“Season in Absence” was the first and only single from Vision Éternel’s second EP, “Un automne en solitude”. The music video was planned as far back as October of 2007, but I had nothing to film it with. The same reason delayed the artwork, until I finally took some pictures using my cellphone. After the EP came out in March of 2008, I got in touch with Niels Geybels at Depraved Designs who had started his graphic design career with the artwork for Vision Sufferance’s “Forthcoming Travels” EP back in November of 2007. He also designed the band logo for Human Infect in February of 2008. He then offered to make a music video for “Season in Absence”, to which I happily agreed.

When I saw what Niels had produced, I asked him to add “Fan video” to the title on YouTube as to not confuse people into thinking that I had made it. I was really disappointed and thought it was just pure garbage.

Got the idea in late January 2010.
Filmed first bit on January 26th outside window ofapartment. didn’t like it.
waited longer
February 7th 2010 filmed more outside window apartment
waited longer
March 13th filmed more footage drving in NY
edited footage probbably on March 18-19 then posted on YT right away.

It wasn’t until until February and March of 2010, during the post-production of “Abondance de périls” that I decided to attempt to make a music video. I thought it was better late than never and that with my limited equipment, if I didn’t do it then, I never would. I switched my cellphone camera to negative (just like the artwork from “Un automne en solitude”) and filmed some car outside winter scenery and cars passing from my apartment at 7515 rue St. Dominique (aka Mortified Studios (MTL3)). I was too lazy to go out so I waited until I was on a road trip in upstate New York with my uncle Dan to film more material. We were driving back on Highway 87 and some minor car traffic was going on in opposite direction. Had this video been filmed as intended in 2008, it would likely have been similar, replacing the shots by downtown traffic, as I was living on Bluery street at the time. The editing was done quickly on Windows Movie Maker (or maybe Adobe Premiere, but I think by then my computer was too old to run it properly), and is little to brag about.