How Simon Becks Directs a Challenging Shoot
Director Simon Becks joins Dylan Hahn to break down a surreal Iceland-shot music video about a man stranded in a frozen wasteland who falls in love with a snow woman. Alongside co-director Folkert Verdoorn, Simon shares how the team turned a strange one-line concept into a massive practical shoot involving glaciers, handmade sleds, puppeteered snow creatures, and brutal conditions across Iceland. They get into worldbuilding, production design, collaboration, and the challenge of balancing emotional storytelling with a playful, cinematic visual style.
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