I’m a big believer in the power of intention. Allow me to share this little story about the current music video I’m shooting. In my mind I saw shooting the band scenes in a Gothic-style church. There’s plenty of them around, so how hard could it be to get space at one, right? Well, the one thing that constantly eluded me was this location. My poor production manager and I tried several different places but to no avail. The locations were either way too expensive, had noise restrictions, or flat out ignored our request. So I changed gears and booked the shoot at a green screen studio. But that too fell through. Yet I still could not give up. I KNEW the band needed to be in a Gothic cathedral. So in a final act of desperation I stated out loud to “the powers that be”, “I need a Gothic cathedral and it must not have noise restrictions, and it must be affordable. Thank you!”
A few days later my PM and I went to check out yet another Gothic cathedral. It is in a cemetery so I was certain the noise would be an issue. So get this, the lady is showing us the facility and it’s totally adorable. When I ask about sound issues she says it’s not a problem. When she tells me the price to rent the place…it’s not a problem either. I tell her I want to book the shoot only a few days out. She says it’s not a problem, any time will be fine. Every concern I had about pulling off a successful shoot was addressed and surpassed my greatest hopes. Heck, we even get to use the church’s sound system to run our audio playback!
So, next Monday band and crew will be rockin’ it at this pretty darn cool-looking Gothic cathedral. (ok, it’s not really a cathedral…it’s a chapel, but still!) Call my story of intention weird woo-woo mumbo jumbo if you want. But I’m telling you it works!
The Final Location: found at last
All I know is I’m going to start using the phrase “woo-woo mumbo jumbo” as much as possible.
Congrats! And score one for the power of intention.