Patrick Fogarty: Video Wiz for The Careerers

by Jaden

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Rapidly churning out entertaining videos for The Careerers and other groundbreaking new musicians is director and cinematographer Patrick Fogarty.

INTERVIEW with PATRICK FOGARTY

Did you study film and video?
Yes and I still do
Where?
I learned how to edit on a vhs to vhs linear editing bay at a public access station in excelsior, mn in 1995
I’ve been studying to a fault ever since. I attended classes at Columbia College in Chicago
Where did you grow up?
age 0-3 Naknek Alaska
3-11 Concord, NH
11-18 Minneapolis MN
What were your life influences that lead you down this path?
The need to show and tell.
Which filmmakers influence you?
Werner Herzog
Sam Peckinpah
Alejandro Jodorowsky
How do you crank out such amazing work so fast?
I get very little sleep and I’ve got a lot of post production experience
Which is your favorite video that you made? (link?)
I think my personal favorite would be Streets by Careerers
http://eastmanstreet.com/streets_.html
Your videos are mind-blowing; what inspires you?
watching someone’s face as they react to what they are seeing
and trying to see if I can predict their expressions.

 

Did you study film and video?

Yes and I still do.

Where?

I learned how to edit on a vhs to vhs linear editing bay at a public access station in Excelsior, Minnesota in 1995.

I’ve been studying to a fault ever since. I attended classes at Columbia College in Chicago.

Where did you grow up?

Age 0-3 Naknek Alaska

3-11 Concord, NH

11-18 Minneapolis MN

What were your life influences that lead you down this path?

The need to show and tell.

Which filmmakers influence you?

Werner Herzog

Sam Peckinpah

Alejandro Jodorowsky

How do you crank out such amazing work so fast?

I get very little sleep and I’ve got a lot of post production experience.

Your videos are mind-blowing; what inspires you?

Watching someone’s face as they react to what they are seeing and trying to see if I can predict their expressions.

What is your next project? 

I’m going on tour with the band Saything and filming a tour documentary.

Where would you ultimately like to take your career? 

I’d like to make one or two movies per year and make videos in between.

Which is your favorite video that you made? 

I think my personal favorite would be “Streets” by Careerers.

Thank you, Patrick. I love your work and look forward to watching so much more of it.

 

TONIGHT in Los Angeles you can catch Careerers from Oakland, California with Private Dancer from St. Paul, Minnesota  at Redwood (316 W 2nd St, 90012) and tomorrow night October 8th at Synchronicity (4306 Melrose Ave., 90029).

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October 7, 2009 | Filed Under Interviews, What's Happening | Leave a Comment