004 — Sunburn: The Music Video

Written By Bailey Cooke

SUNBURN CREDITS:

Directed by: Ben Steiger Levine
Written by: Bailey Cooke (girl named GOLDEN)
Produced by: Ben Steiger Levine, Bailey Cooke, & Jordan Fein
Prod Co: Les Enfants
Director of Photography: Antoine Ryan
Editor: Ben Steiger Levine
Stylist: Mara Palumbo
Hair: Public Image NYC
Hands: Stephen Quinlan
FX Make-up: Rémy Couture
Colorist: Steven Mercier
VFX: Mels-Studio

 

While the the video was filmed in Canada, it all originated when the director, Ben Steiger Levine came to my show in Brooklyn, NY at the Sultan Room. A week later got my number and called me with the idea.

Aside from the fact that I’d never done a real shoot before, or work with a real crew, there was also the part where he wanted to shoot me half naked in the dead of winter in Canada -

(there’s probably 30 hand warmers in those wadder pants above… lol

But in a funny way it was freeing. I’d want to nail the shots up front- cuz I’d be freezing. And I figured if I could get through this video shoot, I could feel a sense of confidence about who knows what I’ll have to do in the future as a musical artist. So I said yes.

I had to sit in make up every morning from 4am to about 7 when we’d start shooting.

I knew I was gonna be freezing. And I was nervous performing in front of a real crew- but what I failed to think about was how everyone on set would be speaking French- and since I couldn’t understand what they were saying, I couldn’t feel insecure really- and it actually helped me stay focused a lot.

 
Bailey Cooke
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003 — “Sunburn”