Straight Outta HK
Music video of”Straight Outta HK”
2 versions, 1:48 min each, 2006
#1 directed by Deer Fang
#2 directed by Catherine Young
Camera: Paul Kyle, Mark Hellar
Music: Say Bok Gwai
Casting: Angelina Wang
Featuring: Keldamuzik
“Straight Outta H.K.” is a music video of the same titled song from the San Francisco-based Chinese-American Canto-core rock band, Say Bok Gwai. The video scene is located in the Mission district of San Francisco and intersperses footage of both Say Bok Gwai’s band members, a Chinese immigrant drinking bubble tea, and Oakland-based hyphy rapper, Keldamuzik and her crew. The video recasts traditional cultural roles in the video while also opening the original footage up for reinterpretation by other editors. On display is Deer Fang’s edit and Catherine Young’s cut of the video which is then furthered by the viewers own cultural leaning for the viewing. (Also, it should be noted that Say Bok Gwai’s band name roughly translates into “Dead White Demon.”)
直出香港
音乐录象，两个版本，各1分48秒，2006
“直出香港”是以美国旧金山华裔硬核摇滚乐队”死白鬼” 的同名歌曲为创作的音乐录象。场景设于旧金山Mission区，一个众多美国移民居住区域的中国廉价百货店内。录象中有”死白鬼”乐队成员，一个喝珍珠茶的女孩，Oakland的Hyphy说唱歌手Keldamuzik和她的成员组。录象把这些典型的种族和文化角色放置到一起，并让说唱歌手Keldamuzik在拍摄现场学唱和演绎”死白鬼”的广东话歌曲”直出香港”。同时，我把所有拍摄的未经剪辑的录象给于其它人解译和剪辑，并把剪辑人列为本录象的导演。现展示的分别是本人和 Catherine Young 导演的版本。