"Everyday" with Dean Karr

DEAN KARR · #1 03-25-2009, 08:05 AM

It was a tremendous honor to Direct Stevie Nicks music video for "Everyday". I had a great time collaborating with her on every level! My favorite scene was the black hedges with the two black swans. She looked KILLER at this location. Someone just this morning asked me to elaborate on the story Stevie told on the "Crystal Visions" dvd about me asking her to lie in the swan pond. It took me a minute to remember this, but I was after a performance of her appearing as if "floating" weightlessly on top of the water, as I shot it from directly above her while she sang her lyrics. I knew it was a stretch, but hey, at least I asked her.....It was a two day shoot and I remember being so excited to get to set each morning to make beautiful images with her. I've compiled a truly rare and intimate "Behind the Scenes" book, which I'm making available to fans of hers and mine. If anyone has questions about the shoot or is interested in obtaining one of these cool books email me at [email protected] they are $175 each + $15 insured shipping and handling. Payapl is best and I will get out to you the same day I receive payment via Priority Mail, which usually takes to days to get to your doorstep.

Dean Karr/Director

kak125 · #2 03-25-2009, 10:30 AM

wow thank you for sharing! these pics are really cool.

GODDESS6 · #3 03-25-2009, 10:36 AM

very cool shots, i love this video & the black swan part is one of my favs in the video, along w/ her in the peach dress~

BTFLCHLD · #4 03-25-2009, 11:05 AM

The director of "Everyday" has visited The Ledge?!

Great work!!! I would love to see more BTS of this video shoot...cool shots below...are there more??

Jill, refresh my memory, did Stevie say she liked that peach dress? And, didn't she make a comment regarding the dead-table and tree-waiting concepts?

RockALittle250 · #5 03-25-2009, 11:09 AM

Thanks for sharing these with us Dean!

By the way, since you directed the Dave Matthews Band "Crash into Me" music video, what do you think of Stevie's cover of "Crash" that's on her upcoming CD?

DEAN KARR · #6 03-25-2009, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

The director of "Everyday" has visited The Ledge?!

Great work!!! I would love to see more BTS of this video shoot...cool shots below...are there more??

Jill, refresh my memory, did Stevie say she liked that peach dress? And, didn't she make a comment regarding the dead-table and tree-waiting concepts?

The peach dress wasn't a "hit" for myself or Stevie. It was made by two costume designers and wasn't available to preview until on set. The outcome dampened the day for a moment, but we got back on track.

nailatixela · #7 03-25-2009, 11:13 AM

I thought producers get paid enough money so they don't have to sell stuff like this?

However I might like something like this for the best music video in the world - Gypsy. I know you already sold all of these pics on ebay Dean - thankfully a fan posted them some time for us all.

Stevie said she hated the peach dress.

It also sounded like Stevie and Dean didn't get along very together very well.

louielouie2000 · #8 03-25-2009, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by nailatixela

I thought producers get paid enough money so they don't have to sell stuff like this?

However I might like something like this for the best music video in the world - Gypsy. I know you already sold all of these pics on ebay Dean - thankfully a fan posted them some time for us all.

Stevie said she hated the peach dress.

It also sounded like Stevie and Dean didn't get along very together very well.

I have to say, of all Stevie's videos, with and without Fleetwood Mac, Everyday is my favorite. It just captures her essence completely. Those pictures are beautiful... any Stevie fan would love to have them!

So was the theme for the video your idea?

Is Stevie as much of a diva to work with as she'd seem like?

BTFLCHLD · #9 03-25-2009, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by DEAN KARR

The peach dress wasn't a "hit" for myself or Stevie. It was made by two costume designers and wasn't available to preview until on set. The outcome dampened the day for a moment, but we got back on track.

oh, I'm not really into the costumes...as such.

My favorite parts of the video are stevie 'grayscale', the dinner table present/haunt, the black swans and rock visuals and that verycool thingy that happens at 1:18...hehe.

gretchen · #10 03-25-2009, 11:54 AM

Dean thank you so much for sharing these beautiful images. "Everyday" is a gorgeous piece of work.

ontheEdgeof17 · #11 03-25-2009, 11:58 AM

Besides her Tusk look, Stevie in the peach dress has been my favorite look of hers. I don't know why she didn't like it?

GODDESS6 · #12 03-25-2009, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Besides her Tusk look, Stevie in the peach dress has been my favorite look of hers. I don't know why she didn't like it?

i agree w/ you curtis, the dress, the hairstyle, just gorgeous!!!~

DEAN KARR · #13 03-25-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Besides her Tusk look, Stevie in the peach dress has been my favorite look of hers. I don't know why she didn't like it?

It came down to the wire as far as nobody knowing how exactly it would fit till we were on set. Thats just the way that it goes sometimes with production, especially when record labels don't award the jobs until four days before shooting. The couple who made it needed every last hour to finish it. When it arrived on set it was a combo of Stevie and I being unhappy with the color and the ruffles. We expected a little different hue and the fit of the dress needed to be re-adjusted a bit on set. We overcame it and moved on, but it was a bit of an issue. You could always ask Nailatixela she seems to KNOW quite a bit, I didn't know she was on set......

BTFLCHLD · #14 03-25-2009, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DEAN KARR

You could always ask Nailatixela she seems to KNOW quite a bit, I didn't know she was on set......

hehe

Dean, I sent you a private message...but maybe I should send you a note on AOL...in the case you aren't familiar with the private message system?

DEAN KARR · #15 03-25-2009, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

hehe

Dean, I sent you a private message...but maybe I should send you a note on AOL...in the case you aren't familiar with the private message system?

GOT IT! Thanks I'll check that link out.