Texan alt-pop band Little Image come to the English countryside with director Sawyer Skipper to create an atmospheric showcase for the band and their track The Reaper, with the mood of an old ghost story.  

Shot in and around historic churches and industrial sites in wintry locations near Birmingham, it features Neville Cann as the stranger who quietly stalks the band, with a supernatural aura that suggests he is the eponymous reaper of the song. 

Ultimately, the video is an abstract take on acceptance, regret and forgiveness, with clever use of VFX to enhance the sense of mystery and existential wonder.

Skipper, who has directed several videos for Little Image and lives in Los Angeles, used the opportunity of the band's tour of Europe to capture the sensibility he wanted for the video. He then hooked up with Blindeye Films to produce the video, who came on board to help the director and band at short notice.

"For me, this video is about accepting the parts of yourself that you dislike or maybe even fear," says Skipper. "I think that when we can embrace the “darkest” parts of ourselves, that is when healing begins. Love casts out fear, every single time.

"Filming somewhere in Europe was important because of the history, the landscape, and the architecture. There are some religious undertones that are quite obvious, with two of the three locations being churches. Finding the locations took a lot of leg work. In fact, this was the hardest video we have made to date.

"I’m grateful to get to work on projects at this level with my best friends, Brandon, Jack, and Troy of Little Image. This video would not have been possible without the belief in us from Craig and Kate at the label, and the immense production support from Blindeye Films in England, who swooped in at the final hour and helped pull all the logistics off in record time."