False Flags
Director: Paul Gore
Producer: Charlotte Woodhead
Production Manager: Maria Nielson
Cinematographer: Tom Russel
Filming Location: Brixton, London, UK
Date of Filming: 28th January 2006
Video Length: 05:38
The budget for the video was approxiamately £7000, making it the cheapest Massive Attack promo video by a sizable margin. The camera used to shoot the super slow-mo scenes in the video was a Phantom V5.1 digital high speed video camera capable of filming at a 1000 frames per second.
The video for False Flags won an award at the Music Vision Awards 2006. It was for Best Cinematography in a music video and was presented to the Cinematographer, Tom Russel.
3D on the meaning behind the video for False Flags - “It is a still life portrait of someone were they’re forced to be in a riot situation - throwing a petrol bomb. And it’s done in ultra slow motion” [Collected EPK - March 2006]
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Duration: 05:32
File Size: 25.4MB
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Coachella Festival, Empire Polo Fields, USA - 30th April 2006
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Duration: 06:30
File Size: 62.2MB
Notes: This is an example of how False Flags was performed live on the 2006 tour.