My First Music Video

what an amazing experience it was to shoot my first music video. we started the day at 5 am to take the two-hour drive to hacienda isabella in tagaytay. it’s a property owned by renowned singer-actress kuh ledesma and i must say it is a beautiful place. even though i was awake for 25 hours straight doing the video, i had so much fun. the production team was composed of the nicest people in the world and they made sure i was comfortable with everything before they shot each scene. the stylist and makeup artist were as equally kind and put up with me as i expressed my sentiments about the criminally short dress or the heavier-than-normal false eyelashes. the guy who played my love interest was quite the gentleman and i bet he’d make a lot of girls smitten when they see the video. and the best part of it all...(thanks to all those people) i actually think this video is going to be awesome.

i’ve got nothing but gratitude to show the people behind this production. omar cervantes, the director, knew exactly what he wanted to do with this video, took that idea, and ran with it the entire time. our cinematographer, jun aves, followed every detail and no doubt made each scene look exquisite. rommel malimban and jj purugganan will be taking care of post-production, and from what i’ve seen in them, they’re gonna turn what we’ve shot into a real work of art.

and, he’s not part of the production team, but i MUST say thank you to my manager, henry onglatco, for financing the whole thing! he believes in me so much it’s scary! hahaha! and ofcourse we wouldn’t even have a venue if it weren’t for jesse and mags david’s hookups (yet again)! they also gave me a whole bunch of mossimo clothes, which you will see in the video. too bad i can’t wear them on a day-to-day basis when the vid comes out. people are gonna be like, “didn’t she wear that in the video?” argh...but still, i’m LOVIN’ the free clothes.

at the end of the shoot, they had me do some spiels for a behind-the-scenes thingamajig for MYX. the director had me explain what the whole thing was about and, looking back on what i said, i think i sounded really stupid! i blame it totally on my sleep deprivation so now i must try to redeem myself here. the video is for one of the covers i did, you’re the inspiration, which was popularized by chicago in the 1980s. i’m one of those people who love irony, so i didn’t hesitate to suggest a tragic ending for this video. while it didn’t turn out to be a greek tragedy, it ended in a kind of unexpected way. the story is really very simple and it’s been told a thousand times. but what will make it different is how we tell it.

well i am so excited to see the final product. and i REALLY need to get cable installed at my place so i can actually watch this thing on TV!

now that i’ve revealed the secret of the location, i want to share its beauty with everyone. log on to http://www.haciendaisabella.com to see more of its jewels and to find out how you can make reservations.