I did off-line and on-line post-production for this music video by The Muttonbirds. It was directed by Greg Wood.

Below: During the first verse, you see the world through the eyes of a dog! You're running round the park playing with other dogs, stopping to sniff poos and to cock your leg on trees.
 
 
 
  Right: The dog theme carries on through the choruses. Lead singer Don McGlashan sings while riding a motorbike accompanied by a very cool boxer dog, whose ears flap in the breeze.  
 
 

Right and Below: Greg shot a lot of semi-abstract 16mm film footage, with text effects done in camera, using mattes and double-exposures. I edited these into very short fast-paced sequences.

The theme of busy city life is introduced - in contrast to the dog's world that we were in previously.

  
 
 
 
 
 


Below: In the second verse, you're a dog again. This German Shepherd wants to have a go at you, but fortunately he's on a lead...

Mmm... that road-kill smells good!

  
 
 
 
 
Below: Disrupting the dog's-eye view from time to time are fast cuts of shots of parking fines, bills, and other dreary elements from the human world. Meanwhile the you're roaming the streets, leaving suburbia behind, and heading into the city.		  
 
 
 
 
Below: You enter a sex shop on Karangahape Rd. Overwhelmed by the shop's contents, you rush through an open door at the back of the shop which leads to a toilet that has possibly never been cleaned... Great, you needed a drink of water! 		 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Below: This mean-looking guy isn't too happy to find you drinking from his toilet. You run between his legs and out to the street. He's chasing you, and you're looking back at him, instead of looking where you're going. You run across the street and Bam! You've been hit by a car! You black out, and then wake up lying on the road. A dog licks your face...		  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Below: When the dog pulls back from your face, it's actually a woman. She was kissing you, and you're in bed. It was all a dream! You're not really a dog running free on the streets of Auckland after all. You're just some guy who has to get up and go to work and deal with all the noise and crowds and bills and parking fines....

  
 
 
 
 
Right: But maybe you really are a dog, after all?		  
 
       
 
 
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