For my Video Cover, I did Cory Archangels "Mario Movie" as my inspiration. When creating this video, I thought a lot about how mario was effected as his environment deteriorated. It made me think of all the times when I was growing up where I thought a particular place or person was going to be a constant. I later found out that nothing is constant. For example, I started feeling this way after my first relationship ended. I thought that was going to be a constant and then one day it was ripped away from me. I thought a lot about it and realized people were never going to be a constant. They were always changing and adapting so it was ridiculous of me to think that their presense was so stable in my life. I accepted this but it still hit hard when my parents got divorced and my step-brother moved out. I never realized that he would be gone. That we would no longer be siblings after having been raised together. I realized that even the people closest to you don't have a permanent spot in your life.
I also discovered that this was the same for certain places and events. During my senior year of high school, there was a popular coffee shop that our group of friends often visited together. Over winter break, my boyfriend and I decided to visit. We realized that despite the place still being there, it wasn't the same. It was never going to be the same as it was during our senior year despite the location not having changed. It was the people and the memories that made it what it was. It was a safe haven that was suddenly gone just because the crowd that inhabited it was different.
It's a sad realization but everyone eventually goes through it and I wanted to capture that in my video cover.
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