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Lil Wayne Video Directors Discuss 'Different And Edgy' 'Roger That' Clip
'When artists are down to push the boundaries, that's awesome,' David Rousseau says.
Lil Wayne may have gotten an unexpected extra day of freedom after a courthouse fire delayed his sentencing on weapons charges Tuesday (March 2), but the MC has prepared to cover his forthcoming jail term by preparing nearly 20 videos to air in his absence. The first of these clips is Young Money's "Roger That," which hit the Web on Monday. MTV News chatted with co-directors David Rousseau and Adam Rush about the graphic-novel-inspired, "Sin City"-influenced short, which only took a few minutes to imagine.
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2
MAR
Young Money Debuts Comic Book-Inspired 'Roger That' Video
Lil Wayne's jail sentence might've been postponed again today (March 2) due to a courthouse fire, but that didn't stop the rapper from firing off with the first of nearly 20 videos he's filmed recently. The Young Money collective's comic book-inspired "Roger That" video premiered on the net today.
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2
MAR
Lil Wayne Shot Nine Music Videos Last Weekend
Video director David Rousseau said he and the Cash Money team might need to check the "Guinness Book of World Records": He and his company Creativeseen may be the new record-holders for most music videos shot in 48 hours.
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FEB
Range of formats is the right choice for hip hop clip
For the latest DJ Khaled music video, director David Rousseau and cinematographer John Babl chose to create images in a variety of formats including Super 8, Super 16 and 35mm. That decision allowed them to efficiently capture impromptu street scenes out of car windows, moody interiors in an abandoned house lit only by flaming wads of newspaper, and edgy shots of rappers using nonstandard shutter angles and handcranking for eye-catching cameo portraits.
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JAN