Prinçipal videos
For Prinçipal 19 we directed two videos for Fonte da Telha, an editorial shot by artist/photographer José Pedro Cortes at Fonte da Telha, Costa da Caparica, a coastal semi-urban beach located south of Lisbon. This place-specific editorial, burrows on a previous project by the artist, Costa, that surveys the area idiosyncrasy and light-washed beauty.A second session was shot indoors, at the artist’s studio, for which we directed Fonte da Telha II. All the videos are shot and edited by Mountain Superstudio in scavenger mode, as usually the main focus of the editorials is the photographic output. As in the major part of our video work, music is produced post-video-editing by Lisbon based sound and media-artist André Gonçalves, and co-exists with the video footage residual sounds.
For Prinçipal 18 we directed two videos. One for Santa Apolónia, shot at Lux Frágil, and another for a feature on designer Ricardo Andrez, shot at Rive Rouge, both popular clubbing spots from Lisbon night-life. The photo-shots make extreme use of the locations’ light systems, and light-jokeys assisted light modulation during both sessions. Prinçipal 18 explores light sources as its main theme and these videos deal with artificial lighting for indoor club environments and its effect on image making.The editing is energetic, vigorous and brisk, making extensive use of speed change and quick-cuts. The shots move swiftly around the subjects and the space. Music is produced post-video-editing by Lisbon based sound and media-artist André Gonçalves, and co-exists with the video footage residual sounds.
For Prinçipal 17, we directed videos for two sessions, Rio Pele and Rio Douro, both Portuguese rivers, which was the main underlying theme of issue 17 of the magazine. For Rio Pele, art directed by Miguel Flor, and shot by Nuno Vieira at Riopele decommissioned facilities, we created 6 cuts exploring model Margarita Pugovka improvised fluid interactions with the camera and space.Rio Douro was shot by Miguel Flor at one of its major dams, Barragem da Régua, and places its subjects against the concrete brutalist monumental architecture of the space and its machinery. There’s an extensive inter-play between portrait and long distance shots, contrasting the relative scales between subjects and location.Music was produced post-video-editing by Lisbon based sound and media-artist André Gonçalves, and co-exists with the video footage residual sounds.
For Prinçipal 15, we directed a video for Vila do Conde, an editorial feature shot by Miguel Flor at Nelo Kayaks’ facilities in Vila do Conde, Portugal, a world renown company that builds high-performance vessels for Olympic champions. The shot captures the subject embedded within the multi-colored factory buzz using an editing style that is quick and rough, melding together the energy and noise of the factory working environment.Music was produced post-video-editing by Lisbon based sound and media-artist André Gonçalves, and co-exists with the video footage residual sounds.