Director Ed Morris has released this surreal music video for Everything Is Recorded ft Mary In The Junkyard's new track Swamp Dreams #3, transporting viewers to a desolate, otherworldly landscape where the line between music and emotion blurs.
The video follows a stoic figure, guitarist and vocalist Clari Freeman-Taylor, trudging through a muddy dirt track in the middle of a vast, barren field, carrying a small 1980s television.
On the TV screen, a vibrant, expressive version of Freeman-Taylor’s face sings, juxtaposing her impassive expression as she presses forward. Connected to a long extension cable, the TV mirrors the tension in the track as the cord stretches to its breaking point.
Morris added this: "I imagined the glowing TV as a striking visual, something oddly out of place in a moody, natural landscape. It turned into a journey—a symbolic one—toward discarding the persona, leaving it behind in the dirt. I liked the idea that the persona has a limited lifespan, something tethered and temporary, represented by the wire and the eventual unplugging."
"The video is ultimately about the true self outliving the persona. It’s not an overt narrative, though; the themes are implicit, wrapped in something intriguing, beautiful, and hopefully captivating to watch."
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Credits
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- Director Ed Morris
- Editing/Post Company Work Editorial/London
- Color/VFX Company Black Kite Studios
- Executive Producer Precious Mahaga
- Executive Producer Natalie Arnett
- Producer Chris Murdoch
- DP Peter Bishop
- Editor Rebecca Luff
- Producer Lola Cookman
- Colorist Richard Fearon
- Post Producer Alizee Levrino
- VFX Artist Jakob Thorhallsson
Credits
powered by- Production Company Riff Raff
- Director Ed Morris
- Editing/Post Company Work Editorial/London
- Color/VFX Company Black Kite Studios
- Executive Producer Precious Mahaga
- Executive Producer Natalie Arnett
- Producer Chris Murdoch
- DP Peter Bishop
- Editor Rebecca Luff
- Producer Lola Cookman
- Colorist Richard Fearon
- Post Producer Alizee Levrino
- VFX Artist Jakob Thorhallsson