Uber-stylish metrosexuals in full androgynous glory.

This music video, made for the first single on garbage’s new album, involved the design of four completely different and individual effects. I was involved with three. (Judy Roberts created a matte intensive treatment for another section of the video)

First was the task of making Shirley Manson look like a classic Balinese girl painting using matte painted elements and green screen footage. To create the porcelain like skin that is characteristic of these beautiful painting and the stylised hair that is made up of quick brush strokes was the hardest task. Her footage was heavily treated and combined with multiple layers of painted elements to create this proprietary look.

Second was creating a stylized backdrop and environment for a limousine sequence which involved multiple motion control passes and painted / keyed elements. The car, shot in a studio, had to look like it was on this stylised freeway. It also had to keep it’s highly polished and rich aesthetic. Motion control data was converted to a flame camera move to ease the process of removing the reflections of the set and creating reflections of the street lights and cityscape.

Third was the creation of a city backdrop for Shirley’s final performance which again used multiple layers of matte painted elements and heavily treated footage of shirley.