Gotye - Eyes Wide Open - official video

Film clip for the Gotye song Eyes Wide Open, directed by Brendan Cook at PictureDRIFT, featuring character design and animation by Darcy Prendergast at DeePee Studios, and design and animation by Jeremy Bianco, Darryn Rogers and Brendan Cook.

Full credits

Production Company
pictureDRIFT

Director
Brendan Cook

Character Design & Animation
Darcy Prendergast

3D Design & Animation
Jeremy Bianco

2D Design and Compositing
Jeremy Bianco
Brendan Cook
Darryn Rogers

Timelapse Photography
Enrique Pacheco
Nick Reygaert
Brendan Cook
Darryn Rogers

Cinematography
David Wakeley
Enrique Pacheco

Special Effects Makeup
Rachelle O'Donnell

Music credits
Produced by Wally De Backer
Additional production by Francois Tetaz

Mixed by Francois Tetaz,
Assisted by Andy Stewart and Wally at The Mill, Gippsland, VIC

Drums recorded by Francois Tetaz at Soundpark Studios, Northcote, VIC
Cellos and bass recorded by Francois Tetaz at Moose Mastering, Richmond, VIC
Pedal steel guitar recorded by Lachlan Carrick in the loungeroom of Matt Walker's house, Upwey, VIC
The Winton Musical Fence (designed and constructed by Graeme Leak) recorded by Wally, Winton, QLD
All other sounds collected, manipulated or recorded by Wally in The Barn, Merricks, VIC

Performers
Whale Cellos Gareth Skinner
Poker Bass Lucas Taranto
Wasteland pedal steel guitar Michael Hubbard
Drums, Winton Musical Fence, sampled sounds,
lead and backing vocals Wally

Mastered by William Bowden at King Willy Sound, Stanmore, NSW

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So this is the end of the story
Everything we had, everything we did
Is buried in dust
And this dust is all that's left of us

But only a few ever worried
Though the signs were clear, they had no idea
You just get used to living in fear
Or give up
When you can't even picture your future

We walk the plank with our eyes wide open...

Some people offered up answers
We made out like we heard, but they were only words
They didn't add up
To a change in the way we were living

And the saddest thing-
Is all of it could have been avoided
But it was like to stop consuming is to stop being human
And why would I make a change if you won't
We're all in the same boat, staying afloat
For the moment

And we walk the plank with our eyes wide open, we..
Walk the plank with our eyes wide open

With our eyes wide open we...
Walk the plank, we walk the plank

And that was the end of the story