Video Clip Focus: The Timbers

Answered by: Simon Basey

Song title? Mean Streak

Director: Benjamin Roberts

What’s the concept behind the clip? The song is a light-hearted look at the darker side of someone’s personality. The clip mirrors this as the main character is initially portrayed as innocent, but the dark side soon appears.

How long did it take to make? We filmed it all in one day.

Where did you film it? The clip was filmed by Steve O’Connor in the Forge Warehouse Gallery in Port Adelaide. It was a great space for us to run riot and have a lot of fun with it.

What’s your favourite part of the clip? There are many highlights for me – Kyle gets saturated, Ben has his head smashed onto a table, Joe and Ben kiss, and Simon is bound and gagged, and on top of that there is mass destruction of garden gnomes.

Was anything in particular inspiring you during the making? We imagined the image if Graveyard Train adapted a Goosebumps novel for theatre in the style of Moulin Rouge.

Will you be launching it? 5 Sep, Nelson Hotel; 6 Sep, Boney; and 7 Sep, Newport Bowls Club.

Website link for more info? thetimbersband.com