Faint (UK Version)
Director: MTV
Release Date: May 2003
Location: State Theater, Detroit, Michigan
Video was recorded live at the MTV $2 Bill concert
Was only released in the UK, to fill in until the final video was produced
Faint
Director: Mark Romanek. Release date: May 2003 Location: Down town LA
Original Treatment for Faint, from Markromanek.com:
the band performs the song in dark, dramatically lit concert venue. two-thirds of the performance is filmed from behind the band.
we only see their backs -- backs of heads, hands, torso, asses, feet. all the emotion is conveyed through the body language. we may catch slight glimpses of oblique profiles. but, they are just that -- only glimpses. in the background of all these shots we see silhouettes of fans, creating waves of excited movement. we are teased for over two minutes with beautifully composed and dramatically back-lit images of the band – filmed from behind.
during the bridge, chester rushes the front row and sings screaming into the face of a girl in the front row (still filmed from behind.) “hear me out now!”
then, he turns to walk back to the platform, and as mike sings-speaks the very quiet lines (at the end of the bridge) we finally see his face. “i can’t feel the way i did before…”
then, when the song kicks in for the climax, we cut to the band and finally see them perform from the front -- amazing shots of brad, chester, joe, mike, phoenix, and rob performing the song passionately.
we also reveal a dark, strikingly designed and stylized set behind them. (not one so interesting as to distract from the band themselves.)
the tension and suspense engendered by not revealing the band for so long will be riveting. when we finally do, the effect will be thrilling.
this simple concept will resonate with the themes of frustration and desire-for-acknowledgment that the song expresses so powerfully.
4.15.03
Video Credits:
Producer - line postmyr
Director of photography - Jeff Cutter/Rolf Kestermann
Production designer - Laura Fox
Editor - Robert Duffy
Wardrobe stylist - Franck Chevalier
18+ old LPU fans are in the video as extras.
A Faint Trading card contest was launched alongside the video. 6 Trading cards were released on Lpfaint.com. Real trading cards were also given to the street team to promote the contest, and to LPU 3
Numb
Director: Mr Hahn
Release Date: September 2003
Location: Prague, Czech Republic and LA
The outdoor scenes were filmed in Prague, but when Chester got sick they had to go back to LA
The church scenes were shot in Los Angeles first the congregational church
The girl in the video is Briana Evigan
Numb live
From The Inside
Director: Mr. Hahn
Release Date: November 2003
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Lying From You live
Breaking The Habit
Director: Mr. Hahn and Nakazawa
Producer: Matt Caltabiano
Release Date: May 2004
This video was produced completely in Japanese animation by Joe and a team of animators, based in Japan. Nakazawa was the lead animator.
Patrick Tatopoulos designed the backdrop for the video.
The band had to record themselves performing live so that the animators could get a good idea of the kind of moves they need to produce the final video.
The video took over 4 months to create, 2 more than originally planned.
