Months ago Van Risseghem emailed and asked if I would like to hear his music and possibly do a video for one of the songs. He sent me a 30 second rough version of “The River” and I immediately knew I wanted to do something for the song. The concept almost came instantly. “A boat trying to find water!!” my head screamed. We talked for months about the project, discussing ideas, logistics, etc. This project was a big challenge. How can I achieve this concept with basically no money? This is a re-occurring question for so many of us freelancers out there! Just remember to be thinking of what you do have and what you don’t have. We have to stop making excuses and get out there and CREATE!
Shoe-string budgets really offer us a chance to get creative.
In October I went to Oklahoma to begin building props to make the concept come to life. I spent a week just looking for the right boat. Plenty of bass boats available, but I only found two row boats. After we got the boat, my father and I spent another week building the dolly, axle, getting the tracks custom made, and building a makeshift sail we could safely connect/disconnect from the boat.
Finally after a healthy amount of work and anticipation, the shoot was here.
Van was amazing to work with and he is such a great artist. Please go check out his music.
I will be posting behind the scenes photos and video soon.
This project definitely couldn’t have been done without the help of some awesome people.
Thanks to
My dad for helping me build props and get everything together.
John Carrington for doing such an amazing job with Color and After Effects.
Sarah Gile & family for letting us shoot on their property.
The Poole’s for letting us borrow their boat.
Nick Dillard, Brett & McClain Baggett, Garrett Danz, Seth Whitman, and others
for volunteering your time to work on the music video.
Thanks everyone,
Cale Glendening
