(music video for the Acoustical Sensation)
theacousticalsensation). One of his first songs, "Waiting" was recorded in his house on barely consumer-grade equiptment including a synthesized beat. When I first heard it, I was initially surprised at how good the technical values were. The audio was crisp, if not professional, and I didn't even notice that the drums were all computerized. The next thing I responded to were the lyrics. Lines like "Daydreams don't last for days" really impressed me. Ben sings the song in a restrained manner (which may just have been debut jitters), which I thought complemented the lyrics perfectly.
The last movie AJ and I finished was "Human's Lib" and it was about a man whose blue collar life resembled a prison. The lyrics of "Waiting" explored some similar things, like the repression of reality in the romance of dreams. That being said, I was inspired to shoot the band a music video.
Jumping on board with us once again was our friend Mike Veres, who gave us great performances in "Pagan Rd." and "Chemical Blues." This time, he plays a man who wakes up to live out his responsibilities, but can't fight his dreams of breaking them throughout the day. The video is shown in two realities, a structure we used in "Lib."
Veres' girlfriend Liz Herman conveniently agreed to play his girlfriend in the video. My father, a detective for the MPD, used his intimidation skills to play Mike's boss at a dead end corporate job.
Linked below are storyboards and a synopsis I used to obtain an independent study to edit the video.
Storyboard -- Bedroom sequence 2
Storyboard -- Bedroom sequence 3
Storyboard -- Bathroom/Apt. Ext.
Storyboard -- Performance