Livin La Vida Logan
Last year i did a 5 city tour throughout asia for K-Swiss (which is how the shoe i mention below came about). Anyway, one of the things that we did during that tour was film a 60 second spot for MTV Asia. I decided to link to the final result. it is a little cornball, but i can live with it. I had sent out a little travelogue when i got back from the trip, and i have posted the background on the info below:
If the video isnt loading in on your server, you can check it here:
http://mrkimsays.com/media/Vignette%20-%20Logan.wmv
"Had to get up at 4:30 in fucking morning! Ugh! On this day, we were doing an MTV shoot and they needed us there early. Asian MTV is a bit different from the American one. It isn't as diluted with crap or at least it seems like it has a bit more respect over there. They were doing these 60 second spots on each of the artists on the KSpray tour. I will be big in Asia! whoo hoo. I had the dubious distinction of being the first one up. Lucky me. After dragging myself out of bed and half restful sleep, I made my way to the shoot, via the hotel shuttle. Got to the shoot and sat there for another hour while they set up. Had some 'coffee' and 'orange juice', but in Thailand everything is either full of sugar, deep fried, or chock full of shrimp. This is not always a bad thing, but on this particular day, I wanted some very strong, very black coffee. What I got was the equivalent of caffinated pancake syrup. The coffee was black, but had enough sugar to suck the teeth out of your head and rot them in your mouth. Nevertheless, it worked, because my eyes were forced open. After running though a crap load of scripted moves, like me walking through this abandoned building, we were on to the 'lines'. This was the funny part. Back in Taipei, I had to fill out a questionnaire that MTV sent over to get an idea of where our heads were at. I was tired when I filled it out and didn't take the questinaire as serious as I wished I had. When asked "what motto or quote do you live your life by?", I responded "I am lawless. No motto. No quote. I am just livin 'la vida Logan'". I guess they thought it would be funny to use that, so there I was in the middle of Bangkok repeating the most ridiculous line I could have ever thought up. My delivery was deadpan throughout the shoot except this line when I cracked up laughing at my own stupidity. I look like a serial killer up until this point, with my deadpan delivery, scowling eyes, and my aggressive stance, then the stupid "la Vida" line. Finally, I did my stencil and they filmed the hell out of it, then I headed home to catch up on some sleep. Got up, ordered room service, and ate the Thailand version of Fried Mozzarella...wasn't bad, but Americans seem to have the most efficient way of delivering fatty delights into each gram of food."
Last year i did a 5 city tour throughout asia for K-Swiss (which is how the shoe i mention below came about). Anyway, one of the things that we did during that tour was film a 60 second spot for MTV Asia. I decided to link to the final result. it is a little cornball, but i can live with it. I had sent out a little travelogue when i got back from the trip, and i have posted the background on the info below:
If the video isnt loading in on your server, you can check it here:
http://mrkimsays.com/media/Vignette%20-%20Logan.wmv
"Had to get up at 4:30 in fucking morning! Ugh! On this day, we were doing an MTV shoot and they needed us there early. Asian MTV is a bit different from the American one. It isn't as diluted with crap or at least it seems like it has a bit more respect over there. They were doing these 60 second spots on each of the artists on the KSpray tour. I will be big in Asia! whoo hoo. I had the dubious distinction of being the first one up. Lucky me. After dragging myself out of bed and half restful sleep, I made my way to the shoot, via the hotel shuttle. Got to the shoot and sat there for another hour while they set up. Had some 'coffee' and 'orange juice', but in Thailand everything is either full of sugar, deep fried, or chock full of shrimp. This is not always a bad thing, but on this particular day, I wanted some very strong, very black coffee. What I got was the equivalent of caffinated pancake syrup. The coffee was black, but had enough sugar to suck the teeth out of your head and rot them in your mouth. Nevertheless, it worked, because my eyes were forced open. After running though a crap load of scripted moves, like me walking through this abandoned building, we were on to the 'lines'. This was the funny part. Back in Taipei, I had to fill out a questionnaire that MTV sent over to get an idea of where our heads were at. I was tired when I filled it out and didn't take the questinaire as serious as I wished I had. When asked "what motto or quote do you live your life by?", I responded "I am lawless. No motto. No quote. I am just livin 'la vida Logan'". I guess they thought it would be funny to use that, so there I was in the middle of Bangkok repeating the most ridiculous line I could have ever thought up. My delivery was deadpan throughout the shoot except this line when I cracked up laughing at my own stupidity. I look like a serial killer up until this point, with my deadpan delivery, scowling eyes, and my aggressive stance, then the stupid "la Vida" line. Finally, I did my stencil and they filmed the hell out of it, then I headed home to catch up on some sleep. Got up, ordered room service, and ate the Thailand version of Fried Mozzarella...wasn't bad, but Americans seem to have the most efficient way of delivering fatty delights into each gram of food."
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