Welcome to the RELATE set.
Shooting in Los Angeles
at a really dingy old industrial complex that they now use for
some studios, but I'm about to take you to the rooftop.
You coming with me?
Picture this
Joel and Luke on the rooftop.
It's dusk. We’re gonna have an elevator shaft over here that Joel's going to enter into.
And then Luke will be on the opposite
side of the building in a different elevator shaft and they descend
25 to 30 stories
And camera
rolling..
Has life hit you so hard that you've been knocked down?
Have you been so lost you could never be found?
In short
we're going to travel down through the stories
of a building, but it's moreso the stories of different cultures and people and
life experiences
provoking the question of:
what if we're all more similar than we give ourselves..
Most of the time
give ourselves credit for.
All of those stories
to me are the music video
and it's interspersed with
maybe a total of 55 seconds of performance with them
so the majority of the music video
is the stories
Are there specific moments where you want to be on them
as they're seeing something
is it a lot of them singing?
or is it singing and they're just kinda casually seeing what’s going by
or is it...?
we'll shoot some of that stuff too
and i'll shoot it without lyrics so we have flexibility
Like, all right, hey, look into the lens and like
reach out like you're feeling for that woman, or her hand
like “oh my goodness”
they're going through that? I can relate to that.
But then the glass stops them, with their hands on the glass.
as soon as we get this done
I've got that other camera sitting over here, on stand by.
I'm going to do...
It's the low light camera.
I'll do it going down with him. So it starts up high
and then literally lowers with him and goes underground.
Maybe the first time move slower
and you're kind of looking around
I feel like it stops, it's like..
Yeah, absolutely.
And then this part, it's not even about the story.
It's just about light like going "woosh woosh woosh"
Do you know the lyrics?
I’ve been real, I’ve been fake
mhmm, mhmm
Been a sinner, been a saint.
mhmm, mhmm
done.
Don't be fooled, because it looks very reminiscent
like a regular fluorescent light, but it's actually an LED light.
we're using it as a light source
to create the feeling of the levels moving
the different stories
moving up past the elevators.
Magic tricks of the trade!
We're going to do a tight on you.
We're going to get you from the front here.
And then tomorrow at the other other studio
That's where we're gonna do the glass breaking.
Yeah, just like that practice.
I like things the crack and break,
especially when you're doing it in a controlled safe environment.
I've never done anything like this.
Alright, let's get out of here, guys.
Ben, what are we going to do now?
No no I’m menat to say, “alright great
Let's get out of here, guys.”
And then you say..
bravo.
All right, guys, let's get out of here.
Bravo, man.
Noo.. your pause was too pregnant.
You got to say it like..
No, but you're like doing all these weird things with your jaw
so it's not.. you need to probably practice again.
OK, um.
I get nervous.
Let's get out of here, guys.
Bravo man.
Man, we'd be terrible actors.
Jeez Louise.
Where are we today, Lauren?
What soundstage?
Film Studios LA
we are filming.. so Joel and I are going to film some shots of us
Taking down glass.
Breaking glass.
and then, there's a bunch of other storylines that happen as well
and those are being filmed today.
Don't tilt your head back with her as much.
Use your eyes to go with her.
But once you get straight at her, just let your eyes do it.
Yeah, there you go.
So the idea here is that Joel is descending 30 stories into a building
and he's seeing literal stories playing out in front of him.
And so we have characters from those stories
Literally doing squats to sell the effect of them being in an elevator
on a floor separate to him.
And they're raising as he lowers into the basement of the building.
Really good exercise.
I haven't done my squats yet today, so I don't envy these poor people.
What we're putting in through
Boith hands!
Cool.
Alright, let’s get the glass.
Let’s put the glass in.
Here’s the thing about breaking glass..
It's actually not glass at all. It's sugar.
Oh, they're terrified.
It’s really expensive.
And they only have two shots per person.
So they get two pieces of glass for Joel
And two pieces of glass for Luke
So if they bust it before they get a chance to..
use it.. we're out the shot.
I think it's good. Let's walk away.
How do you feel about me? Walk away. OK.
If you want to talk.
Sorry, just. No, it's good.
Alright here we go.
Action.
Maaaaaaaaan.....
So good!
I love both hands.
That’s it for me.
That's it for Luke.
That's a wrap on Joel and Luke.
Oh, wow.
They told us that our work here is done.
The portal, which I think is beautiful and amazing.
We have to say goodbye to it.
The good news is it's actually a real portal.
So it’ll just go everywhere. You don't have to dismantle it.
You don't have to break it down. It's not made of plywood.
It just transports itself, so. Yes, correct.
Excited for you to see this music video
for Relate, the first foray of album four.
foray of album four.
Oh..
And we’re off,
from LA.
Let's go home.