2nd day of filming

The Garbage Monster music video has two main parts: "the story," with the recycling kid and the garbage monster filmed outside at night, and "the concert," with me, Tom Knight, playing guitar to an audience who is singing along.

On October 20th, 2008, we filmed the concert part of the video at the Ithaca Sciencenter.


Annie Zygarowicz had created a cool set, which consisted of an arch made entirely of recycled bottles and cans. It was very festive and colorful.



I was wearing my costume made by Amelia Rosenthal - the necktie vest and porkpie hat.



We arrived at the Sciencenter around 9:30 AM so Photosynthesis Productions could get the lights and cameras set up. Then we began shooting a lot of close-ups of me singing the song over and over. I had to make funny faces, wink at the camera, and try to remember the spoken words in the middle of the song. They shot some close-ups of my left hand playing the guitar, my right hand playing the guitar, and my feet tapping. This went on for a couple hours or so. It was actually kind of fun.



After a short lunch break with delivery from Taste of Thai Express, we were ready to bring in the kids. About 25 kids from Ithaca (and surrounding towns) had been invited to be in the video, along with a few parents.

We set everyone up sitting on the floor in front of me, much like a typical concert, and I sang the song about 10 times. Everyone else sang it too. We took a break at one point to dance to the Wiggle Worm song.

The director Meg Doherty did a great job keeping everything fun and engaging for everyone. David and Billy and Garth kept the cameras working, and moved lights when necessary.




Before the film shoot, some kids met with us at the Sciencenter to make "garbage monster puppets," which are monsters made out of garbage and recycled materials. We passed out these puppets and the kids held them up and danced around with them.



We wrapped up around 7 PM. We only needed about 2 minutes of good film, and we had shot about 2.5 hours worth! I knew we had plenty of great shots to choose from. We'll see what happens with the editing!

All photos are by Billy Boyce. Thanks Billy!