Alex Mugford

Alex Mugford has been a close friend of mine since our age were still in the single digits. Though we had our bouts, he remain one of my best friend for over a decade (approaching 2 decades now). One thing that has always been a strong bond between  us has been media. Even when I first met the bugger, we started to hang out because he had donkey kong on the Super Nintendo, which I loved, but I had a Sega. As we grew older we both discovered that we’re creative people who love media and popular culture. I took to the pencil and released my creativity on paper, Alex took to a camera and dove into his passion for film. You’ve probably seen what my self discovering has produced, as I’ve posted it on this web site a few times, but today I wish to highlight some of the great work Alex has produced during this time.

Poppycock
This was a short Alex did with a bunch of my friends involved. Matt Hender leading the sound track, and Jerm Stewart taking on a major role as the store clerk and narrator, along with a plethora of other close friends being involved. It got featured in a few festivals and gained some local attention as it made it’s way on province wide radio. It was around remembrance day that this was released which gave the local media plenty of excuses to feature this very clever short about poppies.

Sailor’s Ode, a music video for Amy G Dala
The video above is just the trailer, you can watch the full video on Vimo here: http://vimeo.com/4006172. Sailor’s Ode was shot for a close friend’s band when they released their first single and album. Amy G Dala is a local band comprised entirely of friends of mine, Brian Conway, Colin Burke, Sam Murphy, and Travis Hopkins, and considers themselves as a progressive rock band. You can check out more of their music here: http://www.myspace.com/amygdalaonline. They’re currently on hiatus, but they regularly get together during holidays doing reunion shows. This video is one of my favorites Alex has done, I love the high concept of a gangster story with music to match. The actors who aren’t really actors did a wonderful job playing their parts, it’s a good thing most of them watch Sopranos.

And there we have it! A young ambitious artist at work. Keep an eye out for his future projects, Alex is currently working on a music video for The Long Distance Runners, an ECMA nominee, Music NL winning band featuring one of my very close friend, Matt Hender. He also has another fairly large project called “Hollywood Rain” in post production at the moment. If you’d like to learn more about this fine gentleman, check out his website at  www.alexmugford.com.

September 11, 2012 | Categories: Media, Video | Tags: alex, alex mugford, amy g dala, film, independent film, indi, indi film, movie, mugford | Leave a comment