
Pardon Me – Shy Mascot (Music Video)

Shot and directed this music video for American anti-folk artist Ray Brown recently with the stunning Nicole O’Connor.
Two years back I was visiting New York, and didn’t have anywhere to stay. I put “friends who live in New York City” into facebook, and messaged everyone who came up, asking for a couch. Ray Brown, a guy who I’d met for thirty minutes at a yard party years before, said he couldn’t put me up but offered to take me out on the town. That night we visited the legendary Sidewalk cafe, the East Village anti-folk bar where Ray has been a regular for over thirty years. Ray introduced me to a cute girl and I fell head over heels in love.
Ever since, Ray and I have been friends, and on his most recent trip to Ireland (where I live) to record a record, I did some shooting in the studio, thinking to one day make a documentary about his extraordinary life. Only afterwards, with the album already in pre-production did it occur to me that this footage might make a cool music video. So I’ve been hacking away at this for the past week or so. It’s shot on my humble Panasonic G85, with the Sigma 18 – 35, just in whatever light we had in Alfionn studio – a tiny independent space in Dublin; and graded in DaVinci with Red Giant Universe.
Recorded at Alfionn Studios, May / June / August 2018.
Performing – Ray Brown, Myles Manley, Nick Boon, Chris Barry, Brandon Perdomo, and Ali Byrne.
Producer – Chris Barry.
It’s the eve of the Irish abortion referendum, and Ella returns home to vote. She’s staying with her brother Ger, whom she hasn’t seen for years since their parents break up. Things don’t go easy when Ella discovers Ger is planning to vote a different way.
Starring Nicole O’Connor and Adam Tyrell.
Written by Gareth Stack & James Van De Waal.
Directed by Gareth Stack.
Assistant Director Patrick O’Brien.
Music by Elga Fox.
Made this wee short with some very talented people a few years back, and just got around to editing it now. Written / Directed by Greg Fitzpatrick, shot by George Hooker, starring Adam Tyrell and James M. O’Connor.
We made this in an afternoon as part of KinoD. The next kino event is next week, highly recommended to everyone with an interest in film!
Copyright Ray Brown.
Directed by Gareth Stack.
Assistant Director Frances Galligan.
Special thanks Cian Brennan.
Featuring Myles Manley, Ray Brown, Nicole O’Connor, Patrick Carrolan, Kenny Stapleton, Gavin Johnston Smith, Brian Lowe, Daniel Smith and Ray Brown.
How can an undead villain search for love in the age of tinder? What if you were socially awkward and a monster? Join one sexy vampire, OK maybe not that sexy, as he tries to find the love of his life, again. This anachronistic horror comedy takes its cues from the eighties feel of recent work like ‘It follows’ and ‘San Junipero’, and springs from the lively Irish comedy scene. The writer and director preciously collaborated on absurd comic shorts like ‘Lads’ and ‘Spaghetti D*ck’, and the series co-stars rising Irish talent like Nicole O’Connor (‘FACTS’), Joe O’Neill (Little Shadow Theatre Company), as well as legendary Irish actor Roger Gregg (‘About Adam’, ‘Space Truckers’).
Aping Tiffin is a parody of the classic television series ‘Playing Shakespeare’, created as part of my masters degree in broadcast production.
Last week a bunch of friends got together a made a little Christmas movie. We had some borrowed equipment and sound gear rented for a commercial job. With a few hours notice everyone volunteered their time, and devised and shot this film over a single day. I’ve edited it together over Christmas.
As a quick turnaround creative project this weekend, I headed back to the Concrete Cathedral, in the company of actor James O’Connor. We made a super quickie video for my friend Ray Brown’s 2012 single Staten Island.