Following the release of “Karine” in January and a sensational live gig at New York’s Metropolitan Room in September, Karine Hannah and producer/songwriter Ayhan Sahin decided that next in line is a music video for the uptempo, rock-pop gem “Gone,” a collaboration with Ayhan’s songwriting partner Dennis DelGaudio.Sunday brought cool temps but a splash of sunshine over New York, so with video crew Caner Ozgul and Kaitlyn Barlow—and me along for the ride for hair and make-up tips—we all arrived in Stuyvesant Town and neighboring Cooper Village for the shoot.
The video will include live performance clips meshed with Karine and Dennis—her spurned love interest (and guitarist)—lamenting by the Stuyvesant fountain, accompanying scenes of the two along the East River and under FDR Drive. In all, we spent more than six hours filming. A grand, creative excursion for all… except for Karine’s poor feet. Here's scene one/outfit one:
High tech all the way, as Ayhan plays the song over an iPod, in order to sync the audio.
Close-up, scene one...
Prepping for scene two/outfit two, by the fountain.
The setting...
Dennis and Karine set up for their "spurned lover" scene.
But first, one of the 500,000 senior citizen couples "walks" by. We timed the filming around these ladies, knowing we had a good five minutes before they would make an entire revolution around the fountain... All others, who were a little more aware of their surroundings, simply walked behind the camera.
Off we go!
Scene three... FDR and the east side waterfront...
And that is a wrap!
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