From "Junior Boys Share VHS Fantasy Video For 'Over It'" on Thump:
...Directed by Canadian filmmaker, Lee Skinner, it starts with a lone bearded figure sitting in silence in a bar, then seems to travel into his VHS-styled fantasy of "directing" of a Junior Boys video. It's all fittingly outfitted with kitschy green screen effects and low budget charm.
In a previous THUMP interview, the band said that the song is about a "local eccentric" who frequents The Brain, a bar in Hamilton, Ontario co-owned by band member Jeremy Greenspan. It doesn't seem like too much of a stretch to suggest that the video's star might just be that man himself, perhaps pictured in that very bar—a well-earned cameo, if so...
The video does indeed feature the man that inspired the song: Hamilton musician, painter, and writer Martin Verrall. It was one of the many ideas that Jeremy Greenspan had when he came to me about doing a video for "Over It." Other elements he wanted to incorporate references to Hilarious House of Frightenstein (especially the Wolf Man), and inspiration from Beat Club, SCTV, and an old music video for German artist Andreas Dorau. It was my job synthesize these ideas into a cohesive video. Hope you enjoy it. - Lee Skinner, director
