Emu War / Danny Walsh Banned
Madness. But a lot of fun.
Danny came to me with his new song ‘Emu War’ - which chronicles the infamous Australian battle, quite literally, with the large bird: EMU.
After some brainstorming I thought it would be fun to not go down any historical path, but rather take it in the direction of the band in a game show, with emus in the audience. Ideas flowed from there.
The result is an off-beat, b-grade blood drenched battle for bird supremacy.
It was my first time collaborating with DOP, Lewis Roberts, who was terrific in bringing some extra ideas to the clip; from a spinning camera rig for the ‘wheel of fortune’, to hand-held Emu POV carnage.
Also a special mention to Candice Nelson for creating the ingenious emu costumes, hand-made - as well as some guts using stockings that were equally gruesome to even handle.
Enjoy the silliness and goofs, but most of all, enjoy the tune.
Artist: Danny Walsh Banned
Director & Editor: Jack Ralph
Producer: Lawrence Phelan
1st AD: Andelys Aragon
Production Design / Costume: Candice Nelson
DOP: Lewis Roberts
1st AC: Tom Dunphy
Gaffer: Liam Harrington
LX Assist: Cooper Dalbo
Stills: Kyle Dobie