also recalls another outside-the-box location choice for
the Netflix series All the Light We Cannot See. "There was a scene
where some of the characters are escaping from Paris and they
needed a French train station. There are a couple of stations
here that could've doubled for Paris, but instead I proposed an
abandoned building called The Exchange Palace (MTV) in Liberty
Square—an ornate, iconic filming location that had been used
for many years, though never as a station. When the production
designer (Simon Elliott) and I stepped inside, it just seemed ideal,"
says Beliczai. "Later I got feedback from another production
designer, Gemma Jackson, who saw the movie and said what a
great idea it was to film there."
Photos courtesy of Radical Media
