Reviewing my own work. Owl City music video

Name: Reviewing my own work. Owl City music video
Uploaded: 2022-09-22T19:18:50+00:00
Duration: 43 s
Channel: Ryan Maloney
Description: In this self‑review, Ryan Maloney outlines his creative vision for Owl City’s “Unbelievable” music video. He centers the narrative around a VHS tape as…

22 Sept 2022 · 1 min

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In this self‑review, Ryan Maloney outlines his creative vision for Owl City’s “Unbelievable” music video. He centers the narrative around a VHS tape as the main character to evoke 1990‑early‑2000s nostalgia. The video is packed with retro symbols—Mentos, Coca‑Cola, SpaghettiOs, laser‑tag, treehouses, Nintendo games, Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer, a Jurassic Park clip, Hanson, Etch‑A‑Sketch, Dr. Seuss, and McDonald’s fries—each serving as visual callbacks to childhood memories. He specifies a grainy, broken VHS aesthetic to reinforce the nostalgic feel, and concludes with a “Be kind, rewind” signoff, echoing the etiquette of tape usage in that era.

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This is Owl City Unbelievable. I came up with the idea for a VHS tape as the main character because it's all about nostalgia. I just packed this video full of like Mentos, Coca-Cola, SpaghettiOs, laser tag, building treehouses, playing in the woods, Nintendo games. I want it to look sort of grainy, broken, like an old VHS tape. Here's some Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer. Here is a Jurassic Park scene. The VHS tape hops in. Here are the Hanson guys chewing some bubble gum, transitioning to the next scene. Here's an Etch-A-Sketch, one of my favorite toys growing up. A little Doc Dr. Seuss action. Let's not forget the McDonald's french fries. A little performance. Be kind, rewind. I figured was kind of a cute way to end this video because that's what we have to do when we recorded VHS tapes back in the day.