Filming in Iceland again
I have recently completed a video for Icelandic car agency SADCARS. Their name always makes me laugh a bit, picturing depressed cars moping around the overwhelming Icelandic coast. The name comes from the first letters of the first names of the company’s three owners. Nicki was our subject again, playing the enviable role of Icelandic [...]
Debut Music Video for Battrie – Old Old Footage Finds a Home
I cut this video immediately after the ‘Memory Full’ video, it’s ready. I combined some footage my dad shot at Montreal’s World’s Expo back in 1967. It was quite a big deal for the city at the time and an iconic symbol to the world that they were up to bat to become a world [...]
Our Entry for Toronto Urban Film Fest
Nicola had an idea based on the video for indie act Chairlift’s ‘Evident Utensil’, which extensively uses ‘data moshing’. The Toronto Urban Film Fest had open calls for silent one minute films about anything at all, from anyone at all. We went for a nightlife memory vibe, a la Calvin Harris’ Flashback, except less speedboats [...]
May I borrow 2:40 of Your Time? It’ll Be Good.
So here it is, the completed video for Handsome Clothing. Joel Barnes got some great night shots of random stuff around the neighbourhood, like the flickering plants and shoes etc. We make a great team with essential but minimal bickering, and editing it was tricky because I had a lot of good stuff to work [...]
Flying around to tour Canadian Office Buildings
Update: I got busy and neglected updating this site!! I was working on the Handsome video and video for that Icelandic car rental company. Too much time has passed but I’m back and will update more regularly, promise. John —- I’m back from Calgary, and Montreal before that. Traveled with a team of 4 others [...]
John McGovarin
is a Toronto-based director/editor open to all creative projects. He enjoys coffee and oddly worded American-sounding food in foreign grocery stores. He is also an independent musician working under the name Battrie. Get in touch at contact@johnmcgovarin.com
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Filming in Iceland again
I have recently completed a video for Icelandic car agency SADCARS. Their name always makes me laugh a bit, picturing depressed cars moping around the overwhelming Icelandic coast. The name comes from the first letters of the first names of the company’s three owners. Nicki was our subject again, playing the enviable role of Icelandic [...]
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