What Keeps Me Up At Night - More Than Skies Music Video
'What happens when your dreams reflect your reality? What if those dreams are just projections of your tortured truth?
Here we have a family torn apart by selfish ambition and desperation during a period where even the wrong looks right.
This is a story of unrequited love being waltzed around in 3/4 time.
This is " What Keeps Me Up At Night".'
-Adam James Tomlinson
Worlds collide in the Hudson Valley as one man’s mistakes lead to a confrontation that will shatter his dreams of a happy home. Meanwhile, his wife must decide to weather the storm or risk it all at the prospect of a more promising future for their children.
Lyrics to the song:
I howl with the wind,
I'm not making any sense of anyone.
Everyone is mad, it's really not so bad.
I'm afraid of being right, about what keeps me up at night,
I've lost my mind.
I'm afraid of being wrong,
that I could harbor so much doubt with the one that I love.
Jenny's found a new man.
Jenny's got a new plan.
If you're telling me the truth, it ain't doing me no good.
Unless it's understood, and you feel the pains of the proof,
the labor of the land in the palm of my hand.
Jenny's found a new man.
Jenny's got a new plan.
Me and the weather, we stick together like birds in a fray,
purging our feathers.
What was lost for today, tomorrow won't bother,
what's out of our hands, we don't understand.
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Bela KolozsvariDirector
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Lyrics and Music: Adam James TomlinsonWriterMore Than Skies
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Screenplay: Timothy ChivaletteWriter
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Bela KolozsvariProducer
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Adam James TomlinsonProducer
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DZ MacielKey Cast"Jenny"
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Terrence Matthew SullivanKey Cast"James"
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John Ford-DunkerKey Cast"The other Man"
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Joe CrawfordEditor
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Joe CrawfordDirector of Photography
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Christian MorenoCameramen
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Adam James TomlinsonCameramen
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Nono Judit SiposCreative Director
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Tamas SzebeniProduction Assistant
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DZ MacielChoreography
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Project Type:Music Video
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Runtime:6 minutes 14 seconds
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Completion Date:December 9, 2020
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Production Budget:2,000 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
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Black & White
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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New York Cinematography AwardsNew York, NY
United States
Semi Finalist -
Athens International Monthly Art Film FestivalAthens
Greece
Honorable Mention -
New York Movie AwardsNew York, NY
United States
Finalist -
New York Movie AwardsNew York, NY
United States
Honorable Mention: First Time Director -
The IndieFest Film AwardsLa Jolla, CA
United States
Official Selection -
Lift Off Global Network / Berlin 2021Berlin
Germany
February 1, 2021
Vimeo on Demand
Official Selection -
International Symbolic Art Film FestivalSaint-Petersburg
Russian Federation
March 29, 2021
Official Selection -
The Indie FestLa Jolla, CA
United States
Award of Recognition: Music Video -
The Indie FestLa Jolla, CA
United States
Award of Recognition: Direction -
Hollywood Gold AwardsHollywood, CA
United States
Finalist -
London International Monthly Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
Honorable Mention -
International Music Video AwardsLondon
United Kingdom
Finalist -
The First-Time Filmmaker ShowcaseLondon
United Kingdom
Official Selection -
Lift-Off Global Network Spring Showcase 2021London
United Kingdom
Official Selection
Bela Kolozsvari , a Hungarian born photographer and filmmaker, moved to NYC in 2015. In 2017 Bela built a reputable photography and independent film studio, Studio BK, where he developed three award winning photography series; “City on Canvas,” “Americana Project,” and “Safe House,” which were exhibited in November 2017 in Monk Gallery, Queens, NY.
Bela is a two times international exhibited photographer in Hanoi, Vietnam and Melbourne, Australia. In October his photography was exhibited in Washington D.C. for the ‘Mostly Black,’ exhibit in The Fridge Gallery.
As a Director of Photography Bela currently works with Hungarian Television “RTL Klub Hungary,” as a producer and camera operator. He’s previously worked with Cowboy Killer Pictures in the Studio BK/Cowboy Killer Pictures web series “Dreamland Cleaners.” From there he worked on the sci-fi thriller “Safe House,” based on his photography series, and two documentaries to be released in 2021.
What Keeps Me Up At Night is Bela’s Directorial Debut, working closely with the New York City based band, More Than Skies.
Almost a year ago now I was sitting at the corner of a dark and cozy bar that was slightly rough around the edges, but in an intimate way that immediately put our shoulders at ease. I was sitting with Adam, the lead singer and guitarist for More Than Skies. We were just talking and shooting the proverbial shit about what we’d been up to as the malaise wore off and we warmed up from the cold that we left outside the bar. I’d told Adam how I’d recently been angling to get further into filmmaking. Adam just come off producing his newest album with More Than Skies, Tomorrow Won’t Bother, the second of the trilogy about a family that was falling apart and was in the depths of conceptualizing the third, which would be the conclusion called “The Ballad of Jenny and James.” I spent the remainder of the evening listening to him explain how the albums worked in those three parts. It’s a story about a man whose addictions got the best of him, and how he eventually fought through them in order to find reconciliation, just to realize the damage had already been done. Caught in the midst of it all was a woman and their children. As the night progressed, drinks were consumed and we found ourselves plotting out a music video. I was immediately drawn to the story, the characters, and knew the songs could not be presented in any other way but a narrative. With this one video we were able to bring to life the conflict between Jenny and James; the love, the struggle, and the unrest, that left James as the odd man out. This video is an introduction to the characters and the story, and after the release of the third album, it is our intention to see to it that this story will be adapted for film.