What's up everyone, it's Clay, director of video here at STEEZY, and today we have a special guest
Ian Eastwood
Like how my voicemail used to sound. Really? Yeah, how did it go? But just like
10 pitches higher
Ian Eastwood, Ian Eastwood
Yeah, and today we're going gonna react to some videos
that you have choreographed for or even danced in some of those as well.
So, I'm really excited uh to get your
insights on the things we got. let's get it Let's get it bro!
You choreographed this entire video.
Okay, it was the craziest thing we didn't dance at all
for three hours me and Donald
sat cross leg in the dance studio, for like, two and a half - three hours and just talked about
ideas for acting beats in, in the moments,
and then, we just learned the dance part very small amounts of time
because he's a perfectionist. So, he would only want to learn a little bit and
then go home and we rehearsed like maybe five-six rehearsal days for this thing
and then we built out the entire piece beginning to end and it was only supposed to be two eight
counts that I had choreographed. Four eight counts or something that I choreographed.
Hiro, the director was incredible he was super happy.
Let's watch it. Let's watch it, I'm pumped.
Because that's the first thing I pitched him. So he, when I was like yeah, I think it'd be cool
if you were like really creepy waved hi to her when you say now I'm so high.
there was one thing that we took out where he was supposed to like mash
ketchup packets on his head and we took it out it was just too much.
Bro, moonwalk with the fingers? More with your fingers than you have on your feet.
Crazy!
This shot is crazy.
I was sitting next to here all right outside this.
How big was the crew?
Small. It was very little being said. On set it was very quiet it was very
like peaceful,
Hiro has everything under control, love it.
This is why I started to loosen up in my approach of like,
he not only did the choreography but then he added a
character on top of the choreography that my choreography was too
restricted for sure. I think in the rehearsal footage I'm like very cleanly like doing a
specific choreography bop and he's like so natural it doesn't look choreographed at all, you know?
he just stepped onto a dolly. Yeah, at that point but you can't tell,
because of the focal length. Yeah, yeah, absolutely
Love it, great reveal!
I think we just kind of landed on that, you know?
there was just some space and it was just like, oh?
Bro, what if you clicking on that? Yeah!
You know? Crazy!
She's so crept out!
I love it! She's got a great great expression.
Everything, casts are so good! Yeah.
And, like, what is this vibe?
What did he say he wanted to be? No discussion.
He just took it there.
Really, that's fun, yeah, It's definitely in the treatment but I think
the like specificness of where he took it, really.
You know, yeah, in life, in the video.
The snow...
No reason.
I think it, yeah, I think it says something to think about like, you know,
it's like oddly snowing. Oddly snowing?
I don't know it's just so crazy this video just has
so many things in it that seem really random
yeah, it just like makes you think because it's like
your brain's melting a little bit. Let's let's make this video
unnecessarily complicated for editors. Because right now, for some reason right now
it's not only oddly snowing
it's also oddly raining.
But the rain is made of Ian's face and I'm going
It's kind of weird, but it's just odd how that just happens sometimes. Crazy.
So this is all I was supposed to choreograph. Okay.
Oh, the smile too, during this part.
It's really crazy because it's like not really choreo.
No, but it's it's just it's movement design, yeah, just made to make you feel something.
Yeah, it's really about his acting. Absolutely,
and I love the juxtaposition of the
the smiley face. to this grimy. creepy music. yeah.
Do you know what his like dance training is?
Uh, he went he was in like theater and doing like performing arts like regularly.
It's a good move!
It's in him though and it is she's like, okay.
You can't help but love it.
All right, but you're a little weird, yeah, get out of here.
Let me get my Zankou chicken. Yeah, and then he just goes back super crazy..
Oh, still love it, still love it. So weird! I can't believe that I got to be a part of it.
You want to know the craziest part? If you go to the description it's the only credit in there.
choreography by Ian Eastwood.
This is like the biggest thing in my life. That's so sick, honestly, that's so sick.
You never see something like this, where you just allow the dancer to take the highlight
not the dancer, the choreographer take the highlight. Absolutely crazy, I love it!
Zendaya "Replay"
This is like my first ever music video that choreographed for like a label and like
an official artist. I was like unsure because I was like well maybe on paper
this doesn't necessarily sound like this is a fit. Like you know Dance For the Stars, Disney, like I feel like
I'm pretty niche away from that. I mean, I think when I look at Zendaya I'm not thinking oh yeah,
"Ian Eastwood".
So, I'm curious. But then they were like no like she really like really rocks with your style.
She really like likes your stuff. I think it would be worth it like
it was crazy to have the talent like that was revolutionary for me
like to have the talent be like oh, I want to get Ian
because of his videos. Basically, like we watch his videos.
That is so cool.
A lot of detail, yeah!
Nice!
There's a lot of nuance in the details.
Absolutely! It definitely feels like during this era
she would have watched her videos and been like this is what I want anyway.
So, you were giving her exactly what she wanted for.
Like that's what my choreo looked like. I'm fine.
Let's get those activations. I literally only thought I did the chorus.
I love it.
Yeah, love it.
Those weren't just boxes moving back and forth. That was crazy. What do you mean?
This is just a bunch of boxes that they painted different colors then they're just pushing them
I was like, wow! That looks really great!
Visuals man!
I think a lot of people don't understand that a lot of these music videos
it is like like you're not building these mechanical rigs
unless, you're working these you know crazy K-pop videos.
I asked Ian if he can send me a bunch of videos that he's done.
I got a Little Dicky Pill Talking Featuring Brain
and it says, "I'm brain."
What? Yeah. What do you where do you get this gig?
He was like, I need dance movement for the brain of my next music video.
Where you put in a motion capture suit for this thing?
I think they just like just needed a reference.
He was sending me clips of like videos of people doing dances that were like either trendy or like whatever
and would be like i don't necessarily want this but i want the feel of this
and so I'd send him a video with like 10 20 takes
of like here's uh this part move and here's this part moving,
we would be very like nerdy about it. That's cool.
It's such a short moment. Just when brain comes out of the closet.
I watched the video I didn't even notice there was dancing.
In that part and now I'm literally seeing like choreography.
That is way too funny.
Is that toss-up to hitting the books is just like,
okay, I need to watch it again.
We had a hard time because of the shape of his body.
Like that part didn't really translate where he like goes sideways.
I was doing some kind of like hop move that probably looked good with my arms.
I remember we were a little we had a hard time with that.
That's too good.
I remember that.
That, this one blew my mind I had no idea!
But huge at the same time. Oh my gosh.
Okay, we got Justin Bieber: ETA
This one is starring this guy
choreographed by this guy
this video represents the culmination of what my dance videos were to become.
because it's the proper production level for the videos that I was making over the years.
Every single scene I like tested
out my house the door scheme the bed scene all of that I was like doing in little spot smiles.
I was so nervous about the bed scene and I was practicing and I kept going and going and going.
I did something weird like I pulled too far back on the rollover when I was on my leg
and I pulled my groin so I shot the whole video.
Yeah, horrible.
I did over-prep, I was worried.
Let's watch it, yeah? Yeah, let's do it. All right, ETA
I haven't watched this a long time
it looks really good. It's very emotional.
Yeah, I'm just so happy that the pain of your groin translated to the pain of the choreography.
No, see actually now that you say that I was like actually in it.
It's probably that you're just...
I love those two shots, the switch.
Were there any revisions asked of you, choreo wise?
Nothing. That's satisfying. Absolutely!
Nothing that turned into previews. Nick was like, there was so much nick had to handle
That he was like, "great, he's prepared, done!
That is the best thing though when you're like, when you know the dancer you're working with.
The right choice not to cut.
The right choice for the one right there.
You needed that pacing change and I needed to see everything.
Yeah, sounds like a wide fisheye genius
You need that drone man. That drone's sick!
I'm so glad you guys got that.
The production level, yeah, absolutely. That got tripled.
It was so close to not happening. I was like no no I'll do it,
I'll do it for you. Like, he was like whatever just play, blah blah blah, and I was like...
No, I'll do it. Yeah and I was freestyling about what to
I couldn't see where the drone was at so I was freestyling like
I'm in the wrong direction.
I didn't know we didn't plan we didn't talk at all.
Just like I guess it's over here, I'm gonna face that way.
It worked out.
I forgot about a lot of these details. Freestyle.
How did that get to?
Definitely freeze. I love it, you do what you gotta do.
Look at how much in pain I am. You can see when I land I'm in pain
Why did you decide to do a jumping thread while you're on a bed? You're crazy.
I don't know. You're just making your life so difficult.
My actual phone. Oh yeah?
Come on Nick. There we go.
There we go. That was a fun video. Was it?
It was a really, I mean, no
It was super stressful and scary.
What a payoff though. Yeah, I'm thoroughly
just content. That's definitely one of my favorites and it's so nice to see dance so well
honored throughout a video. See storytelling that's in one location.
It's like the least gimmicky dance video i've ever seen.
For like a music video. Bro that means a lot. Yeah 100%!
Well I'm dancing my
heart out! I'll tell you that.
You're growing up. I'm growing now. I'm doing my whole growing up.
Well, Ian, thank you so much for coming today. This was so much fun
Just breaking these things down.
For everyone here, if you enjoyed watching Ian reacting to these videos, please let us know if you want more of him
or should we cast him away and never bring him back.
And also who else of course you would like for us to bring in
to see their great dancing and their awesome productions.
We'll see in the next one, bye. Bye!