Sarah McLachlan's Music Video Budget
BY CYNDI GREENING, PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA - Anyone who knows me knows that I love, love, love the music of Sarah McLachlan. The founder of Lilith Fair, McLachlan is a powerful activist and artist. Today, Gina sent me a link to her music video for her song World on Fire. The music video is very simple because McLachlan simply sits and sings while title cards, graphics and photographs go by explaining how she *really* used her music video budget. She cites the price for things like hair and makeup ($5000) or the production company ($11000) and how that money was used in places like South Africa, Kenya, Afghanistan and Calcutta. It's an awesome piece.
I told Alec about it tonight and he said it's been running for quite a while on MTV and VH1. Dang it! I feel so behind the times! Press this World on Fire Link to view the video.