LAURE CHAN at Abbey Road Studio
LAURE’S BRIEF was extremely simple: “Would you be able to come and film an interview of my recording session at Abbey Road? And if we have the opportunity, a few stills would be amazing”. And I had complete creative freedom.
When working with musicians, I always spend a lot of time trying to understand how their personality and their work/sound blend together. This is not just capturing Laure Chan in Abbey Road Studio, it’s capturing how her personality and this legendary place both come together. And it’s capturing all of that so that in a few years, when she will look down on these pictures, they will be an accurate representation of how she felt back then.
Laure is an incredibly skilled and professional violinist, she’s focused and perfectionist. At the same time, she’s also humble, playful and caring. Laure is a very expressive musician, and when you watch her playing, there is no denying that she’s pouring her soul and heart into her every single note. Discussing with musicians from the orchestra, it was clear they see her as an inspiring and approachable artist.
I needed to show all that in my pictures and videos. So instead of wide angles shots to show the studio, high contrast and staged/posed shots, I opted for candid close-ups, shallow depth of field and light/soft tones in post.
On the video, because the interview is centered around Schumann’s Violin Concerto - dark and tragic - I opted for colder tones.
