On Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night), my work focused on both the edit and visual effects, helping continue the story established in Everybody Talks. As the second chapter in the band's interconnected music video series, the project reunited much of the same cast and crew, allowing us to build directly on the visual language and world we had already established.
The video was filmed at the former Linda Vista Community Hospital, a location our team at Weapons of Mass Entertainment had worked in several times before. Its long corridors, aging interior, and naturally eerie atmosphere provided the perfect backdrop for the video's transformation from a seemingly normal school day into a full-blown zombie nightmare.
One of the biggest production challenges was the schedule. The entire video was shot in a single day, beginning with the classroom scenes staged as a typical school environment. After dinner, production shifted into the horror portion of the shoot. The same sets were relit and transformed while the cast underwent extensive zombie makeup applications as quickly as possible to maximize our limited shooting time. Watching an ordinary classroom evolve into a chaotic zombie outbreak over the course of a few hours was one of the most impressive parts of the production.
As editor, my focus was on maintaining continuity between Everybody Talks and Lessons in Love while balancing the video's shifting tone. The story moves from comedy to suspense to full horror parody, and the pacing had to support each transition without losing momentum. On the visual effects side, I worked to enhance the practical makeup and horror elements while helping sell the increasingly surreal world the characters find themselves trapped inside.
