Northline
Documentary · Mar 30, 2025
Portfolio / Music video
Ember Sessions
Music videoArtist: June & the Pines4K · 4:12 runtime
Overview: one song, one fire, no cuts wasted
Folk trio June & the Pines wanted a live session video that felt like the night it was recorded — no studio gloss, no playback tricks. We filmed the whole performance live around a single campfire in a forest clearing, recording audio on site with a mobile rig so picture and sound share the same air.
The video launched the band's winter EP and became their most-shared release, picked up by two editorial playlists within a week.
- Deliverables
- Hero video · 3 social cuts · thumbnail set
- Crew
- Director, DP, gaffer, location recordist
- Kit
- Cinema camera · fast primes · mobile audio rig
The challenge
Firelight flickers, smoke drifts through frame, and exposure swings several stops between verses. The brief demanded a warm, continuous take feel — but a single locked camera would go flat over four minutes. We needed movement without breaking the spell.
The approach
We choreographed two cameras — a slow slider push and a handheld roam — around the fire's rhythm, rehearsing moves to the song's dynamics. Practicals did the lighting; we only shaped them. The edit follows the performance, cutting on breaths and chord changes so it never feels cut at all.
The outcome
1.2M
Organic views in the first month
2
Editorial playlist features on release
1
Single night shoot, live audio, no overdubs
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