Mattiel – Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun (Official Video)

Mattiel’s Double Cover EP, is out now on ATO Records and Heavenly Recordings. Order Double Cover 7″ here: https://smarturl.it/DoubleCover

“In the video for “Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun,” we hoped to capture the energy of the song in our own way. The circular shots are a bit of a nod to the Beastie’s love for using a fisheye lens in so many of their videos. A sense of ‘dark psychedelia’ also comes through in the distorted, stretchy elements. For the shots of Jonah, we used this old broadcast camera (lent to us by Zach Pyles – Thank you Zach!). So those parts were recorded onto a VHS tape and played back on a monitor and digitized. All the digital parts were done on my Canon 5D Mk II, so the whole thing was a pretty barebones setup without any fancy equipment. We shot this during a pandemic, and we’re all still waist deep in global crisis – so I feel grateful that we were able to get good results during a time where video production can be especially challenging.”

Video credits:

Shot, directed and edited by Mattiel Brown
First AD / Grip – Jason Kofke
Produced by Jason Kofke and Mattiel Brown
Special thanks to Brock Scott and Zach Pyles

Song credits:

Originally by the Beastie Boys
Production by Jonah Swilley
Drums – Jordan Manley
Guitar – Sean Thompson
Bass + Keys – Marshall Ruffin
Vocal – Mattiel Brown

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