watch the video here
https://youtu.be/Y8dNKY2QOdk?si=jkUNk6xvqfuJLap9
From Basti Artadi
The video of Arise is up and out on Wolfgang’s YouTube channel. Here’s the original film can I found in a plastic bag forgotten in a wet basement in an abandoned house in QC many many years ago. Thank you to @stompboxer for getting us from this version all the way to the final product! Contrary to what people are thinking THERE IS NO A.I. USED IN THAT VIDEO! That is us filmed in 1995! @wolfgangmusicph
From Wolf Gemora
WATCH the newly unearthed music video of ARISE! Filmed in 1995. Featuring the WG30 version and a new edit. Some people in this video are no longer with us.
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From Adrian Arcega
30 years after it was shot, the music video for Wolfgang's "Arise" is finally here!
Backstory of my side of things: back in the pandemic Basti Artadi asked me for help regarding some film reels he had in his closet. Turns out they were the film reels of the raw footage for "Arise" which the band shot in December 1995! Strangely never released. I freaked out, worried for the film reels. So after making lots of calls, I hooked him up with the Film Development Council of the Philippines' Philippine Film Archive - FDCP. Drove him and the reels to FDCP, met then-head Tirso Cruz III, and proceeded to their lab to open the contents of the cannisters. It was like being in an ER, but with film technicians. Dead silence as we opened the cannisters.
WATCH the newly unearthed music video of ARISE! Filmed in 1995. Featuring the WG30 version and a new edit. Some people in this video are no longer with us.
Follow Wolfgang: Philippines! From Adrian Arcega
30 years after it was shot, the music video for Wolfgang's "Arise" is finally here!
Backstory of my side of things: back in the pandemic Basti Artadi asked me for help regarding some film reels he had in his closet. Turns out they were the film reels of the raw footage for "Arise" which the band shot in December 1995! Strangely never released. I freaked out, worried for the film reels. So after making lots of calls, I hooked him up with the Film Development Council of the Philippines' Philippine Film Archive - FDCP. Drove him and the reels to FDCP, met then-head Tirso Cruz III, and proceeded to their lab to open the contents of the cannisters. It was like being in an ER, but with film technicians. Dead silence as we opened the cannisters.
The original 16mm negatives had already turned into an ugly mess of rust and decaying matter, but the 35mm positive print was surprisingly okay (save for some red marks). Collective sigh of relief. A month or so later Julian Eudela emailed me the digitized footage in 4K, and they offered to keep the film reels as they had the proper facilities for it. Thank you FDCP!
The footage sat in my computer for a while, as Basti told me Wolfgang "might have plans for it." They couldn't track down the original director. Mon died (he was in the hospital the day we visited FDCP, it turns out), and I can just imagine how his fellow Wolves felt.
Basti somehow got ahold of what was the original cut (which not a lot of people saw, as it apparently wasn't released) on Umatic tape. We had it digitized, and because I knew #Wolfgang30 was about to happen, proceeded to edit it with the updated recording. I used the original edit as a jumpoff point, as I wanted to stay true to the director's original vision. But having seen the original cut (which did look dated by today's standards), I knew that the MV needed to look more timeless. I could have done herculean AI effort by eliminating the red marks, but I opted to lean into the age and the grit. It was the 90s! Also: I've always wanted to do an MV that had the grit of Garbage's "Stupid Girl" haha. There was also less coverage than I was comfortable with (more Basti and Manuel, less Mon and Wolf, no full shots of all band members together) but I'm used to finding workarounds. So that's what I did, plus a bit of paid stock footage to tie everything together.
Also: spotted Karen Kunawicz and Jay Ignacio in the moshpit crowd. Made sure they were seen, because why not?
Also part 2: I got an outtake of Mon looking at the camera. I added it at the end, figured it would be a nice long-overdue sendoff for him
The result: a visual juxtaposition of the evils of war and societal discontent as represented by the moshpit. "'Cause evil is our lair" (which I reinterpreted as "Hey guys, we're f*cked").
An honor to offer a tiny contribution to Pinoy music and film history.
Also: the FDCP is open to keep old music videos on film or tapes for safekeeping. They have the facilities for it. So to other directors out there, please contact them if you need anything
