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Here's the music video we made for one of my favorite musicians, Damien Jurado. It features the band (Damien, Eric, Jenna) and stars Damien's younger brother, Drake. Shot in beautiful E. WA. -- Awarded Best Cinematography, 2008 on videos.antville.org Please view in full-screen.


Director: Matt Daniels
DP: Mike Ragen
Writers: Damien Jurado, Matt Daniels, Mike Ragen
Art Director: Courtland Premo
Costume Designer: Kira Arnold
Assistant Camera/Locations: Phil Anderson
Assistant Camera (Studio Shoot): Stefan Moore
Makeup Artist: Jennifer Popochock
Editing: Matt Daniels, Joy Andrews
Editing Assistance: Alex Berry, Mike Ragen
Color Correction: Joy Andrews
Production Company: Thinklab
Producer: Jaime Keeling
Unit Production Manager: Michelle Witten

Special Thanks to Mr. Anderson.

Behind-the-scenes: vimeo.com/2282577
Also viewable at: mtv.com/videos/damien-jurado/317675/caskets.jhtml
and here: pitchfork.tv/videos/damien-jurado-casket
More production stills: thinklab.com/dj

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  • fielddominance 11 months ago
    Incredible!!! amazing work
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  • Thinklab plus 11 months ago
    Thanks for checking it out!
  • kate 10 months ago
    Congrats on winning antville's best cinematography Mike!
  • Michael Ragen 10 months ago
    Thanks Kate! The look of the piece was a big time group effort. Major props to Phil on his AC and locations work.
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  • Simon Ward 11 months ago
    wow!
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  • Gaël Geneau 11 months ago
    Nice work, engaging video and song!
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  • Prashanth Kamalakanthan 11 months ago
    Beautiful.
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  • mas / menos plus 11 months ago
    absolutely wonderful video, great cinematography!
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  • kate 11 months ago
    beautiful cinematography Matt.

    it reminds me of Malick's 'Days of Heaven'; the period, location/landscape, and his use of natural light.
  • Thinklab plus 11 months ago
    Thanks Everybody! Yeah Kate, Day's of Heaven was a big inspiration for the look... landscapes and lots of natural light.
  • kate 11 months ago
    :)
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  • Matt E plus 11 months ago
    Wow. Brilliant evocative film-making. Fantastic!
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  • Gary Leo Miller 11 months ago
    VERY WELL DONE. Gotta love the RED!
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  • thatgo plus 11 months ago
    eastern washington representing!
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  • jared hogan 11 months ago
    this is tremendous.
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  • mikehedge 11 months ago
    looks great.
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  • Gary Leo Miller 11 months ago
    cinematography reminds me of "The Assassination of Jessie James" shot by one of my favorite DP's Roger Deakins...
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  • jeff hamada 11 months ago
    easily one of the best videos (if not THE best) i saw all this year. great work matt & co.
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  • Peter Haynes plus 11 months ago
    Great work. Love the whole feel of the video.
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  • jonathan baab plus 11 months ago
    quality. very nice - spoiler alert - like the touch of that last shot
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  • Timegates plus 11 months ago
    Cinematography and story telling at its best! Ditto for the last shot.
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  • chan the grand 9 months ago
    how do you come up with such great concepts! Well done.
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  • Larkin Seiple 8 months ago
    What lake in Eastern Washington is that?
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  • LEFT EYE BLIND plus 8 months ago
    just stunning work
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  • Mathieu Foucher plus 8 months ago
    the cinematography is just amazing.
    This mix between really nice images and disturbing one is really interesting.
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  • junkinsmith 7 months ago
    really beautiful and scary and sad.
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  • Andrew Wilding plus 6 months ago
    Amazing. What lenses were used? Breathtaking images...

    The day light outdoor stuff - you guys using tons of nd's, shooting at magic hour, what? Nothing blown out, perfect exposure with all highlights and no noise...


    Beautiful stuff
  • Michael Ragen 6 months ago
    Red 18-50, set of Zeiss Super Speeds, and a pl-mount Lensbaby. We shot at all hours of the day, and yes there was some heavy ND on some shots. Thanks for the kind words Andrew.
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  • Dazzl12 5 months ago
    Hi Matt,
    Great vid!
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  • J A plus 5 months ago
    Looks great
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  • Kurt Heuvens 4 months ago
    00:15 - how did you get these colors?
  • Thinklab plus 2 months ago
    After Effects and a lot of curves tweaking.
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  • Tom Stoddart 3 months ago
    A simple idea exquisitely executed.
    Great cinematography, art direction and casting.
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  • Morten Bo Johansson plus 1 month ago
    Beautiful work! The pictures and the music goes along perfectly..

    Did you use any lightning for the indoor scenes?
  • Michael Ragen 22 days ago
    just the drapes to control the sunlight.
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