JP Cenzo – What You Want (It’s Not Me) Official Story Video, 4min,. USA
Directed by Paul Cenzoprano
JP Cenzo band music story video, the birth, life and death of a relationship.

https://www.instagram.com/jpcenzo/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-jp-cenzo-what-you-want

Get to know filmmaker Paul Cenzo:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

[JP Cenzo Band’s Paul Cenzo: I was motivated by a vision of the song’s deeper meaning. The song is about relationships and how they come together and fall apart. I believed a visual would add depth and perspective to a song I believe speaks to the universal issues of love and relationships that we can all relate to.]

2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?

[JP Cenzo Band’s Paul Cenzo: It was a one day shoot in September 2024, that took about 1 ½ months to prepare and about another month of editing sessions to complete]

3. How would you describe your film in two words!?

[JP Cenzo Band’s Paul Cenzo: Broken Romance]

4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?

[JP Cenzo Band’s Paul Cenzo: Renting a vintage automobile for the shoot. The shoot would not have worked without it. I had so many options I was working on and felt like it was turning into a disaster procuring a the car. Owner’s would let me drive it or want extra insurance, or just would not commit. The week of the shoot I got unbelievably lucky. I company called Cloud 9 Exotics had a vintage 1966 Cadillac

DeVille convertible and I rented it like a regular rental. It was awesome. Cloud 9 Exotics car was more of a luxury/Sports car rental IE Lamborghini and Ferries, but they purchased the 1966 Cadillac in an Estate Sale. The car only had 1200 miles on it.]

5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?

[JP Cenzo Band’s Paul Cenzo: I thought the feedback was insightful and provided some perspectives I had not fully considered, like the use of masks, as way to hide yourself from a partner. Also it felt great that many of symbolism and subtext was picked up by the audience, IE that Sasquatch represented conflict between them.]

6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?

[JP Cenzo Band’s Paul Cenzo: When we were completed the final mix and speaking to Don Chaffin who was engineering the final mix and was helping produce the final song suggested shooting a video with a vintage car and that he had a drone camera we could use.]

7. What film have you seen the most in your life?

[Fifth Element]

8. What other elements of the festival experience can we and other festivals implement to satisfy you and help you further your filmmaking career?

[JP Cenzo Band’s Paul Cenzo: Doing broadcast interviews, raw public reaction in addition to the feedback. I think this Festival has done a fantastic job, having the audience feedback on video is unique and first festival I have encounter that is doing that and send it to us to watch😊]

9. You submitted to the festival via FilmFreeway. How has your experiences been working on the festival platform site?

[JP Cenzo Band’s Paul Cenzo: It’s a great platform, and I use it to keep track of my projects and the status of the festivals I have entered.]

10. What is your favorite meal?

[JP Cenzo Band’s Paul Cenzo: That’s easy, root beer, Sicilian pizza slice and for dessert, Savoiardi cookies and milk]

11. What is next for you? A new film?

[JP Cenzo Band’s Paul Cenzo: We just finished shoot four song episodic videos, each song start with an late-night format, show host introduce a comedy sketch, then a song from JP Cenzo performance. We start editing in two weeks. We used the same actors from the “What You Want (It’s Not Me) Video.]