Teardrop
Videography Of Teardrop
Director: Walter Stern
Producer: Laura Kanerick
Cinematographer: Dan Landin
Editor: John McManus
Set Desinger: Creature Effects
Filming Location: Towerbridge Studios, London, UK
Date of Filming: 25th - 26th March 1998
Video Length: 04:44
The baby fetus featured in the video was a life-size animatronic puppet made of mainly silicon which had taken six weeks prior to filming to construct.
The rather unique video for Teardrop won several awards throughout 1998, including the MTV Europe Award for Best Video, which was where the Sarah Freguson incident occured. To read more about this incident click here to visit its relevant entry in the news section.
An edited version of Teardrop is used for the video reducing the length of the video to nearly a minute shorter than the album version. This edit does not appear on any other release besides the video.
Walter Stern had previously directed for Massive Attack the video for Risingson. He would later go on to direct the video for Angel.
3D on the fetus imagery used in the video for Teardrop - "It was Walter Stern’s idea. He’s the director who does a lot of The Prodigy videos. It’s more or less a celebration of life. We didn’t know whether to go with it or not, because it looks a bit dodgy but it actually turned out to look quite nice. The idea for the video came well after the song was recorded" [Undercover Magazine - May 1998]
3D on the video for Teardrop - "It stands out so much. Its such an instantly beautiful piece of imagery and it really worked with the song straight away for us" [FHM Magazine - November 2001]
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Duration: 04:45
File Size: 17.1MB
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Duration: 00:29
File Size: 5.26MB
Notes: Teardrop is used as the opening theme music for each episode of the popular medical drama "House" in North America. However due to licensing issues, the Teardrop theme music is replaced by a generic piece of music composed by the show's in-house composers. This is the music which is usually heard in all broadcast versions in all regions outside of North America. This other generic piece of theme music was composed to sound very similar to Teardrop without actually being it as the producers could'nt get the rights to the song outside of North America, which has led to some confusion and arguments between fans of the show in North America and internationally. To further compilcate the matter, the DVD releases of House outside of North America have begun, from the second season of the show onwards to include the Teardrop theme music intact in the opening, as it was always meant to be.
Prison Break
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Duration: 04:32
File Size: 32.3MB
Notes: This clip was taken from an episode of the TV drama "Prison Break". It is specifically from the episode "Tonight", which was 20th episode of the first season.
Cold Case
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Duration: 02:20
File Size: 36.3MB
Notes: This clip was taken from an episode of the TV drama "Cold Case". It is specifically from the episode "Sanctuary", which was 15th episode of the third season.
Charmed
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Duration: 00:50
File Size: 9.96MB
Notes: This clip was taken from an episode of the TV drama "Charmed". It is specifically from the episode "Which Prue Is It, Anyway?", which was 16th episode of the first season.
Summersonic Festival, Tokyo, Japan - 13th August 2006Download Original Video File
Duration: 05:54
File Size: 57.0MB
Notes: This is an example of how Teardrop was performed live on the 2006 tour.
MTV Europe 1998
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Duration: 05:26
File Size: 111MB
Notes: This is an example of how Teardrop was performed live on the 1998 tour. The precise date and location however is unknown.
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