The Vision
There are a lot of tense and anxious
moments alluded to in the
song. During the run-ups to the
verses and the bridge, I kept
envisioning quick cuts between a
close-up of Christian’s foot tapping
and his guitar playing.
Eventually, I hit upon the idea of
the light bulb swinging in the background
of all that. All of it seemed
to add to the tension. This time, I
not only emailed Christian these
directorial notes...I sent him a
crudely drawn storyboard.
The Research
Before Christian started shooting his parts of the video, I began researching
public domain video footage and realized pretty quickly
that it often still costs money to acquire the video because you have
to pay a service to access it. I turned to the public domain images on
the Library of Congress website, and found a few interesting American
folklife galleries. I wanted the images to convey life in the country from
the 1950s or earlier. I spent a day or two downloading some options
and documenting the appropriate attribution required to use the
public domain images.
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