Vinnie Mak: Nameless Holds No Bars

About the Vinnie Mak Nameless Holds No Bars video

I teamed up with Vinnie Mak, a talented musician and vocalist from my hometown of East London in South Africa, to put a story and visuals to this haunting track. The song is lonely, disorientating and surreal, and I wanted the visuals and the story to match.

In the film, Vinnie sheds the shackles and deafening isolation of modern city living and sets out on a journey of seeking something beyond, ultimately returning to the Source.

A return home

We shot in and around East London, a city we both grew up in and one now marked by decay as time has passed. For both of us the shoot was a journey in itself. Like the protagonist, we travelled out of the city as filming went on, and found that the nature around the city limits has remained pristine and timeless, an image of the Source.

From unreleased version to EP

This is the unreleased version of the track that later became the backbone of the more upbeat “Nameless” on Vinnie’s 2023 EP Shades of Man. Vinnie’s music defies genre, from hip-hop to jazz to house and everything in between.

After the music video I upgraded his online presence by creating animated album-art videos for his whole catalogue of released songs. They are shown below.

Music video and promo work

I write, film and edit narrative music videos on small budgets. If you have a track that needs a story, see my video editing and DP services in Zurich or browse more of my video projects.

How I make films like Vinnie Mak Nameless Holds No Bars

My approach is the same whether the film is a documentary, an advert or a social campaign. I start with what the film has to achieve and who will watch it, plan the shoot around that, film what the story needs and edit it to the point. Because I usually write, direct, film and edit myself, there are fewer hand-offs, the decisions stay consistent from first idea to final file and the client deals with one person. I deliver the formats each channel needs, from broadcast files to vertical cuts for social media. To see more films like Vinnie Mak Nameless Holds No Bars, browse my video production portfolio or get in touch about your own project.