By Chris Strikes
I'm excited to present Callowgrove Entertainment's latest released work "Mi C Mi Bed N Mi Miss U" music video by dancehall sensation Dexta Daps.
If ever a shoot day where EVERYTHING had to absolutely work out, it was for this video. Like every production, this project came with it's own duffle bag of challenges, and with this one we were at the mercy of Mother Nature.
At the top of the week of production, Dexta had the idea of wanting to incorporate a hot air balloon in the video, so production had a very short time to scramble to find one. After contacting a few places, and being told none were available, due to either being already booked, or bad weather forecasts, one place called Skyward Balloons contacted back. Turned out they had a private balloon available for us on the Friday morning, but it was 100...no...it was 1000% weather dependent. Hot air balloons are very sensitive to weather and winds so, we wouldn't know until the night before if we could fly or not.
You can imagine how anxious this made everyone feel. However, we got the "go ahead call" and the next morning, along with my cinematographer Chris Morsby, we were off! The weather conditions couldn't have been more perfect for us that day!
It was the first time Chris, Danielle (our beautiful and talented model) and I were ever in a hot air balloon. Dexta had already been in one before. I must say it was quite a unique and enjoyable experience! And to you, the viewer, may you enjoy this video!
I'd like to give a Special Thanks to Linda, Graham and the whole Skyward Balloon family & staff for opening up their place to be able to make this amazing video!
For more on Dexta Daps visit DextaDaps.com.