A Velvet Affair (Backwards / Reverse Official Music Video) By Blanket Barricade

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MUSIC VIDEO CREDITS:
Directed by Ivy Lam
Produced by Caitlin Kavanagh
Cinematography by Ivy Lam, Henry Tong, Rob Wood
Edited and Written by Ivy Lam
"A Velvet Affair" song composed, recorded, and performed by Wesley Krauss
Shot on location in Port Moody Inlet Park, Port Moody, BC, Canada
Extras: Pascale Cyr, Eric Demers, Myles Feichtinger, Ives Lam, Huelah Lander, Mary-Lee Neron, Kenny Ngo, Oliver Podwysocki, Catherine Rocheleau,

THE REVERSE VIDEO CONCEPT:
This entire video (besides 2 shots) is done in reverse. I (Wesley the singer) had to learn all of the song lyrics in reverse so that when the video was reversed it would look like I was singing forwards. This took me about a month to learn. It was not as easy as just writing out the words backwards. I had to carefully think about each word and how to correctly pronounce it backwards in order to look authentic. Because the lyrics are sung, sometimes words were joined together or elongated in interesting ways which was also quite a challenge.

LYRICS:

I hide downtown with clenched fists,
Parade bells ring time to begin,
Every glance sparks of danger,
The damning gaze of anger,
Marching past the mob and past the fear,

A moment of silence for those who've dared to fly,
Frozen hands clasp as cold air and wings collide,
Guided by hope that two lovers won't ignite, 4,3,2,1,
Fire your guns, they won't stop what we've begun tonight,

I never chose to fight this war,
And never wanted any more,
Than to shed these velvet bindings,
The deafening roar of silence,
The weight of something concrete let off my back,

A moment of silence for those who've dared to fly,
Frozen hands clasp as cold air and wings collide,
Guided by hope that two lovers won't ignite, 4,3,2,1,
Fire your guns, they won't stop what we've begun tonight,

Smashing through the streets,
Parading till defeat,
Vilified and laser beamed,
Into your room,
Regardless what you see,
Amongst the chaos on the screen,
It's only love that we defend,
And if this is how it ends... then,

Like those who've flown before,
We'll keep demanding more,

Tonight, tonight, tonight, 4,3,2,1,
Fire your guns, they won't stop what we've begun tonight,
Tonight, we've just begun,
Tonight, yeah we've just begun,
Tonight

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[exfoliator]

sweet vid! horse head man is the best... also good job on the reverse lip synch!

you guys playing any shows anytime soon?

[blanketbarricade]

@exfoliator Thanks! It took me, the singer, one whole month to learn all of the lyrics in reverse so that when the video was reversed it would look like I was singing forwards. Yes there will be shows coming up soon!

[TheLazyFoodie]

Rocky Point! Love it.

[photwentay]

cool ;) good work

[PhobsPr]

Nice!

[TheOnlyJwh1t3]

i dont wanna know how much effort the singer needed to do this... O.o

amazing stuff, waiting for the album.

[pooploop08]

how swell



[aquamanvan]

good work!

[maxrome09]

wow! loved it!