Scattering - Official Music Video

Sons of Arrakis, Frank Appache & Black Throne Productions present : Scattering - Official Music Video Sons of Arrakis : Black Throne Production : Frank Appache : INTRO : Pulled from an old dusty unlabeled and abandoned vhs tape, the SCATTERING music video depicts a b-rated version of a sci fi flick that was most likely inspired by the Dune universe, biker culture and abstract/metaphysical films. SYNOPSIS : On a desertic planet, a tyrant King is dying. As a last attempt to save him, drastic scientific experiments began. The test subjects: The Rebels. The Rebel prisoners sit in their cells dreaming of freedom, as they wait for their turn in what will most likely be life ending experiments. Using advanced medical technology the scientists attempt to extract the life and souls from their test subjects. The victims see themselves projected into a strange parallel world as they try to cling on to their lives. Due to the chemicals being used in the experimentations, severe mutations of the patients are witnessed but this does nothing to deter the efforts of mad-scientists. As research presses forwards, the scientists do not notice that they are actually reinforcing the link between the now mutated prisoners, and their mental safe-haven. This gives the Rebel prisoners the ability to materialize their parallel universe guardians and have them cross over to rescue them. SYMBOLISM : The motorcycle represents the freedom and liberty of the prisoners, so basically the video opens up with us meeting the thoughts of the prisoners first. As the video progresses, we see the mutations grow with the motorcycle. As any human being, when their body changes in negative ways, their thoughts reflect that reality. DIRECTOR’S NOTE : The idea for this music video was to create something original that fans of the Dune universe could relate to, while still making it accessible to everyone else. From the second I heard the first riff, I could feel the urgency in it and knew I wanted to create something with either motorcycles or people running, or something like that. The issue with that though, was creating something that would not come off as cliché The idea of retro-futurism then came along. Using the new technology at our disposal (Ai and some vfx) and then finishing up the look using old analog methods (no plugins here, bud) just seemed like the right play. A pretty ambitious one might I add, cause this took a couple months of intensive work. Although it was a complex workflow, and at times it is frustrating I think the end result still managed to have a good narrative and make a few statements. The themes tackled here seem abstract in a way, they do all originate from real life. Prison, the rush for scientific cures, mental escapism, and who has never worked at a soul sucking job, working from some rich schmuck? Even mental fortitude… When my face got mauled by a dog, I definitely learnt about that! All artistic bullshit aside, I just wanted to create something fucking cool for the band, that if it was a feature film, I would would definitely have it in my vhs collection. CREDITS : Composed and written by Frederic Couture Guitar/vocals : Frederic Couture Lead Guitar : Francis Duchesne Bass : Vick Trigger Drum : Eliot Landry Recorded by Luc Boivin at RedTube Studio, Frederic Couture and Francis Duchesne Mixed by Luc Boivin at RedTube Studio Master by Richard Addison at Trillium Sound Studio Video by Frank Appache