Animal Collective's "Banshee Beat" (Music Video: Unofficial)

[BrentLong]

Whoa, thanks everyone! I'm glad you all enjoyed it. :)

[derek5271]

Perfect video to represent this song! GO RIDE A BIKE! I've been car free since March 2011. Thanks for this video and keep biking and listening to this awesome song!

[americannable]

you should make it more blue

[BrentLong]

@americannable Really? Is that a joke, or are you sincere? Whatever the case, I regret not taking more time to color correct the video. Granted, I had the cheap version of my editing software then and didn't have a ton of options. Still...

[americannable]

@BrentLong yeah, that was a joke. i was just being an ass.

[BrentLong]

@americannable Haha, no need to apologize. I find it pretty funny actually; sarcasm is just so hard to express or receive properly on the Internet.

[CancerAndHeresy]

@BrentLong >.> On a side note, I really like how blue it is :3

[g0pi3]

chilllllssssssss :,)

[rogbone]

Cool video

[alexmutz1]

This is my favorite song of all time, and you did it justice. Great video man!

[vixfck]

perfect video for perfect song

[n3kas]

Beautiful.

This band is so freaking incredible.

[BrentLong]

@n3kas Much appreciated!

[bezwaarlijketruffel]

Awesome. That was a nice ride!

[BrentLong]

@bezwaarlijketruffel Thanks!

[CancerAndHeresy]

I have watched this so many times, just thank you for it. <3

[BrentLong]

@CancerAndHeresy And thank you for watching it so many times and for the kind, kind words.

[defILLE]

great job!

[BrentLong]

@defILLE Thank you very much! :)

[theBrazzzy]

Boomer SOONER!! sitting in the ou library right now watching this vid cause i've had this song stuck in my head all day and i see OU in the vid. cool.

[BrentLong]

@theBrazzzy Nice!

[blamestereo]

Do I see Sugarloaf at 3:42 ?

[BrentLong]

@blamestereo Haha! Yep, you've got it! Good eyes. Are you a Winonan?

[withoutAspark]

the ice at 6:15 looks like little houses

[BrentLong]

@withoutAspark Y'know, I've never noticed that until now. Great observation; you're so right.

[blinky9873]

The video has a really peaceful small-town feel, which the song really projects in its mood. so bravo man :)

[BrentLong]

@blinky9873 Yeah, I get that same small-town feel from the song too, hence, the video being made the way it was. Thank you. I appreciate the feedback. :)

[aesrp]

This is perfect, almost exactly how i've pictured this song for years now. Good Job man!

[BrentLong]

@aesrp Thank you very much!

[MilesArdMB]

Beautiful, major props dude. Banshee beat is such an amazing song and the video captures it so well

[BrentLong]

@MilesArdMB Thanks! I really appreciate you saying that.

[isloveislove]

6:51 has me mesmerized. i quite like your video. The nature bits reminded me of Sigur Ros' Heima dvd. It's funny, I saw the Go Getter too but that was maybe a year ago and I didn't listen to AC yet, and not the Feels album for sure. But yeah it sucked. And I had bought it too, bc it was cheap and I hoped it would be good, eh. And ZD wasn't in the film as much as I hoped. Anyway, I'm really in love with this song.

[BrentLong]

@isloveislove I'm glad you enjoyed it! I have yet to see Heima, but I've had people recommend it to me before.

[steviethellama]

Where do you live man? It looks lovely.

Perfect job on the video.

[BrentLong]

@steviethellama Winona, Minnesota (southestern tip, with Wisconsin just across the Mississippi. It is indeed a beautiful place all year round.

And thank you very much for the compliment. It is dearly appreciated.

[CoritoBurrito]

Hey I just posted an "unofficial" video that I made to this song... there are some really interesting similarities between them. Like the travelling theme. Coritoburrito is my name.

[CoritoBurrito]

There is more but I had to convert the footage using a free download, and it cut off at five minutes. Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!

[BrentLong]

Yeah, I was suspecting that when I saw VTS in the tags. Did you make video for the rest of the song?

And you're very welcome.

[BrentLong]

@CoritoBurrito To any who haven't viewed her video, I'd definitely recommend it!

[CoritoBurrito]

@BrentLong heh thanks brent...i posted the full thing a little bit ago. Keep rockin on with the video shi!!!

[Jangaboo]

i'm 444 viewer, i keep seeing this number i'm not sure if its good or bad or what

[BrentLong]

Heh, you're cursed!

[FrozenSaint]

Thanks for putting a video to one of the best Animal Collective songs.

[BrentLong]

You're very welcome. Thank you for your appreciative comment and the favoriting.

And I agree with you that this is one of AC's strongest pieces.

[woodlie]

this is a very good song and you wouldve ruined it with that very not-good montage if id watched all of it but you decided to ruin it instead by putting roscoe on the end, bad move

[BrentLong]

Do you really think the use of Roscoe contributes that much in a negative way for the movie? Do you not like that song? Or Midlake for that matter?

Well, I'm disappointed to have let so many Animal Collective fans down. I would have liked to have done a narrative music video for the song, but finding people willing to do these things (note that I'm the bike rider in the movie and only crew member) is usually rather difficult.

[BrentLong]

The video still holds some meaning for me. I had this song going through my head every time I took this bike ride (a daily ride to school). I hoped others would view the song in the same way. Guess not.

I may attempt to do that narrative video sometime. Though I doubt any of you would really care... Bleh.

[woodlie]

no i think it contributes negatively to the end of the song because it sets such a somber mood and roscoe is a little to upbeat, going to silence would have been much better, soak up that music

but i like midlake

make an artists' excuse.

nah wouldn't you figure that is just a personal experience from repetition?

[BrentLong]

I actually always try to go for more of a contrast between the "main song" and the one played over the closing credits. And I also try to keep a lot of variety in the closing credits songs--not a lot of artist repeats and consisting of bands that I want to get more exposure. The way I figure it; at least those who hate my videos may at least get introduced to some great music.

Just a personal experience perhaps, but I think there are more than enough music videos that are direct...

[BrentLong]

interpretations of the lyrics, trippy lightshows, spectacles of the "think of how much time that would take to do?" variety (elabroate dominos set-ups, stop-motion work, etc.), or bland, useless pieces that just feature the artist playing the song on a stage.

Granted, I've certainly dabbled in the first three. Nothing wrong with them inherently. But I like to see a lot of variety in the music videos that I myself watch. So I attempt to do the same thing in my own work.

[BrentLong]

I certainly wish that amateur music video filmmakers would do more work like this.

I should say that this wasn't supposed to be filmed in a snowy environment. The snow in this video was fresh, and I didn't know it was there until I woke up.

I probably would have filmed more footage and with more camera steadiness, image clarity, et al. had it not been so damn cold.

[BrentLong]

And not having someone else with me was disappointing. I was really wanting to have the camera be operated by someone else (probably me with somebody else playing the bicyclist) on another bike, and have us follow the bicyclist in motion.

That I couldn't do this did result in some fixed-position shots that I really liked in the end, but still... To think of what could have been.

[woodlie]

you should never pick a credit song that contradicts the video's atmosphere unless its intentionally to confuse a viewer.

and this is not the right way to do it

also you should tone down your self importance on your work too (or whatever you call it, excuse me for educated assumption), i dont really want to read an extensive overview of your views on music videos and the way you believe they should be executed.

but i agree it is disappointing to not have at least someone to assist you

[liclow]

Shit sux

[BrentLong]

Wow, I'll need some more time to fully digest this deep, lengthy critique.

[youaintugly]

very bad indeed

[BrentLong]

Sigh...

You know, I have no problem with people not liking my videos and voicing their opinions thereof. But just make sure to actually note what you didn't like.

"Shit sux" and "very bad indeed" don't tell me anything about why the video's bad.

Hell, it's the same thing with compliments too. If I could factor in your full opinion by reading your mind, I would. But I can't.

[BrentLong]

Agreed.

[colemontelongo]

anything AC does is intense and full on.