Film Production Design
Paychecks
Production Designer
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2023
Paychecks title card, man photographing through a tin roof gap
Title still · Paychecks, 2023

The Brief

Paychecks is a hip-hop music video built around themes of violence, chaos, and rebellion. The process began with a close collaboration with the artist to understand what the song represented and what he wanted the world of the video to look and feel like.

The Work

From that conversation, I made deliberate decisions around location scouting and prop selection to build a visual environment that amplified the energy and attitude of the track. The result was a world that felt raw, specific, and earned.

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Finished Stills
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Close-up of a vintage Pentax camera, still from Paychecks
Photographs hanging on a line, still from Paychecks
Low angle shot of a woman under hanging photographs, still from Paychecks
Two figures in a doorway, still from Paychecks
Group of men and a woman with a gun among cattle, still from Paychecks
Hand holding a water balloon, still from Paychecks
Man's bloodied face in dust, still from Paychecks
Woman walking away down a narrow alley, still from Paychecks
Delivered

A raw, specific world, built entirely around the artist's vision for the track.

Paychecks · Music Video, 2023