New music video I made for Paul Morricone - ‘If I Could Remember My Dream’

over 3 years ago

Released today; I’m very pleased to share a moody thriller-suspense style music video I’ve made for Paul Morricone’s (of The Scaramanga Six) new song ‘If I Could Remember My Dream’.

You can watch the full video here on YouTube!

See what happens at the end

It’s a song about an intense vivid dream of detail playing out like the perfect movie... but when he wakes up, it’s gone.

The idea, the dialogue, the details - gone.

So I wanted to follow that similar theme of shooting a dramatic thriller sequence with a sniper and a diamond - but I wanted it as if his vocal performance was like a confession of what happened in the video. The ending of the video also relates strongly to the songs lyrical theme as well!

Also a big part of it was the voyeuristic element of being watched through binoculars and the scope on the gun.

I think that added to the drama.

I shot all that on my 70-200 f2.8 zoom lens to give that authentic handheld long-lens feel.

Hopefully the video inspires a level of curiosity as to What is the diamond for?

Where is he taking it?* Why is the sniper such a bad shot? etc etc

Well, you better watch and find out..

See it HERE

I’ve been wanting to make a video like this for a while. I’ve been inspired by Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul - I love those suspenseful moments with hitmen and scenes of characters being followed and watching from car. It feels like proper cinema.

Using the diamond was a fun device to inspire an element of the stakes being high, but also it was a treat to see how we could visually push how that looks onscreen, especially the performances through it.

Paul’s song is the perfect tone for the visuals I have been wanting to follow, with it feeling like a movie score, and I think we created something unusual and captivating.

No one does big brassy orchestral numbers like this anymore. Paul does though.

Paul’s new album ‘Cruel Designs’ is released on 04/12/20.