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Bigger Than The Man, starring Erik Narwhal, directed by Brett Davey.

My coworker Don DeMaio had a role in Bigger Than The Man, an independent movie made in Providence. I shot and edited this five-minute video of the June 2000 premiere and of the star's band, Erik Narwhal and the Manatees. There are three performances of the theme song cut together: at RISD Auditorium just before the premiere, at the City Hall press conference with Mayor Cianci announcing the movie, and in the soundtrack behind the movie's closing credits. There's some other footage in there too.

The video was ready in time for the second showing of the movie, and the film's director played it beforehand as an introduction. Apparently, it was well-received, and the director played it afterwards as well. (I missed the whole thing because I was at sea on an unexpectedly long kayak trip.)

It was my first time editing a video with Premiere, and probably as a result it's a little cheesy at the beginning, but it gets better near the end.

(Speaking of the end, you can catch a glimpse of Don in character near it.)

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