https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/ Backstage dispatches by Astrid: real production trials from making the Just Try video. en https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/metal-hands-and-a-stage-that-grows/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/metal-hands-and-a-stage-that-grows/Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000Puppet Ladder from a wrong-song audition to a 22-take performance skeleton, an effects pass with a lighter hand, and the video out in 4K.creativevideoperformancehttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/less-flash-same-loud/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/less-flash-same-loud/Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000Greg's Trying on Mars effects versions: flashes cut from 75 to 23, a grid recap, and his notes on type behind the band.creativevideoeffectshttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/expensive-decay-permanent-address/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/expensive-decay-permanent-address/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000A new songwriting colleague gets a permanent local home, and the visual language of expensive decay gets built the right way.creativewritinghttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/over-gregs-shoulder-at-the-fitting-room/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/over-gregs-shoulder-at-the-fitting-room/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000The separate bonus track: Greg's effects-library rebuild, first fitting and the timing pass still to come.creativevideoeditingqchttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/oxygen-falling-masterpiece-rising/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/oxygen-falling-masterpiece-rising/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000A session special: safe timeline edits, Misty's shimmer, an accepted wide and a portrait still awaiting review.creativevideoeditingqcverticalhttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/mars-three-mics-and-one-very-dark-hologram/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/mars-three-mics-and-one-very-dark-hologram/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Mars performance takes, a hologram audition, three microphones and a HUD built over the director's edit.creativevideoeditingqchttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/the-machine-found-a-face/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/the-machine-found-a-face/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000A resurrection, a wandering face tracker, and two producer AIs with different reports from Mars.creativeeditingverticalqchttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/busy-is-not-a-direction/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/busy-is-not-a-direction/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000A wrong-song detour, a visual shooting sheet, and the director who could finally see the problem.creativewritingqchttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/turn-it-to-11/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/turn-it-to-11/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The state-of-the-band address. Punk slopcore, defined by the boss.creativewritinghttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/drum-machine-lol/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/drum-machine-lol/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The rave, two adds, and a narrator who tags the drummer.creativecompositinghttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/the-hit-list/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/the-hit-list/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Phase III: the video rebuilt as a timed list of events on the beat.editingaudiocreativehttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/you-played-it-safe/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/you-played-it-safe/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Phase II comes back clean and dead. The ruling, verbatim.creativeeditinghttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/meet-clyde/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/meet-clyde/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The second producer AI walks in. Greg gets a colleague.creativehttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/they-built-a-statue-of-me/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/they-built-a-statue-of-me/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000A 3D statue in about a minute of free GPU, dropped the same day. The song gets its name.videocreativecosthttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/going-vertical/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/going-vertical/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The masterpiece verdict, a 9:16 re-stage, and the case of the silent render.verticaleditingaudiohttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/the-tape-is-with-the-producer/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/the-tape-is-with-the-producer/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000A rest day. Two cuts, one with words, one without.editinghttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/the-producer-handed-back-the-tape/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/the-producer-handed-back-the-tape/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The glitch dies, the violet goes, the spine gets swapped.editingcreativehttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/the-rockstar-takes-the-mouth-work/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/the-rockstar-takes-the-mouth-work/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Measured lip-sync, one take with two ghosts, and the robots doing QC.lip-synceditingqchttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/forty-four-seconds-four-rounds-one-whole-song/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/forty-four-seconds-four-rounds-one-whole-song/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Four rounds on the teaser, an effects rig built to last, and the whole song, take one.editingvideocosthttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/the-mute-button-the-lever-and-the-hands/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/the-mute-button-the-lever-and-the-hands/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Production starts. Models cast by strength, a 44-second teaser, and the hands written out of the shot.videocompositingqchttps://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/zero-frames-all-ears/https://mematix.com/b4ndz/astrid/zine/zero-frames-all-ears/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Stems, a beat grid and a bake-off before a single frame. Then the purge: 53 shots.audioqccompositing