Ghostwoman 'Levon' by Ryan Faist
Promonews - 30th June 2025
Ryan Faist directs a suitably edgy video for Canadian grunge-blues outfit Ghostwoman, generating danger from the propulsive rhythm of the track.
The video for Levon focusses upon a bored teenager in an brokendown Toronto trailer park, stabbing a knife between his splayed fingers banging down in time with the metronomic drumbeat, causing a mounting sense of anxiety that disaster will strike.
"Levon has the perfect bpm and rhythm to it for some sort of driving force," says Faist. "I kept thinking of someone just pounding on something, non-stop. I remember playing knife game as a kid and was always terrified of it. I started playing with a pencil on my desk and realized it's the perfect song for it.
"My friend went to a winery in the middle of nowhere in the winter and saw this beautiful trailer home behind it and sent me a photo. I met Will and Simon at a coffee shop and thought they were brothers. I loved their ease and energy so it felt more like we were just making a short documentary than a music video.
"The trailer had been vacant for a long time. There were thousands of flies and dead insects all over the place. We kinda just hung out on this plot of land and watched them be bored for a day. It kinda reminds me of summers as a teen.”
Promonews - 30th June 2025
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Ryan Faist
- Producer
- Ryan Faist
- Production Company
- Rainbow Land
- 1st AD
- Adam Stewart
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Ryan Faist
Casting
- Lead actor
- Simon Johnson
- Lead actor
- Will Devine
Editorial
- Editor
- Ryan Faist
Grading
- Colourist
- Ryan Faist
Commission
- Commissioner
- Full Time Hobby
- Label
- Full Time Hobby
Promonews - 30th June 2025