METALLICA: 'The Making Of 'Frantic' Video' Documentary Posted Online

September 23, 2003

To coincide with the release of METALLICA's "Frantic" single, Universal Music Group have posted a 45-minute documentary on the making of the video for "Frantic". The video features interviews with the band and behind-the-scenes footage of the video shoot in Montreal. Play the "Frantic" game before getting access to the video at this location.

In other news, lighting director John Broderick recently spoke to LightingDimensions.com about his work on METALLICA's Summer Sanitarium 2003 tour, where he was also production designer. According to Broderick, he had much more artistic freedom working with METALLICA than with other acts, the result of his long-term relationship with the band. "They pretty much left the design of the show to us," he says, "because they're confident that we're tuned in to what their audience needs to see of them." This was a stadium tour and the LD's main concern was presenting the band in that forum. "We always had to be aware of the people far, far away in the stadium stands," he says. "We have an obligation to provide them with a fantastic show." As a result, the METALLICA production is based around a 200'-wide, 80'-high stage that features four non-standard rectangular LED walls upstage for IMAG and a variety of video content, including archetypal faces and Fellini-esque imagery. Other essential elements of the production include a Salvador Dali-inspired backdrop and the extensive use of pyro.

The concept of asymmetry was a major part of the METALLICA show as well. "Straight lines, rectangles and 90-degree angles are boring," says Broderick. "They don't allow you to force the perspective or to enhance the depth of the stage." For example, he says, "I forced the perspective of the video walls so it appeared that they went back farther than they actually did — I stepped the heights backwards so that upstage right is a convergence point for all the trusses and the video screens. It's a false perspective vanishing point." As a result, the 200' stage looked even more imposing. Read the rest of the interview here.

(Thanks: The 4 Horsemen)

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