This is not AI but 12 months of hard work!
For Australian country rock powerhouse Jayne Denham, pushing creative boundaries has always been part of the journey and her brand-new music video for “Hillbilly Halo” takes that vision to an entirely new level.
Twelve months ago, Denham called longtime friend and director Phil Taylor with one goal in mind, to create something Australian country music audiences had never seen before.
“No one would remember this, but Phil and I were the first in Australian Country Music to use a drone for my song ‘Grew Up Round Trucks,” Denham explains. “So, I wanted to do something fresh and new again, something next level and completely out of the box.”
After months of research and experimentation, Taylor discovered an innovative production technique combining green screen filming with the powerful 3D graphics software Blender, a program capable of building cinematic, photo-realistic virtual environments. What followed was an ambitious 10-month creative process that saw Taylor develop the skills and technology needed to place Denham and her band into an entirely virtual 3D world.
Each band member was filmed individually against a green screen before being painstakingly cut out and composited by hand into every scene. The final production consisted of approximately 6000 frames, each taking an average of 45 seconds to render, amounting to nearly three full days of rendering time alone. The result is a visually striking and immersive music video that blends country music with cutting-edge digital artistry in a way rarely seen within the Australian music landscape.
“We’re both incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved,” says Denham. “We hope people love and appreciate the countless hours of work that went into creating something truly special and unique for Australian country music and for audiences around the world.”
While not officially verified, Denham and Taylor believe this production may be among the first Australian country music videos created on this scale using this style of immersive 3D virtual production technology.
TOUR DATES
Saturday October 10th
Savannah in the Round
Mareeba QLD
Saturday 24th October
Horsham Regfest
Horsham VIC
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