My talented sons

Last week I was seriously annoyed with the boys, because they were always so busy and always making plans and never had time for anything I wanted them for. Then last Thursday they spent the afternoon in the cellar with two of Christopher's friends making a music video for some competition that Christopher and his friend wanted to enter. When they finally reemerged in the evening and showed me the results, I had to admit that it was far more entertaining than anything I would have had them doing.

Of course, that was only one part of the process. Actually turning all this filmed material into something that looked like a real music video was left up to Patrick. This is the down side of being talented: people start coming up with more and more expectations and things for you to do, just because you can and they can't. Luckily for Christopher and his friends, Patrick was able to edit this film material into a music video for them and it was duly sent off today. In the meantime Patrick also managed to put it online. The first few seconds of the introduction are unfortunately missing (I especially liked that part), but most of it can be viewed here:



The song is called "Writer's Block" and Christopher and his friend Basti sing about all the frustration of not being able to get the words in their heads onto paper. Maybe someday Patrick can make a "blooper reel" to go with it, because there were several good ones – like the one where they were using our old little red wagon to do a tracking shot and the wheel got stuck, tipping the wagon over and dumping cameraman Paddy on the cellar floor with a loud squawk, or when Christopher got stuck under the desk and bumped his head, or when they had to negotiate how to spell "Schreibsperre" ("writer's block" in German) ... All in all, I think they did a good job, though, and I enjoyed watching the whole process.