SERENE SKY Rock Band's video shoot

Man!! 8/11/2013 really was a hectic day for SERENE SKY Rock Band. That was the day that the band had decided to get their video recording done for a few of the songs in HIATUS BROKEN. Though the shoot was scheduled to start at 8:00 a.m., things gained momentum only by 9:30 a.m., since there were quite a few things that had to be arranged. As planned, the camera crew, Ajmal Taj and AVR Vishu, set foot in Thiruvalla the night prior to the day of shooting and took rest at Thomas' house which was to be the chief locale for the shoot. (Instead of taking rest, they spent the whole night listening to the songs of HIATUS BROKEN and planning the details of the shooting.)

Later in the morning, after a quick breakfast, the camera crew and the band members converged to the courtyard of Thomas' house. Added to the gang were Ramesh's friends Rajesh and Jidin of the dance group called Footloosers. They supported Ajmal and Vishu in directing the whole video session.

The band soon set up their instruments in front of the car porch and rendered the song called Devil's Land, which was to be the highlight of HIATUS BROKEN. The camera kept on rolling and captured SERENE SKY Rock Band in action from various angles. Once Devil's Land was done with, the band performed an instrumentless version of the song called Imperfection, doing some simple air-guitaring and air-drumming. After that came the two soft but heavy numbers called Gone Away and Save, played in and around Thomas' car and near the mango tree in the courtyard.

Then came lunch and the cruising around Thiruvalla town for some random shots to make up the story of Devil's Land. Thanks to the cooperation of the cool drinks store guy near the veliya ambalam in Thiruvalla, the band was able to get some simple visuals to develop the story. Thomas' very own cruiser bike also played an active role for the visuals.

Since the band and the crew were in a hurry, the shooting was wound up by around 5:30 p.m. Contrary to what was planned, the band did not proceed to take any night visuals. Ramesh and the Footloosers were the first to leave the scene. Ajmal and Vishu were later seen off by Thomas and Sooraj after getting the video clips and the pics arranged for editing purposes.

Then came Sooraj's and Thomas' long discussion of the day's activities and future plans. As the night closed in and Sooraj also left, it was time to call it a day and upload a few pics here in this blog.

Thanks to Ajmal's editing, the basic video for Devil's Land is now complete and ready to be advertised, with a lot of additional effects to be added. SERENE SKY Rock Band hopes that everything will turn out fit and fine, as far as the videos go. Anyways, Devil's Land is already looking heavy enough to match the metal sound of the song.