St. Thomas - Cornerman (music video)

Описание: Music video for the St. Thomas song "Cornerman," from the 2001 album "I'm Coming Home." The very first St. Thomas music video.

Director: Ola Bratsås.
Featuring: Claes Olsen and Thomas Hansen plus some friends.
Shot in: Various locations in Mexico, Belize and Oslo, Norway.
Camera: Super 8.

The plans for the first St. Thomas video were put into life when the boss of Thomas' record label Racing Junior, Claes Olsen, was going on vacation to Mexico with a friend of his, director Ola Brattås. Brattås thought Mexico was an excellent setting for a music video, but as Thomas was not going to be there with them, Claes had to take the role as The Cornerman.

The setting of the video is that The Cornerman steals a guitar case and has to travel a long way to get it to the venue where St. Thomas is sitting and waiting for him. The video shows The Cornerman on his way through a lot of different locations, and when he finally gets to St. Thomas it turns out the guitar is not quite what everyone expected.

The footage from Mexico was shot in Mexico City, San Christobal, Playa Del Carmen and other towns, while the boat scenes were shot around Belize. The footage featuring Thomas was shot at Last Train in Oslo, Norway, on Sunday July 22nd 2001. There were also some footage that was shot on a bus trip from Mexico City, but this footage was lost when sent to Norway in the mail, and no one knows where it ended up.

The scenes featuring Thomas were shot in the very early Sunday morning the day after the director and Claes got back from Mexico, as they were nearing a deadline for the video to be finished. Some friends were quickly gathered to participate as the audience. Initially the video was supposed to end with The Cornerman being hit in the head with the guitar, but partly due to bad light when this scene was shot and partly because the director wanted a happy ending, it was replaced with a scene with Thomas getting The Cornerman's cowboy hat, and everyone smiling.