Chervona, a local band on the rise, is looking for one or more video-inclined person(s) to join our team. We are a multicultural, multilingual band that plays high energy music inspired by Eastern European, Klezmer and Gypsy traditions. Our "story" focuses on the Russian-born founders of the group and their struggle to establish a band in the States as well as the recent surge in demand for Eastern European music, especially in Portland. Since our line up consists of both American-born and non-American-born players (three members of the band have emigrated from the former Soviet Union, one from Poland, our vision artist from Lithuania), there is also a story within the band to be told centering around culture and language.
Next to gigs at festivals and in venues, we play an active role in the Portland community (bike events, social events etc.) and we'd love to get some documentary-style video (live performance, interviews etc.) of the band's happenings, both on and off the stage. You'll have full access to gigs, rehearsals and any other band interactions you'd like to attend and/or shoot. You'll also have a huge amount of artistic input in determining what the final product looks like. We've been envisioning a monthly installment to distribute to fans on youtube primarily but if you have other ideas or concepts in mind we'd love to hear them.
As our budget for video at the moment consists solely of perks, this gig is unpaid, but if you're looking for a great story to put on your reel, great times, fun shows, free drinks, food and creative folks to work with, give us a call. We'd like to have someone on board to start shooting by November 28th, if possible. You can find more information about the band at www.myspace.com/chervona or send an e-mail to: andre at starbugs.com.
- Location: Portland
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- Compensation: no pay