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Artist: rockband "Opium" (Oleksandr Ivashchuk, Roman Kucherak, Anton Minchuk, Yaroslav Shved, Volodymyr Kotliarov, Sviatoslav Chetyrkin)
Song: "Microphone"
Directed by: Yuri Dobrus
Director of photography: Mychaylo Yavorsky
Steadicam: Ihor Gursky
Photo: Dmytro Shatsky, Yuri Rusyniak, Anastasia Cherepiy
Make-up & style: Ksenia Lapo
Location: "Panorama Pub Internationale" (Ivano-Frankivsk, Pivnichnyy Bulvar str. 2À, «Panorama Plaza», 5 fl.)

November 29, 2011 in Ivano-Frankivskat one of the largest pubs in Western Ukraine"Panorama Pub Internationale» shooting a video clip for song "Microphone" of the band "Opium" took place. This song will enter the new album, on which members of the band are working at the moment.

"Microphone" - a song especially for musicians, so the idea of video focused on the stage and musical instruments. À very comfortable atmosphere of "Panorama Pub Internationale" in Ivano-Frankivsk had conduced to make such a focus. Decor and design of pub allowed to highlight the director's intention in the best way.

Olexandr Ivashchuk, frontman of the rockband "Opium": "We have longwanted to make a video for this song, because not so much songs had been dedicated to musicians. Yuri Dobrus as a director successfully caught and realized our point, his idea of the clip wonderful and simple highlights the song. "Microphone" was the second joint project of the band and Yuri and his team and we hope not the last."

Yuri Dobrus, director: "I worked with pleasure – everything had been done clearly and consistently! Everybody did their best for the result! I look forward to beginning work on film editing."

Indeed. The process of shooting took place as planned and directed. All stages of it were specified and designed in advance, so there was no technical failures or delays. The shooting team of Yuri Dobrus showed its professionalism and high skills during the work.

The presentation of clip "Microphone" is scheduled for the beginning of 2012 in Ivano-Frankivsk at "Panorama Pub Internationale», on site where the video had been shot. The hometown premiere at Lviv and series of presentational concerts of the Opium in different cities of Ukraine are also planning to take place.