FatsO: When They Fall
"WHEN THEY FALL" is the latest music video by the Jazz/Rock band - FatsO (Bogota, Colombia). - Released March 2021
Filmed on location in Texas and featuring a song about war, around the terror that some may feel in the moments before an attack.
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Marcelo De StefanoDirector
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Daniel RestrepoProducer
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Marcelo De StefanoProducer
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Tori Gene McCarthyProducer
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Alexa CaparedaKey Cast
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Chandler DaltonKey Cast
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Ellen FarrellKey Cast
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Elizabeth FarrellKey Cast
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Tori Gene McCarthyCinematography
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Daniel RestrepoMusic & Lyrics
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Marcelo De StefanoChoreography
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Project Type:Experimental, Music Video, Short, Student, Web / New Media, Other
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Genres:contemporary, Jazz, Rock, Blues, WWII, TEXAS, Historical
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Runtime:5 minutes 32 seconds
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Completion Date:March 26, 2021
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Production Budget:800 USD
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Country of Origin:Colombia
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital, Micro four thirds
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes - University of Texas at Austin
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6th Annual Bogota Music Video Fest 2021Bogota
Colombia
November 25, 2021
Latin American Premiere
Official Selection -
6th Annual Austin Music Video Fest 2021Austin, Texas
United States
December 1, 2021
North American Premiere
Overachiever Nominee
Documentary filmmaker from Saltillo, Coahuila with a degree in Radio, Film and Television from the University of Texas at Austin. His thesis / documentary TOYAH about the Texan town of the same name, received its North American premiere at SXSW 2022 as part of the Longhorn Denius Showcase. It previously won the Audience Award at VERTIFILMS 2021 in Prague, Czech Republic and was nominated for Best Short Film at the 27th LINEA D'OMBRA 2022 in Salerno, Italy. His documentary work focuses on themes regarding immigration, Chicano identity, as well as the human intervened landscape shared between Texas and Mexico.
Marcelo is also a music video director and cinematographer. His work has been presented at various other festivals such as the Buenos Aires International Film Festival 2021, the Austin Music Video Fest 2021 and the Bogotá Music Video Fest 2021.
Most recently, he was chosen by filmmaker Richard Linklater to receive the 2022 TEXAS WATER FOUNDATION AWARD in recognition of his latest short documentary film - VALLE.
The film transmits the pain and anguish of the song through interpretative dance. The movement of our subjects and scenery selected, depict the imagery of loss, solitude and destruction, all effects of war, while at the same time showing the strength of the human spirit and its ability to bestow beauty upon the world, even in the worst of circumstances.