"We wanted Thomas at some point to be singing holding a chimpanzee." - Nicolás Méndez, CANADAPhoenix's latest music video for their track "Trying To Be Cool" was directed by CANADA and used the unusual and challenging premise of filming the entire thing live in full takes of the song, with two film crews continuously swapping shots roughly every 25 seconds. This method turned it into sort of relay race between the two crews as they switch back and forth capturing their footage before a timer runs out.
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