I had the idea that there would be a conveyor belt for Gaga to help make toys–that would have her hammer on the beat. I decided to go with toy cars. I took several royalty-free photos of sports cars and using blend mode in Photoshop, “melted” them together to create this fictitious car with dynamic sheen. But how to make a car with a hammer motion? I decided to approach it as it it were a candy created wildly in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Thus, I warped the finished car into a blob. The hammer would shape it into a car in a flash of magic. To create the flash effect, I used a bit of light leak footage (not included, but can be found on sites like pixabay, pexels, or videvo.
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JOHN RAYMOND BARKER Represented by ATB Talent, John recently made his network television debut guest starring on Law & Order: SVU. A Master of Fine Arts graduate from the University of Houston School of Theatre, a large part of his training includes working on new plays and musicals with Stuart Ostrow, Edward Albee, Jerry Bock, and Jerry Sterner. John showcases his music on YouTube and around NYC, including a few years in a monthly gig at the legendary Stonewall Inn in Lavinia Draper’s show. His song, “Vampire Drag Queen”, can be bought on iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon and other online music stores, and in December 2018 , he released his debut album, Our First Christmas Together.