The newest video

There's a 13 year old kid that lives here in Salem named Evan Farris. He likes to mess around with stop-motion animation using bits of clay, scotch tape, old pizza boxes, etc. He makes the sets and props with his brother Sean and his sister Juliana, and they painstakingly shoot frame by frame with a digital still camera and then assemble the photos together on their computer. For those of you who don't know much about animation or video, they must take 30 individual pictures for each second of screen time. That's 5,400 separate pictures for a 3 minute video.

A few weeks ago we asked them if they would make a video for one of our songs. They chose "Perfect World" and we told them to go ahead and do whatever they wanted with no creative input from us. One month later they showed us what they had come up with, and we were astounded! They created a very cool storyline packed with detail, symbolism and very unique ideas. So for your viewing displeasure, here is the new Guards Of Metropolis video for "Perfect World" :





So there you have it. These kids are so creative, and we're honored that they took the time to do this video for us. Evan currently has one of his short films in a film festival in Italy. We wish him luck and know that these three siblings have a great futre ahead of them. Now, go ahead and watch the video again and check out those ladybug rollerskates!