Capturing The Look of Boards of Canada's "Tomorrow's Harvest"
“Director Neil Krug dishes on the paranoid, sci-fi inspired look he created for the latest Boards of Canada music videos.
‘It shook a lot of people up, it's just exciting. I had a small thrill in my living room experiencing it all.’ Music video director Neil Krug is talking about the release of Tomorrow's Harvest, the much anticipated album by Boards of Canada. Krug directed the two video releases, 'Cosecha Signal One' and 'Reach for the Dead' which were aired via a coded game of cat and mouse with fans on social media prior to the launch.
‘It's been like a top secret operation,’ says Krug. ‘I don't know any other way to describe it other than unorthodox, in a very good way.’
According to Krug, there doesn't appear to have been any creative pressure from the band or the label to film things a certain way, but atmosphere was discussed plenty. Krug notes that one of the things they were going for was an air of paranoia and bleak sci-fi dystopia that was probably inspired by films from the mid-70s.
Various locations were used in the Californian desert on both shoots. ‘I didn't want it to look like anyone else’s video,’ he explains, ‘For the most part in Los Angeles, if you've directed music videos, there are probably a dozen spots that people frequent, you recognize the locations and I really wanted to avoid that. We went way off the beaten path, places that I sort of know about but had never been. For me, to make it successful, I don't want anyone to know where any of this stuff is. It's about creating something otherworldly.’
–Interview with Creators/Vice by Robert Urquhart
Reach For The Dead | Directed by Neil Krug
DP - David Myrick
Key Grip - Colin Stoye
Produced by Honey Badger & Laura Turstall
FX & Grade - Neil Krug
Boards of Canada | Lake Dolores Water Park event
Cosecha Signal One | Directed by Neil Krug
DP - David Myrick
Key Grip - Colin Stoye
Produced by Honey Badger & Laura Turstall
FX & Grade - Neil Krug