The guy who was forced to wear the hood throughout would DEFINITELY know how many takes it took, and frankly as a filmmaker, 20- something takes is more impressive than 186. What always impresses me is that Ren has said he's never been able to spend more than 1,000 pounds ($1,200 max) on any of his videos. The absolute SIMPLEST way to drastically cut costs and time would be NOT to do these in 1 take, but for the artistry, he does it anyway. Astonishing.
The self-immolation at the end references a Buddhist tradition, as a way of opening peoples eyes to recognise that they are living 'in a burning house'. Hence the eyes drawn on the mask earlier in the performance.
Much love my friend your videos are some thing ive come to really look forward and appreciate when I put youtube, thank you for all your hard work ! Could you consider adding right here right now and what you want to your rotating ren songs ? They are a lot of fun that's it :) also for your own personal reactions can I request to add falling in reverse watch the world burn and their last resort reimagined song?please and thank you again for your videos and wonderful positivity 🖤🖤
186 takes was "Genesis" as I mentioned on a previous video.... mainly because of having to stop because of traffic, traffic lights and the chippie closing so they had to come back on another day, incidentally Ren was nearly knocked over filming Genesis..
If you watch the interview with Black Pegasus, Samuel Perry-Falvey, the videographer, said Money Game Pt 1 took 168 takes. He and Ren laughed about it and Ren said they redeemed themselves by getting Hi Ren on the third take. They did say Genesis was also a hard one because no one was spotting Sam as he walked backwards and they were dodging traffic, but I don't think they said how many takes it was.
Power & corruption & our obsession with money are endemic & we are blind to it. Hence he draws eyes on the hood, to make the guy 'see'. But he realises it's pointless .. so unalives himself instead.
The self-immolation at the end references a Buddhist tradition, as a way of opening peoples eyes to recognise that they are living 'in a burning house'. Hence the eyes drawn on the mask earlier in the performance.
