Shawty Lo shoots the ’hood for ‘Atlanta, GA’ video
How to make a hot video in 20-degree weather — a study in contrasts
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Yesterday’s video shoot for Shawty Lo’s “Atlanta, GA” single (produced by Insane Wayne and featuring Ludacris, the Dream and an incarcerated Gucci Mane) offered the ultimate study in contrasts.
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Two luxury tour buses hugged Angier Park at the corner of Boulevard, where video director Mr. Boomtown and his film crew were setting up the obligatory hangin’-in-the-hood shot in 20-degree weather. Surrounded by Boulevard’s conspicuous Section 8 housing, they’d scouted the location specifically for its rough exterior. But finding the perfect, authentic spot had proved more challenging than they’d imagined.
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“We had the project scene written into the treatment but it was hard to find one ’cause so many projects been torn down,” Boomtown said. Shawty Lo’s native Bowen Homes was not an option either since the notorious Bankhead housing project was demolished in 2009.