Snowball from Peter Peake on Vimeo.

A dark little fan video I made around directing commercials for Aardman Animations. The first track by Elbow I ever heard, this inspired me to seek out pretty much everything they've recorded but still might be my favourite track of theirs. Achingly beautiful as they say. You can find it on the Help: A Day In The Life compilation amongst other places

Yep, I know the story I put to the song is not what it's actually about. Once I'd decided I wanted to put some visuals to Snowball I spent a long time wrestling with ideas to do it justice. Although the final piece bears no direct reference to Iraq and oil I felt there were moments when the story and lyrics came together nicely. And who wants a literal video eh?

I also have to confess I made a tiny little cut in the song to make it fit the story. Sorry about that