Elton John video filmed in Chteauguay for setting, safety

If the classic mid-20th century bungalows in Elton John's new music video for Blue Wonderfullook familiar, it could be because the video was shoton Carr Richard, aresidential street in Chteauguay on Montreal's South Shore.

CBC Montreal's Daybreak spoke to the video's director, Thibaut Duverneix, about hisuse of acrobatics, working under a strict deadline and shooting in Quebec.

On Carr Richard:

"We found that place, and we just loved it. It was exactly what I was looking for," said the Montreal-based Duverneix.

He saidhe is used to working with a certain crew, so he did not want to risk shooting somewhere outside of Quebec.

In terms of security, the production crew also needed to find a space that did not have electrical wires that could interfere with the cranes and wires needed for the shoot.

For that, too, "the place was perfect,"Duverneixsaid.