Letter from the winners
"Hello!
I am writing in the name of the team who produced "Nico & Vlad - Pe-o margine de lume" videoclip, the winner of your contest for the best 2008 Eurovision video.
We are happy that our work liked to so many people and we are proud of our result.
Thank you very much, I wish you succes in your activity.
Best regards,
Tiberiu Rotarescu
Director of Photography
Art Focus International
www.artfocus.ro"
Interview about the clip
Your video clip was filmed in a truly wonderful atmosphere on a beach. How did you manage to catch this atmosphere so well on TV? Can you tell us more about the story behind the video clip?
Vlad: "It was our director, Petre Nastase, who made the video clip - he is really a great artist. He found the locations. They were both very close to each other. One of them was on the seaside, an empty, let's say virgin, beach - there was nothing there, no people, no hotels. It looked like the end of the world, as the song itself describes it."
Nico: "And it was really windy and cold outside!"
Vlad: "Yes, that's true! We shot the first half of the video clip there, and then we moved on to the second location, which was about ten kilometres away, but it was very special. I don't know how the idea came up to our director. It looked almost like the Grand Canyon in the United States there. It was actually an abandoned stone pit, which looked like a huge cliff. When we reached the place, it was a bit cloudy - we didn't have any sun. But then, just before sunset, the sun appeared between the clouds and we had that magical light on the stone walls. And he shouted: 'Ok, NOW! Let's shoot!' We had that light for four minutes. We switched on the full playback, we went through it, and then the light was gone. We were very happy to get that scene. So, in fact, we recorded the whole clip in only twelve hours, and we were very happy that we got such a great result."
Nico: "I think the video clip only turned out that good because we had such a great time with our director and the whole crew. Everyone was so enthusiastic, and we were so pleased and proud to work with such a wonderful team."
Vlad: "It was our director, Petre Nastase, who made the video clip - he is really a great artist. He found the locations. They were both very close to each other. One of them was on the seaside, an empty, let's say virgin, beach - there was nothing there, no people, no hotels. It looked like the end of the world, as the song itself describes it."Nico: "And it was really windy and cold outside!"
Vlad: "Yes, that's true! We shot the first half of the video clip there, and then we moved on to the second location, which was about ten kilometres away, but it was very special. I don't know how the idea came up to our director. It looked almost like the Grand Canyon in the United States there. It was actually an abandoned stone pit, which looked like a huge cliff. When we reached the place, it was a bit cloudy - we didn't have any sun. But then, just before sunset, the sun appeared between the clouds and we had that magical light on the stone walls. And he shouted: 'Ok, NOW! Let's shoot!' We had that light for four minutes. We switched on the full playback, we went through it, and then the light was gone. We were very happy to get that scene. So, in fact, we recorded the whole clip in only twelve hours, and we were very happy that we got such a great result."
Nico: "I think the video clip only turned out that good because we had such a great time with our director and the whole crew. Everyone was so enthusiastic, and we were so pleased and proud to work with such a wonderful team."
Finally here is the winning video clip (high quality):
Nico & Vlad - Pe-o margine de lume
Nico & Vlad - Pe-o margine de lume
Production company: Art Focus International
Director: Petre Nastase
Editor: Marius Puia
Director of photography: Tiberiu Rotarescu
