Blood Red Shoes – ‘You Bring Me Down’ – Director Steve Glashier

We had to be meticulous with each of these set-ups, because the effect of chopping between locations is completely lost if they’re even an inch away from the mark. I think we did well, and the editing is very sharp. We had literally no money, not even for lights; by the end of the day we were driving around looking for streetlights bright enough to film under. True, green screen would have saved us a lot of bother, but it’s the bother that usually makes a good video.As has usually been the way, this was a video we made with fuck all money for a band we really liked. Like the video for ‘That Old Pair of Jeans’, which was gratuitously ripped off for a Heart FM advert, this was mercilessly plagiarised in a video for Phoenix. Although the idea wasn’t original, the way we went about shooting it was- if you compare the opening shots you’ll see how blatant they’ve been. Mind you, who the fuck has a microphone front and centre in the first frame when the vocals don’t come in till half way through the track? And they probably spunked £40 grand making it too!