Foo Fighters Viral Video Epic - by Christian Debney

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Introducing the latest Foo Fighters viral music video by Christian Debney, Terror Suspect talks to the director about the project.

TS: How did you get the project in the first place?

CD: I did a pitch through the production company Draw Pictures and the Sony team loved the idea so they gave me a small budget to get to work.

TS: How did you come up with the idea of the teddy bears and WAR! ?

CD: I love entertainment and the idea of mixing childhood imagery with visions of war seemed to fit the track, the hardest part was animating all the bears, and making each one a character in its own right.

TS: How long did it take you to make the video in the end?

CD: the whole thing took about 3 weeks to make, and then the Sony team sat on it for a week or two while they got their marketing team to put some ideas behind it.

TS: will it be shown on TV?

CD: I’m not sure, it was originally briefed as a viral video and so I’m not sure.

TS: Thank you for sending it in to us Chris and lets hope it leeds to you getting more work, I hear that you are now representing yourself as a director?

CD: Yes that right, I have set myself a new mission - to now look for representation, I still own and run my own animation company “Dirty UK” but I wanted to push my own directing too and so now I am looking for a production company to rep me for music videos, commercials or my biggest dream is to make a feature , I have worked on many including Star Wars Attack of the Clones and V for Vendetta and I have the big screen bug.

TS: What was it like to work with the Hollywood big boys?

CD: Its addictive, so much crew and kit, and anything is possible - I loved working with George Lucas and his team, I made the light sabers and worked in the props department on both films.

TS: Thank you Chris and good look with your directing, please do keep us posted.