THE NEW YORK STALKER RETURNS! (and then he goes away)
Today’s juicy episode of THE NEW YORK STALKER brings us to the final chapter in the series. In LIKE YOU DO, Ben’s attentions are focused on a mysterious blonde with whom he appears to be “excessively pre-occupied.” In a performance that channels the great Lon Chaney Jr., his few remaining strands to reality are visibly disintegrating as he follows her on the streets of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Who is this striking blonde and what is the secret of her allure that holds him in such a twisted grip? There are no safe answers in the demented fantasy world of LIKE YOU DO.
This video definitely required the most post-production work of the three videos and was the one I spent the most time on mentally mapping out in my head. In that sense it was a similar experience to General Queer in that I could see a lot of the edits before I began shooting any of the footage. However, as a result of our ambitious shooting schedule of the trilogy (3 videos in 4 days), LIKE YOU DO ended up getting saved for the last day of production so it got rushed and feels slightly compromised (at least to what it was like in my head). Still I think given our limited resources and budget, on the whole we did pretty OK for four days of work. And looking at LIKE YOU DO, I'm amazed that we knocked that one out in one single day of shooting.
Funny tidbit of trivia - Ben's object of obsession, the blond (we were calling her Lee-Ann), was played by four different people including Ben. We had our buddy from the neighborhood Peter Hood drop by to lend us his trenchcoat and don the wig for a few shots with Ben following behind on Guernsey St.. Then we had Bowls wear the wig and jacket for the final approach when Ben is moving in closer at the end of the video. Ben's girlfriend Gina Leone came out of her way to Brooklyn to play the feet in high heel shoes for the tracking shot in the middle of the video. With this many "actors" inhabiting the role, this character must be quadrophenic.
I need to thank everyone again who helped out and supported the endeavor and for making the whole process go smoothly and efficiently. And, of course, special thanks to B. Bowls MacLean who lent us his camera, talents, body and sense of humor.
This video definitely required the most post-production work of the three videos and was the one I spent the most time on mentally mapping out in my head. In that sense it was a similar experience to General Queer in that I could see a lot of the edits before I began shooting any of the footage. However, as a result of our ambitious shooting schedule of the trilogy (3 videos in 4 days), LIKE YOU DO ended up getting saved for the last day of production so it got rushed and feels slightly compromised (at least to what it was like in my head). Still I think given our limited resources and budget, on the whole we did pretty OK for four days of work. And looking at LIKE YOU DO, I'm amazed that we knocked that one out in one single day of shooting.
Funny tidbit of trivia - Ben's object of obsession, the blond (we were calling her Lee-Ann), was played by four different people including Ben. We had our buddy from the neighborhood Peter Hood drop by to lend us his trenchcoat and don the wig for a few shots with Ben following behind on Guernsey St.. Then we had Bowls wear the wig and jacket for the final approach when Ben is moving in closer at the end of the video. Ben's girlfriend Gina Leone came out of her way to Brooklyn to play the feet in high heel shoes for the tracking shot in the middle of the video. With this many "actors" inhabiting the role, this character must be quadrophenic.
I need to thank everyone again who helped out and supported the endeavor and for making the whole process go smoothly and efficiently. And, of course, special thanks to B. Bowls MacLean who lent us his camera, talents, body and sense of humor.
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