An amazing 7 second shot out of a window of a moving train that passes through Ravenscourt Park station in London which is stretched out to 4 minutes ends in a beautiful slow motion geography, strictly timed, for the videoclip of the band SixToes. Director Henry Cowling was inspired by
target=”_blank”>Glide2, which has the same principle of a stretched out moment in time passing a train station. The idea of Henry was yet to instruct and direct the volunteers in the videoclip in their costumes before police would notice.
The train took seven seconds to pass through the station. It’s pure luck that everyone performed their actions well and on cue. We attempted another take coming back the other way from Hammersmith, but the station guards came out onto the platform right in the middle of this and told us to leave.
-Henry Cowling
The camera used is a Photron BC-2, a special high speed video camera for slow motion analysis. A wonderful concept executed beautifully, the music comes alive in the entire setting and slow motion seems a theme more and more used in videoclips. It is also a crucial part in the videoclip of
