THE PLONING ADIN KA REN MUSIC VIDEO: SECRETS REVEALED

Making a music video is already hard in itself, but doing it with a limited budget and with almost all of the scenes on the Balsahan river made the production of THE PLONING ADIN KA REN MUSIC VIDEO even harder (but of course, more worthwhile). During the PLONING ADIN KA REN music video shoot, resourcefulness and creativity became the most important ingredients in making a sumptuous PLONING ADIN KA REN Music Video.

TRACK, CRANE & DOLLY

Despite the improvements in film-making technology, Palawan still doesn't have a dolly, a crane and a track for the camera. Thus, instead of using what you see in the picture below

the production team of the music video used a dining table and a cart for kids as the dolly, track and crane for the music video. See photos below.

Below is a sample of a shot achieved by such improvised tools.

The production team also took advantage of the presence of water in the shoot. So this rubber boat was used to serve as a track and dolly for the close-up shots.

(View of the camera from the rubber boat.)

While the rubber boat was being pushed back and forth, the wooden crafts were being rotated by the art department. Below are the screencaps of the shots achieved by doing the aforementioned tricks.

SMOKE MACHINE

Due to a very limited budget, the producer didn't rent a smoke machine anymore. They made use of an improvised smoke machine instead.

SECURITY

To ensure the safety of everyone, the wooden crafts were tested several times if they could float for a long time with people on top of them. The drums which were rented also had to be tied to the wooden craft to ensure that it remains free from water and the wooden crafts in some scenes had to be tied down to the rocks at the bottom of the river.

ELECTRICITY

There was also no electricity in Balsahan so a generator had to be borrowed and the operator of which had to be hired.