I Turned a Lens Test Into a Punk Music Video | Ep 16 | Director and the DOP

Liam breaks down Human Fking Wrecking Ball — the most personal thing he's ever made, and it started as a lens test.Asked to shoot a test video for Sigma's new autofocus cine lens, Liam refused to make the usual soulless lens-chart reel. Instead he drove to Wollongong, spent two days shooting UFC prospect Colby Thickness on a single lens, and — when the footage refused to become the slow mini-doc he'd planned — turned it into a 59-second punk promo, screaming the vocal track himself into a mic in the bush with his young son on headphones.It's a story about the rush of pure creativity, why three colliding deadlines are the only reason the thing exists, and what it actually takes to make something that's 100% you.Then, Life of a Freelancer: when to make passion projects, why Ethan doesn't, why short production windows beat long ones — and the genuinely hardest part of leading your own project (it's feeding people).00:24 Intro05:26 The Breakdown: Human Fking Wrecking Ball06:26 The lens test that became a promo12:33 From mini-doc to punk video17:22 Screaming it into a mic in the bush28:33 The grade34:40 Life of a Freelancer: passion projects🎙️ New episodes weekly.#thedirectorandthedop #passionproject #cinematography #filmmaking