When I’m not spending my time slinging oysters, modeling, styling interiors or simply wiling away the day holed-up in my apartment playing house, I am occasionally working in the Art Department on a film or video set. Back in December I was the Production Designer/ Art Director on the music video for Toronto artist Daniel Romano’s new single “Time Forgot (To Change My Heart)”. AND THAT VIDEO HAS FINALLY BEEN RELEASED!

As Art Director, my job is to take the concept/ story written by the director and translate that into the visual look and feel of the video. In this case, it meant designing and creating 5 different sets for each “stage of evolution” in our tongue-in-cheek Darwinian storyline. Included in this job was also costumes, props and overseeing  the (AMAZING) make-up design and execution. The whole thing was shot in one day, in one studio space. No small task.

                      My assistant, Aleks, and I setting up “Stage 4”

This video was produced on an absolutely shoe-string budget and I think the end result shows how much love went into it. I was delighted to be asked by Director Ken Galloway to be artistically involved in this project - even if it was just because he knows I have a large supply of fur and antlers to draw from! It was, admittedly, right up my style-alley.

                                               Cast & Crew!

I love working on set. Styling a set really requires flexing those creative, quick thinking and problem solving muscles - because no matter how much planning you do leading up to the shoot date, you never quite know what is going to go down and what challenges you’ll meet in the studio. 

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