A music video for " Freak on a Leash " was released on February 5 , 1999 , and debuted on '' Total Request Live '' . It was directed by Todd McFarlane who was assisted by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris . The music video contains a mixture of animation and live performance footage . Although it was expected to be released in January 1999 , it was pushed back to February 1999 . The video starts with an animated segment directed by McFarlane , where the children ( including a cameo appearance of Korn as some of the children ) playing hopscotch on a cliff the artist drew for the '' Follow the Leader '' cover are interrupted by a policeman . An accidentally-fired bullet from the policeman 's gun breaks out of the animated world into the real world and wreaks much property damage ( while narrowly avoiding hitting many people ) . The bullet then enters a Korn poster ( exactly at the break in the middle of the song ) and flies around the members of Korn before Jonathan Davis shouts " Go ! " ( signaling the end of the break ) to send the bullet back the way it came until it returns to the animated world . Once back in the animated world , the girl in red ( also from the album cover ) catches the bullet and gives it to the policeman , to which the bullet dissipates ; the children leave as the policeman stares at his empty hands bewildered as the camera then focuses on the loose " No Trespassing " sign ; which then leads up to the follow-up video for " Falling Away from Me " featured on the band 's then next album '' Issues '' . The directory work was described as combining " special effects and clever camera moves in the live action portion of the video . " The video won awards for Best Editing and Best Rock Video at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards , and later received the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 2000 . It became the ninth video that was retired from '' Total Request Live '' on May 11 , 1999 . The music video was also featured on '' Deuce ''
1999 MTV Video Music Awards
1999 MTV Video Music Awards
Freak on a Leash