Behind the Curtain

So I wrote him an email in which I explained my idea and sent him some of my own work. He must have seen something in my work because he replied by inviting me to his home to discuss some ideas. A couple of weeks later I was sitting in his living room. I remember being a bit nervous, because here was this guy I always looked up to and now I’m in his house.

We discussed some ideas and agreed that I could make use of his work for my project. But at the end of the conversation, Delic brought up another proposition. One that didn’t really correspond with my graduation assignment, but something I always wanted to do. He offered me a chance to make a music video for an upcoming song called: Behind the Curtain.

Now anyone with some sense would reject this offer. But because I’m an idiot who doesn’t like taking the easy route, I accepted this offer. Of course it would complicate my graduation assignment because I wasn’t meeting the exact conditions anymore. On the other hand, this was what I always dreamed of. It would have been much more safe and convenient to stay within the bounds of the project. But In this case I decided to follow my heart instead of my head. That's not something I would normally do, but I was cool with the risk involved.

So we started to schedule our meetings to lay a framework for the video. We’d set up a clear structure of assignments and deadlines, usually planning calls every week on the same day. We deliberately set it up as straightforwardly as possible. Because when you’re dealing with scatterbrained people like us, any change in rhythm can derail the process to some extent. This happened a few times during the project, after which I learned that I work best on regularity and clarity. Skip as much bullshit as possible and get right to the point.