June 2014

Go Swim "Animal" (Darren Lee, dir.)

Woken up by noise next door, a sleepy young man is taken on a dream-like journey. Dragged along a derelict road, running through a fantasy forrest and emerging, exhausted from the ocean...

Official video for 'Animal' by Go Swim released 27th June 2014 produced and directed by Darren Lee...shot in 1 day...at various locations close to Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Staring Jennifer Marshall, Dan Cullen and the members of Go Swim

The Videostatic Interview: Cameron Duddy

As is the case with many directors, Cameron Duddy can tell a good story. And since it's a long story — but a good one, I promise — I'll skip a big introduction. Let's just say you've undoubtedly seen some of his videos for Bruno Mars, AWOLNATION, Grouplove and beyond... And despite the occasional tall tale — another common director's trait — there's also some unvarnished truth. For instance, ask him why his one-take music video for "The Lazy Song" has overr a half BILLION YouTube views, his answer is, "I have no fucking clue." (Although, on second thought, maybe he's just protecting his trade secrets, like any good director would)

Read on for our conversation, which takes lots of twists and turns along the way...

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