Tiki Central / Other Crafts / The Lurid low-brow Tiki-Art of Brad (tiki-shark) Parker
Post #681830 by Tiki Shark Art on Thu, Jun 13, 2013 4:59 AM
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'Aloha Tiki Tribe! Wow, I found it! Brad (Tiki Shark) Parker
[ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2013-06-13 15:57 ] |
OK, so back when I worked in Hollywood, (before I moved to the Big Island to make Tiki-Art) I was in the Hollywood union: Local 790 Illustrators & Matte Artists. I did story boarding for commercials, videos and films (and the union would take a chunk for "Union Dues") . My agent would get me jobs, (and take another chunk of my pay check for his cut). One day... it dawned on me just how LITTLE my agent knew, or cared, about me, or what I wanted to do with my ART. His assistant called me and said "Well, there's this job that sounds weird. It's for a guy who's kinda' strange. But, why don't you think about taking it, if you're not too busy." "Who is it?" I asked, thinking the worst... "It's a music video for Ozzy Osbourne being directed by Rob Zombie". (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) What the ...? (GASP!!!) I'm a HUGE Ozzy and Rob Zombie Fan...I had every White Zombie and Rob Zombie DVD in my (then) music collection! I about crapped my pants! I would have done it for FREE - heck, I would have PAID THEM to work with two of my Rock idols! Needless to say, I told my agent I'd take the job. AND GUESS WHAT? I Had an WONDERFUL, FREAKING' Amazing time. I WAS IN METAL-HEAD-FAN-BOY HEAVEN!!! THE Best Music Video experience in my Hollywood daze - Ozzy was extremely nice, polite to all his fans, (but I couldn't understand a word he said) and REALLY sang his heart out - he really sang- even over the "playback". I got to stand just 6 feet away at one point, next to Rob, behind the monitors, - you could really feel the power in Ozzy's voice. A-freaking'-mazing! Sharon, Ozzy's wife, was there too, and she could not have been any nicer. Rob Zombie is great for an artist to work with because he's an artist as well. Really, I was not even needed - Rob had it all pre-visualized in his head. BUT... He was being told to hurry up, & make it better, and things (like BOTH cameras) broke, and we only had two days to shoot in this huge, filthy, freezing sound stage way the hell out in the valley somewhere. Rob was feeling a lot of pressure to finish on time and on budget, and it better be not be a big piece of crap. AND ...I got to hear his phone calls from the music company bone heads who were giving him all kinds of grief because the numbers from his new (and really epic) album "Hell-billy Deluxe" were just not as good as the $ numbers of the new Britney Spears's album. (WHAT THE ...?!?!?!?) Directors get squeezed, - but, Rob never lost his cool, AND, was open to hear creative input - he took my last minute ideas because I was, as he called me ,"The Art Guy". I suggested moving the trees, candles, and things, close to, and past, the camera moving in the opposite direction; it would give the scenes depth. Movement. We had no budget, only two sets, and not a lot to show... I never saw the finished video till just NOW - some 7 years ... no, wait.. 12 YEARS LATER?! - I guess! E-GADS! Time is slipping away!! But, anyways, looking at the video, the moving stuff works! HHHmmmm... but.... ya' know what? It could use some tikis in it... ALOHA! 