I had an idea for a music video for “Don’t Call Me Honey” shortly before Thanksgiving. The inspiration was Ingrid Thulin from Cries and Whispers. I haven’t seen the movie in a really long time and, honestly, I could be remembering it all wrong. But, what stuck with me from it were the formality of Ingrid Thulin’s attire and numerous lingering shots of her and Liv Ullmann just simply staring at the screen. Their gaze seemed to say, “you, as a viewer of this little drama, don’t/can’t/won’t ever know what we are thinking.” I didn’t think that Tricia would be game for the video. Musically, I haven’t hit the limit of Tricia’s willingness to go avant garde. But, a video is something different, especially one where the spotlight is solely on such a shy and quiet person. On Black Friday, Tricia didn’t have work, Julie wasn’t travelling anywhere (a rarity these days), and Joe had his house to himself. So, we moved on it despite the fact that none of us know anything about producing or editing videos. Highlights of the day included me, Joe and Tricia going blouse shopping and Tricia drumming along to Slayer for the middle section of the video. It’s rare that I have a fast turnaround time for Various Eggs projects, but the video is done, or, I’m burnt out on working on it. Many thanks to Various Eggs who filmed this with me: Tricia, Julie and Joe. To J.B. for his scathing critique of the first and second drafts that scared me into working on it a lot more. And to Coldon for doing some post work on it to save me from completely embarrassing myself. -LJ https://youtube/watch?v=_bZL57TY8hc
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:13:37 +0000
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