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I absolutely love this video. Nike’s art department has to have some of the most creative people working in their offices because they create some of the most spectacular videos. Their latest is “Human Chain” showing the path of determination of a driven individual with a perfect song, Ali in the Jungle performed by The Hours. At first I thought it was a group of cyborgs working in unison to create the path to greatness. I was immediately inspired by the amount of work it would take to make that happen so seamlessly. Then I realized it was one person, shot multiple times to show their path to perfect their craft. That’s when it truly gelled into an Ah-HA! moment.

The path to greatness isn’t easy and is lined with constant practice, incredible highs and spectacular lows. Its how you react to these moments, as they arrive which makes the difference.

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I totally slept on this post. But this past weekend I had the opportunity to work with my good friend and co-founder of Random Order, Ridwan Adhami, on a video shoot. He landed this project to direct a music video for Outlandish, a Hip-Hop group based out of Denmark. He asked me to Art Direct this shoot at what is possible the grimiest, dirtiest, dangerous location in all of LIC. The shot of above is not a still from Saw 7 but the location we shot at. Seriously, I didn’t want to sit down with the fear of catching the Legacy Virus x T-Virus.

But in between 30 degree weather, spooky hallways, asbestos filled rooms, spooky staircases, ghosts, burning lights, ill timed, camera flashes and one skinned polar bear, we were able to create some really dope product. I really can’t wait till you see what we shot.

I really enjoyed working with Outlandish and Ridz’s crew for the day. There is one more shoot to be done before the video is complete. As soon as that’s done I’ll be back here with it to show everyone.

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