In
the
early
'90s,
Paul
André
Blom
entered
the
digital
age
of
movie
making.
With
a
love
for
motion
pictures
and
the
urge
to
create
them,
but
hardly
the
physical
means
to
do
so,
Paul
landed
a
freelance
job
with
Clear
Communication.
The
company
had
purchased
one
of
the
first
few
Mac-based
Media
100
editing
suites,
with
a
whopping
3
gigabytes!
But,
they
had
no-one
to
operate
the
machine.
Paul
is
the
drummer
for
influential
South
African
Metal
band
Voice
Of
Destruction
(V.O.D),
and
the
band's
guitarist
(Greg
McEwan)
was
doing
design
work
for
CC.
He
knew
Paul
had
an
affinity
for
movies
and
suggested
he
be
the
test-driver.
Having
never
worked
on
a
high-end
Macintosh,
he
set
out
to
learn
the
ropes.
As
a
test
run
he
decided
to
get
together
all
the
recent
V.O.D
footage
and
start
to
construct
something
watchable
and
get
to
know
the
machine's
ins
&
outs.
Cameramen
included
Philip
Francis,
Russell
King
and
David
Van
Blerk.
After
several
months,
the
result
was
an
almost
2
hour
epic
of
various
V.O.D
live
performances
from
1993
with
interviews
and
backstage
footage
interspersed.
In
some
cases
the
transition
FX
and
titling
seems
a
little
elaborate,
but
it
is
understandable
as
a
"learning
tool
project".
The
VHS
video
was
released
under
Paul's
then
Flowerpower
/
Underground
Productions
label
(since
then
changed
to
Flamedrop
Productions
&
Flamedrop
Pictures).
At
this
time
V.O.D
was
reaching
a
peak
and
had
signed
to
Inhouse
Records
in
Johannesburg
(who
seriously
stiffed
them
and
many
other
bands
of
the
era).
In
1994
the
band
signed
to
Morbid
Records
in
Germany
and
ventured
to
the
UK
in
1995
to
record
their
album
Bloedrivier
at
Academy
Studios
in
Yorkshire
(home
of
such
bands
like
Paradise
Lost,
My
Dying
Bride
and
Cradle
Of
Filth).
From
there
the
band
did
a
European
Tour
covering
the
UK,
Czech
Republic,
Germany,
Netherlands,
France,
Spain,
Ireland
and
more.
A
DVD
version
of
the
V.O.D
-
Live
'93
tape
is
under
consideration.
In
1998/99
Flamedrop
shot
Super-8
footage
for
V.O.D's
song
Needledive,
taken
from
the
Bloedrivier
album
recorded
in
the
UK.
Bassist
Diccon
was
still
in
the
UK
and
substitute
bassist
Tom
Somers
was
used
as
additional
guitarist
for
the
video.
The
video
lay
dormant
and
was
only
edited
in
2006
as
part
of
the
extra
material
for
the
Bloedrivier
10th
anniversary
re-release!
Blood
featured
strongly
in
the
clip
and
Paul
devised
a
narcotics
cop
&
drug
dealer
narrative
amid
the
other
footage
which
included
a
pre-Matrix
bullet-time
effect.
V.O.D:
Welcome
To
South
Africaaaargh!!!
In
1998/99
Flamedrop
shot
Super-8
footage
for
V.O.D's
song
Needledive,
taken
from
the
Bloedrivier
album
recorded
in
the
UK.
Bassist
Diccon
was
still
in
the
UK
and
substitute
bassist
Tom
Somers
was
used
as
additional
guitarist
for
the
video.
The
video
lay
dormant
and
was
only
edited
in
2006
as
part
of
the
extra
material
for
the
Bloedrivier
10th
anniversary
re-release!
