It's Here. The Official Music Video for 'Meet Me at the End of the World'
caught between what you want and what must be done
My latest song Meet Me at the End of the World has been out for exactly one month. In that time we’ve released a visualizer, a lyric video where we were able to time my handwriting to the words of the song, and whole bunch of short form videos. But it’s all been leading up to this, the official music video. I’ve been looking forward to this day for months.
Once Randa and I decided to go all in on this year’s music release schedule, we enlisted the brilliant director (and Morse Code Podcast alum) Mila Vilaplana. It was she who came up with the idea of a young recruit caught at the threshold of love and duty. He sees what can be, and for a moment we get a glimpse of a parallel universe that gives us what we want, if not exactly what we need.
We filmed it in two days at Vu Nashville against a three-story LED wall, at the Masonic Lodge in East Nashville, and, to ground it in the actual, my own studio Ranch Vovo.
For talent we were lucky to cast Mason Mecartea from Stranger Things and award-winning dancer and actress Emma Naumovska. Emma, Mason and Jillian worked up the piece in our studio while I hung around taking pictures and Randa sat cross-legged on the floor nursing our newborn Zuzu.
It was a ton of hard work and more than 40 people worked together to bring it to life.
Take a moment to watch our music video here. If you want to help us get it out to more folks, watch it as soon as you get this and consider sharing it with one or two people.
And we still have a few more surprises coming for this song.
One month from today we’ll release the next single and do it all over again. Feels very good to be putting out new music again, like taking a hot shower after a ten day backpacking trip.
Lastly! We just finished putting together the bill for a very special show next month. I can’t yet tell you who’s playing (or reading??) but you might want to mark your calendars for Sunday May 18, wherever you live.
New Morse Code Podcast episode tomorrow with country chanteuse Leah Blevins.
Meet Me at the End of the World Official Music Video Production Credits:
Ranch Vovo Productions
Director: Mila Vilaplana
Executive Producer: Randa Newman
Producer: Chelsey Fuller
1st AD: Ali Alsaleh
Director of Photography: Michael Patti
Steadicam: Larkin McLaughlin
1st AC: Andy Burchett
2nd AC: Matt Laughter
DIT: John Thomas Dickson
Gaffer: Justin Hughes
Key Grip: Patrick Strunk
Grip: Collin Miller
BTS Photography: Samantha Hearn
Production Design: Studio TM (Tabitha Camp, Molly Stricker)
Choreographer: Jillian Lovins
Key HMU: Mira Gonzalez
Production Asst: Kelvin Chambliss
Production Asst: Derrick Johnson
Production Asst: Damian Seals
Editor: Kate Jones
Colorist: Wes Langdon
Cast
Young Korby: Mason Mecartea
Temptation: Emma Naumovska
Lead Officer: Ben Winters
Officer: Moiba Mustapha
Officer: Daniel Considine
Protester: Curtis Williams
Protester: Caitlin Rose Edwards
Protester: Dallas Bourdreaux
Protester: Riley Patin
Protester: Noah Bryant
Protester: Ryan Sullivan
Protester: Clint Alphin
Protester: Gabe Baker
Protester: Maryna Biletska
Protester: Emily Hale
Recruit: Christian Juru
Recruit: Alex Berka
Recruit: Lane Adam
Recruit: Cole Pendery
Beautiful!