Fog Lake Dakota
542films presents the official music video for Dakota by Fog Lake.
The video is a visual response to the musician’s statement about the track which "evokes an American landscape, alluding to my [Aaron Powell/Fog Lake] experiences constantly moving back and forth from the city to my hometown on the island of Newfoundland. I [Aaron Powell/Fog Lake] had clashing feelings of homesickness and the never-ending battle between wanting to stay and try to make things work or begin again somewhere else."
Matching sentiments influenced the video concept amid relocating closer to my hometown [KFM]. Meandering scenes depict a journey through yearning while trying to make peace with here and there, now and then. Opposing aspect ratios eventually converge, suggesting a return from a daydream, where the wider anamorphic image represents the present and the conflicted analog image represents the past.
Cast & Crew
Director & Editor / Karl Frederick Mattson
Music / Dakota by Fog Lake
Written & recorded by Aaron Powell, backing vocals by Clarke Sondermann, strings & arrangements by Molly Germer, mixed by Warren Hildebrand, mastered by Paul Vroom
OCT072 © 2021 Orchid Tapes
Tech Specs
Released / 2021
Runtime / 3 min 35 sec
Aspect Ratio / 2.39:1, superimposed 1.33:1
Format / Digital, VHS-C tape
Camera / Panasonic GH5, RCA SmallWonder
Lens / Urth Canon FD to M4/3 adapter, Canon FD 50mm f/1.4 lens, Sankor/Singer 16D anamorphic projection lens, Rapido FVD-16a variable diopter, SIMMOD variable neutral density filter
Custom / The RCA SmallWonder camera was rigged on top of the Panasonic GH5 SmallRig cage in order to achieve mirrored framing and movements between formats
Thanks
Aaron Powell who is Fog Lake
Jim Chang of Rapido Technology
Tito Ferradans of Anamorphic on a Budget