Feb
22
Something for the Weekend: Pavement Films Premier
ByI’ve been wanting to experiment with video for some time but I’ve never had the time—or the skill—to film and edit a piece. Thankfully, A Brooklyn Lad is a whiz with a video camera and a great editor. So the two of us have teamed up to form Pavement Films. I am proud to present our first production.
We took to the streets of Manhattan the other week to create a video for Anorak.co.uk. Although the first section of the film plays like a campaign video for Barack Obama it’s not for want of trying to get an opposing point of view. We didn’t edit out Hillary Clinton supporters, we just couldn’t find a single one in four hours of trudging through New York.
10 Comments
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:49 am
Did that woman who walked past with a dog really say ‘you should be embarrassed with a smile like that’?
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:52 am
No. She says:
February 22nd, 2008 at 5:58 pm
That is more of a relief than I can possibly explain.
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:44 pm
I don’t know, Paul, I heard the same thing as Nick, and asked Simon about it on his blog.
It’s funnier if she said “should” … and I think it’s what she said.
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 pm
She said “shouldn’t.” Deffo.
I think.
February 23rd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Brilliant production, the scene looks a bit like Soprano and add to that I loved the music. I think you should do one every week.
February 23rd, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Great venture into the video world. voxpops rule – it’s one of the purest firms of journalism (eeeccch I know but it’s true)
February 23rd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Yes, a good watch. Did you edit out all the horrible people or are New Yorkers really that nice?
February 25th, 2008 at 11:23 am
I’m afraid they really are that nice, BiB.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:36 am
It’s making me have double wanting-to-live-in-an-English-speaking-
country envy.