Tall Buildings - Welcome to Cardboard City

Mike Southworth a friend of mine gave me a call and asked if I would be into building a set for a video. "Sure", I said not knowing what I was getting myself into. The idea was to build a cardboard City on top of a cardboard life size Grand piano. My main job was to build the Grand Piano and put some buildings together and help establish a look for this project.

Another environmentally friendly project! 

Had some used 4X4's laying around to use for the legs. It did not matter what shape they were in since they would be wrapped in cardboard. I was on my way to Rona to buy some plywood for the top of the piano but stopped at my neighbour's house to see if he had some ... Yes he did ... recycled and Free. Mike scored a keyboard that never got picked up from the repair shop that was going to the garbage. Most of the Cardboard was picked up from the alley and I had some moving boxes that were given to me.

Trying to figure out how to make the piano???

Finally the basic shape for the Grand soon to be Cardboard Piano

It took a full 2days to get to this point but as you can see a Cardboard Life size Piano sit in front of us.

The 2 main building in the video - with lights

Mike's amazing bridge - with some of buildings I made around it.

I was there for the first part of the project while Mike and Hilary with help from some friends chugged along. After many days and hours of cardboard addicted work, in-between tours and summer the video is finished. Enjoy!!!

Hilary Grist - Tall Buildings (Official Music Video)

The Making of 'Tall Buildings' by Hilary Grist

Buy on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/imaginings/id384516084

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Directed, filmed and edited by Mike Southworth for Collide Entertainment. http://www.collideentertainment.com

Set construction and design by Adam Thomas, http://adamprojects.blogspot.ca/  Mike Southworth and Hilary Grist

Additional building construction by Cory Lake, Adri Lake, Tim Cyr, Dawn Pemberton, Kathy Fitzpatrick, Alison Maira, Mike Zobac, James Scholl, Steph Jackson, Ryan Grist, Charmaine De Los Reyes.

Clothing by Motel http://www.motelrocks.com/shop/ Clothing supplied by Brooke Roth at Skout Lighting by Toby Gorman, Mital Gorman and Mike Southworth

Additional styling by Dani Barnes http://danibarnes.blogspot.com/

Funded in part by the generosity of 100.5 The Peak, Music BC and The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group