The Universal Mardi Gras video is exceptional. Nate has truly raised the bar. I'd consider it daytime Emmy or Streamies awards worthy.
I don't think I've ever quite seen a descent into madness produced with found footage be more convincing than this video. Not only has Nate managed to capture a sense of normality at the start, but it slowly gets more and more uneasy as you build up to his foreboding "Sugar Ray" moments. His safe phrase, "feet don't fail me now" keeps him pushing on, eating more and more, trying to stave off the coming insanity as the sun sets.
Quickly, the footage switches from produced video to chaotic, found-film moments. Screaming with no other audible noise, yelling his safe words over and over, "feet don't fail me now". Spectres cloaked in green light whip small plastic objects at him, and Nate dances and revels in their attacks. There is no pain, it becomes a contest for him, this liquor filled stupor dulling his senses. The madness is setting in.
Then we hear it, "Sugar Ray". Some old, skeleton of a bygone musical age takes the stage, and once again Nate's filmmaking quality shines. I could not tell the difference from a teenage girl filming her first Harry Styles concert, he truly captures the amature filmmaker milleux.
Then finally the crazy breaks...Sugar Ray vanishes. Nate reminds us to throw the beads, casting aside his insanity and returning to the real world. Thanks for watching folks, tomorrow we'll be back with more...food.