I doubt there was much crew like in a professional production. Punk thug rappers were probably recording it on their phones, so it looked like any other crime in progress in that sh*thole.
Probably.
A real crew, even for a short video is quite the production.
As the clients, they even had a sun shade and directors chairs for us.
I ended up being the stunt double. The actor didn’t know how to use the product so I was used for all the close up hand shots.
I’ve been the “talent” in a couple video’s a few years ago. One was used on in-store video monitors. Once I stood next to the monitor for about ten minutes and nobody noticed that I was the guy on screen. Totally dejected...not