Fran Healy
It was an"act of desperation", he admits, after the coronavirus lockdown meant the band could no longer film a video for their new single, A Ghost. Unlike that clip, Travis's video isn't interrupted by thugs wielding clawhammers. Instead, it's a whimsical fantasy in which Healy tours an abandoned city with a troupe of friendly ghosts.
The finished video premiered last week, and Healy has shared with the BBC some of the sketches, storyboards and concept art that resulted in his first ever animated short.Recorded at London's RAK studios in February, A Ghost addresses Healy's decision to return to music full-time after 14 years raising his son, Clay.
"I started doodling on my iPad while we were recording," says Healy,"And I thought, 'What kind of ghost would I like to have in a video?' The initial treatment saw him singing into a bathroom mirror, where his reflection was a ghost; while another sequence was based on, where the camera zooms out of a car, up a ladder, through a window and into the screaming mouth of a parent.
poor guy i hope he makes it through this allright
Brutal, hope he is OK.