Finding a location for a music video is never an easy task. However, spotting a place with a cold vibe on our sunny Malta proved to be even harder. The initial idea was to film the band on an oil rig for those cold, rusty, metallic vibes. However, after countless tries, the logistics were close to impossible.

Luckily, Jean Pierre Gatt from Railway Studios, who was one of the directors of the music video for Cold as a Fever, came up with the brilliant idea to film the band shots in Rinella’s deep tank.

This huge crater’s rich film history (it was used in Raise the Titanic and Captain Phillips, among others) was enough to get everyone excited and set the ball rolling.

During the initial storyboard meetings between Railway Studios and Red Electrick, everyone agreed that it was imperative to bring out the theme of the song, preferably in a non-conventional way.

Cold as a Fever speaks about losing someone you love due to the lack of effort put into the relationship from one or both parties. We wanted to bring out the contrast between the serene times in a relationship, portrayed by Elaine Falzon’s elegant dance, and the times of conflict, represented in the epic samurai battle.

It was imperative to bring out the theme of the song, preferably in a non-conventional way

It was here that we decided we needed an expert in epic film production. Having already teamed up with Red Electrick and Jean Pierre for the direction and production of their music videos The Runaway and Everybody’s Listening , the team approached Colin Azzopardi.

Being production manager on Game of Thrones and having numerous experiences on film sets, local and abroad, Colin was the obvious choice. His knowledge of camera angles, paired with Jean Pierre’s lighting expertise and gear knowledge, is what gave the music video a foreign picture.

Now that we knew the direction of the music video would be that of an epic, the next task was to see how to make the band shots match the epic tone.

The band was to set up at the bottom part of the tank. This is where we had to decide who was doing what; I took care of the sound system and contacting the string section. Ivan and Jonas took care of the catering, while Matthew drove a van full of equipment for the first time in his life. Robert had to carry the drum set to the bottom of the tank – and that was enough of a chore.

We decided to take advantage of the deep tank’s massive proportions (it takes about 18 hours to fill with seawater) by making use of a drone. Thanks to Malcolm Debono’s impressive drone flying skills, the aerial shots we got not only gave that epic feel we were looking for, but were also visually amazing.

Once we had the footage, it was then time for the editing process and further post-production. This involved going through one terabyte of footage; that’s roughly eight hours of video. All this had to be reduced into a four-minute final cut.

Two edits were done, one by Jean Pierre and another by Matthew. After a couple of meetings with Colin and Red Electrick, the best moments of each edit were chosen and mashed up into one final edit.

Red Electrick is Matthew James Borg, Peter Borg, Ivan Borg, Jonas Delicata and Robert Spiteri. The new single can be viewed on the Red Electrick channel on You Tube.

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