Sacha Wheeler

Posts Tagged ‘found footage’

In The Dark – Madam Trashy

In The Dark by Madam Trashy http://www.reverbnation.com/madamtrashy & http://madamtrashy.bandcamp.com/ Footage is from Dementia (Daughter of Horror) (1955) http://www.archive.org/details/daughter_of_horror Lyrics: In the dark I will find my way to your arms In the dark I can’t see I’ll find your lips In the dark where nothing is I will be there for you In the dark [...]

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The Man Who Laughs – Insomnia

Insomnia by Babelshack (my friend Barnaby’s band) (http://www.myspace.com/babelshack) footage from The Man Who Laughs – 1928

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Gunman by Them Crooked Vultures

Set to footage of adverts for children’s toys found on Archive.org Lyrics Gunman, bloodshot eyes. Gunman, grain of sand. Sisters, could not speak. Father, is a holy ghost. and there’s lions in a cage. It don’t matter, don’t try to explain, you’re just another dog to be trained, choke chained. You’re gonna end up under tooth and nail. If you [...]

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Blueberry Hill by shardcore

Blueberry Hill covered by shardcore. Video footage taken from The Perfect Human (1967) by Jørgen Leth. Lyrics: I found my thrill On Blueberry Hill On Blueberry Hill When I found you The moon stood still On Blueberry Hill And lingered until My dream came true The wind in the willow played Love’s sweet melody But [...]

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Terror Couple Kill Colonel

One of my favourite songs, Terror Couple Kill Colonel by Bauhaus, cut to footage of one of my favourite actresses, Olivia de Havilland in the utterly mad (and terrifying) Lady in a Cage (1964). The film was notable for being James Caan’s first credited role. It reminded me of Deliverance. Lyrics: His eyes were heavy [...]

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This Bitter Earth

Music is by Dinah Washington & Max Richter. Footage is “Symptoms in Schizophrenia” from archive.org. My challenge was to make a video that wasn’t likely to scare children, having been accused (with some justification) of being “too sinister” in the last few (Worm Tamer by Grinderman, Korsakoff’s Psychosis by Return to Netley Things Have Changed, Caligulove [...]

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