Your archive video footage wanted!
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Hi Folks
It’s Stuart here. If you have ever listened to one of our early records you might have thought about the people in the songs – who are they? All those Lisas, Mary Jos and Anthonys, and the other nameless subjects of songs like Expectations or Seeing Other People.
Next year we are going to perform our first two LPs in full in cities around the world. We have been thinking about the shows, and about the visuals we have onscreen as part of the show. We thought we could maybe ask for your help.
We were wondering if you had any footage of yourself, or footage that you have shot of someone else, that you might imagine was close to being like a character in one of those early songs?
I know that cameras were not around so much in the 90s and 2000s, but I think we’d be most interested to see film from around that time, or earlier. It might be of you -
posing in a mirror,
getting ready to go out,
a family gathering,
you playing sport,
messing around with pals,
or just walking along a street! Etc
It doesn’t matter if it’s grainy or badly lit, but best if it focuses on one or two people at a time, and isn’t too wobbly! Perhaps you made a film in college or school that you have lying around, something moody and overdramatic?
So if you fancy seeing yourself up on the screen, perhaps playing the lead in She’s Losing It or If You’re Feeling Sinister, have a think, dig through your stuff, see what might ‘fit’ the song. And if you are sending pictures or footage of someone else, please ask their permission first.
We’d also be interested if you had something more recent too, kinda like - what happened when Judy grew up, grew older, or did Anthony find himself, and find some happiness?
And we are very interested to see people’s films of themselves from all around the world. We know the band are well supported on many continents, so we’d love to hear from you,
From Orlando to Osaka, from Sao Paulo to Singapore! Hopefully we will get to visit more places as the year goes on..
We would ask you to upload your film to Google Drive or Dropbox, whatever’s most convenient to you, and send the link to beabellestar@gmail.com
Along with your share link, please also sign and return by email a content release form which can be downloaded HERE
We’d also be interested in still images with the same theme. If you want to participate, please restrict moving images to around three minutes, and still images to five. We will credit whatever material we eventually use.
Please send in entries by the end of September 2025.
The relevant songs by Belle and Sebastian are.
The State I Am In
Expectations
She’s Losing It
You’re Just A Baby
Electronic Renaissance
I Could Be Dreaming
We Rule The School
My Wandering Days Are Over
I Don’t Love Anyone
MaryJo
The Stars Of Track And Field
Seeing Other People
Me And The Major
Like Dylan In The Movies
The Fox In The Snow
Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying
If You’re Feeling Sinister
Mayfly
The Boy Done Wrong Again
Judy And The Dream Of Horses
Thanks for reading
Stuart