Screaming Blue Messiahs 'I Wanna Be A Flintstone'

Live action and Animation Pop Promo directed by Giblets in 1988. Record reached No.28 in UK Singles Chart Jan 1988. Giblets were London-based Animation and Live action team Rob MacGillivray, Mike Sumpter, Carol MacGillivray and Michael Olley. This promo has never been shown on television (to my knowledge). We fell out with the record company because they wanted something more 'cartoony' and children's TV-friendly. We fell out with Bill Carter the lead singer because he wanted something with less animation in it. He sat in the edit room pleading 'But it's not about the Flintstones...' Stuck between two sides and unable to please both, we walked away from the project. The record company won and a re-cut version with more colour Flintstones footage was broadcast in the end. Personally, I still really like it (and I liked Bill very much too). It was very hard to get all those wipe effects (there are no actual cuts in the video, everything slides or wipes) back in those days with primitive linear video editing technology. Would be dead easy now of course. The wonderful actor is Richard Rees who I managed to get to be in my short film Vacant Possession over twenty years later!