AYINDE ANDERSON DP'S BIG SEAN'S "HARDER THAN MY DEMONS" LIVE ON FALLON

Ayinde DPed this video for a taping of The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. Pre-pandemic, Big Sean would have performed the song live, but since that was not possible, director Child’s concept strikes a balance that offers all the immediacy of a stage performance with the cinematic beauty of a music video. In one of the key moments, Ayinde and his team used a signature Spike Lee dolly shot to take Big Sean from the living room (a set built for the project) into darkness that then reveals another world and a series of characters. “As a technician, I thought about how to accomplish that practically,” notes Ayinde. “It quickly goes from lighting that’s more naturalistic—lamps lighting the set—and becomes a theatrical approach, with spotlights and colored lighting.”