Calling On 2021 Redux (audio remaster)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- 2021 Redux co Bart Borghesi, NZ On Screen and NZ on Air
Production Company: Ripple Digital Films
Producer; Simon Burton
Director; Bart Borghesi
DOP: Peter Falk
Camera Assistant: Greg De Marigny
Grip: Ian Park
Grip Assistant: Russell Crow (we had our fair share of fun with the name being a bunch of kiwis in Auz at the time)
Gaffer: Karl Engeler
Stylist: Peter Woodward
Hair and Makeup: Eve Flight
Playback: Blair Jackson
Prod. Assistant: Stephen Oyston
Colour Grade: Viji Balasundram/Complete Post
Editor: Bart Borghesi
Visual Effects/3d Artist: Mike Gordon
Compositing: Mike Gordon, Bart Borghesi
Cast: Aaron Tokona, Clint Tokona, Clinton den Heyer, Gabriel Atkinson
In late September 2020 I was contacted by Imogen Porter from NZ On Screen. She was enquiring about the video clip for the song “Calling On” that I directed for the band Weta back in 2000. The video has always been a favourite of mine as I thought we’d managed to capture the spirit of the
track visually through a combination of robust performance and painterly graphics, so I was delighted to hear of her interest.
For the record, the clip was produced by Simon Burton at Ripple Digital Films in Melbourne during July of 2000. At the time, Weta had been signed to Warner Music in Australia and had been living and working in Melbourne since 1999. Originally shot on Super 16mm film over two days by DOP
Peter Falk, the film was transferred to Digital Betacam via a telecine session. For those unfamiliar with a telecine, this was where you colour graded the film with the assistance of a professional colourist before outputting to video tape, which was then digitised and edited using Avid hardware and software.
Visually the clip was heavily influenced by some of my favourite painters from the day. The Jeffrey Smart references are pretty obvious but perhaps less so the influence of Peter Booth whose dark, symbolic landscapes and brooding, isolated figures were particularly inspiring in the creation of the
graphically surreal scenes.
At the time, filmmakers had started playing heavily with slow motion during band performances, where you would overcrank the film camera whilst having the band perform to a sped up version of the music. I decided to go the other way, undercranking and slowing down the song. This created the jerky, staccato effect during the band’s fantastic performance in the shipping container. It couldn’t have been easy for them to perform to a slower version of the song but they aced it on the day.
Being early adopters of computer graphics and working with limited computing grunt, we were somewhat hamstrung back in 2000. I’ve always wanted to “clean-up” some of the compositing in the clip and when Imogen generously agreed to co-finance the hire of a Digital Betacam deck the
opportunity to revisit the work was too good to pass up in these days of Covid downtime.
Finally I’d like to say a few words about Aaron. We worked together briefly on the clip and met on one other occasion when he invited me to a live Weta show in Melbourne. So I didn’t know him well but I can say that I had thought about him occasionally over the intervening years. During the
post-production of the clip he visited Ripple Digital Films where we were working. He was more than intrigued by the challenges of the post-process and I remember him comparing it to the mixing and mastering stage of audio production. I was listening to Underworld’s “Beaucoup Fish” whilst
compositing and he commented whilst watching on that it was a current favourite of his. He struck me as a friendly and humble guy with a glint in his eye who was serious about his art. I was very sorry to hear of his death.
Having said all of that, it’s been a delight to revisit the clip. Calling On is a magisterial track that sounds as good today as it did then. I’m happy that we were able to contribute to Weta’s legacy in some small way with the assistance of NZ On Screen.
Forever Calling On.
Bart Borghesi 2021
Good old kiwi 🥝 rock 🪨 this song 🎵 went off in the day still rocks 🪨 hard today
RIP Aaron Tokana-what a great loss. Arohanui.
yep miss that horibuzz
This is a fucking masterpiece.
Great music Great band from Scott Auckland
Love how Shihad pay tribute to them playing in a shipping container..... Gods
finally, an awesome effort on the remix and re-release cheers for that
Needs many more views, tell your friends make them watch it! 🤘
Beautiful song.
Best track from a Kiwi band......ever.
Totally agree
i was born to late wish i could have been of age to remember these days 🔥
This was one lush sounding album. Wonder who produced it.?
Too good!
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The closest Aotearoa ever came to having a zeppelin or beatles.... miss you hori fuck
Fuck I love these guys rest in peace my man
Farrrkkkkk awesome as ever!
This song always gives me a very deep, visceral reaction and when thinking of the loss of the bro Aaron it really hits.
This song is an underrated masterpiece.
Hi Weta! I really loved your videos. Btw, I'm a talent scout at Sessions and I love what you're doing. Sessions love to get you the opportunity regarding on your talent. Are you interested? I sent you an email and a DM on Instagram. 🙌🙌
You're about 20 years too late
a rock classic forever ❤🤘🇳🇿
See the light forced from the sun
Can you hear your heartbeat?
Hold the light upon your face
Plant the seed among us
Calling on, calling on, calling on, calling on
Switching off my radio (radio)
Breathless bliss upon me
Sleeping would I see some peace?
In my dreams I'm flying
Calling on, Calling on, Calling on, Calling on,
Calling on, Calling on, Calling on, Calling on,
Calling on, Calling on, Calling on, Calling on,
Calling on, Calling on, Calling on, Calling on
Life is smashing overt
Like a falling angel
Like my paranoia
Like to screen things over
Like a smouldering offering
Like a trying passion
Like I've fallen over
Like I'm suffocated...
So calling on, sending out
I'm calling on, sending out
I'm calling on, sending out
Calling on...
Calling on, Calling on, Calling on,
Calling on, Calling on, Calling on,
oooh oooh....