Equation Impossible Video
Track: Equation Impossible
Album: Mosaick the Serpent (Mosaick the Serpent / Vipera Aurea double EP), 2006
Released: 03/09/2006
Sript, edit: Ovro
Camera: Ovro, Niko Skorpio
Actors: Ovro, Niko Skorpio
Tidbits
The video was shot on a shoe-string budget in late summer, 2006. I had at my use me and the track's vocalist Niko as actors and camera operators, our digital video camera, camera stand, clothing found from second hand shops (both Niko's suit and my dress cost 1 €), a basic video editing software (which I needed to learn to use when I got to the editing stage) and Will to make the video happen.
The video was shot with this single camera at two locations: the outside images at Luolavuori, Turku and the inside bits at an abandoned house in Kaarina. Finding the perfect location for the inside shooting was difficult and we spent many a day visiting abandoned sites in and around Turku. We had finally settled in shooting in one specific house in Kaarina, only to find that the intended room had had its walls spray painted and windows smashed. Luckily, one of the other rooms turned out to be quite suitable, as was one small spot by the stairs.
This particular abandoned house had been a "cost a HECK lot of money" yuppie house in its prime. However, the owners had made their money in quite hazy businesses and having made multiple millions in debt, packed most of their stuff and skipped country, leaving their former house littered with courtdocuments and other interesting paperwork, memorabilia (including wedding pictures), their kids' toys and whatnot. The atmosphere in the house was surreal, gloomy and downright perfect for the mood of the video shot there.
The inside shooting was done in a couple of hours. We had to be quick and discreet, as we certainly weren't supposed to be there. It was quite easy to get into the mood with the house in the state it was and with the history it had. Afterwards, we both needed a good long shower to get rid of not only the dirt of the house, but of the characters we played.
It turned out we did the shooting just at the right moment. Somebody set the building on fire pretty shortly after we had finished our business there!
