For the killer Paris Is Burning, Ladyhawke hits the street, striding through feathers, fireworks and tickertape accompanied by a wolf. Yes, a real wolf. Just like what probably happens in the movie from whence she takes her Marmite name.

For Red Light Company it's a straight performance, playing with camera movement and light. The budgets for the two videos may be modest, but Casper has also worked with top camera guys on these; Simon Chaudoir for the Red Light Company video, and Kasper Tuxen for Ladyhawke.

Casper Balslev on the Ladyhawke's Paris Is Burning video:

"Ladyhawke is my second promo for Modular [after Presets]. As usual the brief was open, which I like.

"We shot the video in May, near Borough market in London. We had done research on shooting in Paris and Prague, but ended up shooting in London for practical reasons. Also I didn't want to portray a known Paris anyway, or take it too literally.

"The song is very up tempo and changes a lot, so a walk was a really simple and cool way to present her and the song. Its almost a genre, walking towards the camera. I watched a lot of simular themed videos, like Beat It, or Bittersweet Symphony. I was also inspired by some fashion photography.

"I came up with the wolf, after seeing some of Pip's (Ladyhawke's) wardrobe. She has lots of T-shirts with animal prints on, she really likes animals. The wolf also reminded me of the movie Ladyhawke, and fantasy movies in general. And then it's just a cool looking night animal.

"It's easy to write a wolf into a script. And it was pretty easy to get, but a bit expensive. We got it from this company that specializes in all kind of animals for film production. But it's a dangerous animal to have on set, so we had to be careful. We had some safety
restrictions, and the wolf lost its concentration after a while, but we had a back-up wolf anyway, just in case. Most movie animals come in pairs, and they were howling on the set...

"Shooting a night shoot in late May was a bit stressful. We were on a really tight schedule. I wish we had two nights for the shoot, or just another time of the year, with more night hours..."

"The band and label wanted a really simple, cool looking, performance video. I think the reference was Suede or Killers.

"I can spend days writing on a treatment. This one I wrote and did the sketches in a few hours. Originally it was set in a natural environment, with a forest surrounding them.

"I had this idea about moving the light on tracks around objects - the band - parallel with the camera. And just moving the light and shadows. Simon Chaudoir the DP, had had a similar idea for some time. So besides having some motion sickness while shooting, we had fun doing this."

Watch 'Ladyhawke and Red Light Company by Casper Balslev' here