Joe Hahn hasn't only been DJ-ing for the rap-rock outfit Linkin Park through the years, he's also been directing their music videos.
Hahn recently told Billboard that he took those experiences – directing about 30 of the band's videos – with him to Hollywood to direct his feature length debut, Mall.
"The music videos, they're all experiments in themselves," Hahn said. "The songs themselves indicate some kind of structure that you're able to easily follow – you can choose to construct a concrete narrative or an abstract narrative, then experiment with some visual techniques to help punctuate the emotion. So I took that attitude into the filmmaking, where the script has to be really solid, just like the way a song has to be solid for the videos to be even greater for what the song is by itself. It's just all about building blocks and having an idea of what you want to do and mapping out a plan and how to achieve it."
The movie, which stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Gina Gershon, Cameron Monaghan and James Frecheville, shows how the lives of a few strangers come together in the wake of a shooting spree, according to IMDb. "I don't think I was intimidated by anything," he said about making the movie. "I think it's a matter of breaking things down and dissecting how things are going to work and choosing the right crew, the right actors, having a great script –– and I loved the script from the moment I read it."
Hahn also said that he turned to Linkin Park bandmates Mike Shinoda, Chester Bennington and Dave Farrell to provide music for the film, which opens Oct. 17.
Watch a clip from the movie below and check out the trailer on YouTube.
