[Chloe Rabideau] Just Quit It
behind the scenes
Me: How about at the end of this video, he gets smoked inside of a joint. Chloe: Hahaha, okay, but how can we do that?
When I heard what the song was about, I was in…
Chloe was a blast to work with. On top of being super talented, she never took herself too seriously and was just looking to have fun. The song is a comedic story about her boyfriend getting too high to give her the loving that she needs.
We started planning this project just after I met Blake Hannahson. Since we were all from St. Catharines, I thought who better to work with than him. I don’t know why I’m always so lucky to find such hard-working dedicated people, but let me just say how these videos could never be done alone.
This was the first time Joey had acted in a video, and I hope it’s a story he can share with his parents.
Side note: The next time I saw Blake after this photo was taken, we had switched hair styles.
It took us about a month to write/ plan the project. I had a location in mind (a friends downtown St. Catharines apartment), so we structured the shoot around that. I thought we could do everything in one day, but I was so wrong.
We ended up shooting this project in one 18-hour day, and a second 8 hour day, six months afterwards. Two different locations (because our first location was no longer available).
While it was good practice, never again have I given myself any less than two days to make a music video. While I’m happy with how the project turned out, I think we would have benefited from condensing the scenes into one room. If we used one large bedroom + bathroom, then our lighting setup would have changed minimally, and it probably would have added more to the story (ex. it’s all taking place in his dream, in his bedroom). That’s my advice to whoever is reading this - if you can simplify your story, do it. It’s better to get the most out of a single scene than to spread your story thin.
