The Band Explains: Glass Forest - 'I Remember'
We chat to Glass Forest about their brooding electro pop single and intimate visuals for, ‘I Remember’ which saw them filming in an unexpected, but wholly welcome, snow storm.
Where was the video for 'I Remember' filmed?
We shot the interior scenes of the video at my Grandmother’s heritage house in Vancouver. For the outdoor location we shot it in a wooded area near Cole’s (our DP) childhood home out near Point Roberts in Vancouver.
How does the video connect with the song?
Instead of having a clear narrative throughout the video we wanted to capture the mood of the song using body language, slow camera movement and framing that feels more musical than literal.
Do you have any behind the scenes stories you can share with us?
We were supposed to shoot at Iona Spit however when we got out there with the trucks and crew we immediately got kicked out and had to reschedule the day. We were pretty defeated at that point so everyone in the crew had to try and come up with alternative ideas last minute. Cole our DP said that there was a wooded area he used to play in near his childhood home that wasn’t too far from where we were, so we ended up packing up the whole production and moving there. The day started off completely sunny at the beach however by the time we found the new location in the woods it had started snowing giving us the complete opposite vibe. The snow was a total bonus, however it got really cold and people were not prepared for that. Cole’s parents ended up letting the whole crew use their place as a home base (and made hot drinks and snacks for us). I don’t know what we would have done without them.
Could you tell us about the ideas/ themes/ imagery used?
The original song title was actually Jealousy, which was written by the lead singer Nick Owen, and had some ties to the other lead singer at the time (Abby Wale) and their relationship. Later we changed the title because we felt that we wanted to put a more positive outlook on the song. We didn’t want a total performance video however we also didn’t want to make a “music video short film” where the song takes a back seat, so we landed on something kind of in-between. We wanted to keep it simple and represent the ideas and feeling of the video through body language rather than story and let the song do the talking for the imagery.
Interview by Karla Harris