Camera: Canon HV20
Editor: Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0
Photography: HD 1080i/24p (pulldown not removed)

A music video I made (unofficial) for the song "Banshee Beat" by Animal Collective.

This video has an interesting history. Back in September (2008), I downloaded a leaked copy of the film, The Go-Getter (imdb.com/title/tt0479289/). I had already pre-ordered the DVD, but was interested in checking it out a month or so early.

The film is overall a disappointment. I assumed the uninteresting and threadbare plot would be saved by its being a road movie, but the movie lacked the deep road ramblings I was expecting. Instead, it was just shallow, pseudo metaphysical garbage.

But the photography and editing... it's as if I did it. The whole thing plays out like I was the director of photography and editor but working with a writer/director who couldn't write himself out of a paper bag.

For that reason, the connection isn't exactly flattering I suppose, but it was fascinating to watch it from that perspective.

The opening scene features a snippet of this song, Banshee Beat--not much, but enough to leave a impression on me. I sought the song out, and I realized that the way writer/director Martin Hynes utilizes it in the movie is very similar to the way I would utilize it in one of my works, had I not even seen The Go-Getter. Of course, I did see The Go-Getter first, but I still get the eerie vibe that I would have done something similar.

Realizing that my vision is still different enough to hold merit, I went ahead and made it.