Don't Be Afraid
"Don't Be Afraid" by Night Crickets
A Music Video by Ramzi Abed.
Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut Jr's "Slaughterhouse Five" and current world events, an ambient and atmospheric story unfolds of an American worker reflecting on modern life in the age of the apocalypse.
The song, "Don't Be Afraid" is by the post-punk supergroup, Night Crickets, comprised of David J (of Bauhaus and Love And Rockets), Victor De Lorenzo (of the Violent Femmes) and mulit-instrumentalist, Darwin Meiners.
Cast:
Eric Spudic
Ramzi Abed - Director, Producer, Cinematographer and Editor
Music by Night Crickets
David J
Victor DeLorenzo
Darwin Meiners
LP / CD / Digital available at Label 51 Recordings:
https://night-crickets-label51recordings.bandcamp.com/album/how-it-ends
https://twitter.com/nightcrickets
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Ramzi AbedDirectorThe Devil's Muse, Telephone World, First Person Savior, Let Love In
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Ramzi AbedProducerThe Devil's Muse, Telephone World, First Person Savior
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Eric SpudicKey CastPrey, Dead Clowns
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Ramzi AbedCinematographyFirst Person Savior, Let Love In, A Free Society
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Project Type:Experimental, Music Video, Short
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Genres:music video, film noir, experimental, surreal, narrative, news reel, ambient, abstract, nature
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Runtime:3 minutes 51 seconds
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Completion Date:January 21, 2025
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Production Budget:1,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital Cinema
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Aspect Ratio:16x9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Ramzi Abed is an American visual artist, filmmaker and performer based on Planet Earth.
BEST EMAIL: bloodshot@msn.com
Abed's film, The Devil's Muse (starring Kristen Kerr, Gidget Gein, Cinque Lee), streamed on Netflix for nearly two years and was distributed by Cinetic Rights Management, Gunpowder and Sky, and Halo 8 Entertainment respectively in digital and home video formats. The film streamed on Netflix for over nearly two years, and was also available on multiple digital movie platforms. Meanwhile, his experimental reality-based thriller, Telephone World (starring Elissa Dowling), was released on home video by Cinema Epoch and is currently streaming on Tubi.
Ramzi recently directed the music video for "A Free Society", the title song from the debut album by Night Crickets, a jazzy post-punk supergroup comprised of David J Haskins (of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) and Victor De Lorenzo (of Violent Femmes) and renowned musician, Darwin Meiners. Abed's film work has been distributed and also screened at numerous film festivals over the years. His short film, The Tunnel, was edited by renowned filmmaker, David Lowery (A Ghost Story, The Green Knight), and starred co-writer Casey Wickson, Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger), and Mark Borchardt (American Movie, Coven). The Super 16mm film went on to screen at many festivals all over the world.
Ramzi Abed also directed two music videos for the song "Drama" by Quango Records recording artists, Bitter:Sweet, including one version of the song featuring Serj Tankian from System Of A Down.
See them in my links below this profile, or check them out at the Quango Records official Vimeo page.
You can learn more about Ramzi Abed via Google or IMDB.
I really wanted to make something that struck a chord universally with viewers and listeners alike. Using David J's profoundly stirring and reflective lyrics as a backbone to the emotional structure of the mood I wanted to covey, I tell the simple vignette-like story of a man, who is a typical working person in any society, and his place in the crumbling and absurd world around him. An anti-war piece without being dogmatic, and a tone poem told through visuals... I hope that it delivers the message that I intend.