WATCH: Northport Graduate Films Music Video for Local Band

A Northport high school graduate recently released a music video that he filmed for a local band called “Drift Away.”

Filmmaker Nick Evangelista graduated from Northport High School in 2013 and is currently a junior at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he studies Film and Television.

“Drift Away” is made up of band members Joe DiGigilio (lead vocals and rhythm guitar) and Matt Cusack (backup vocals, lead/rhythm guitar, percussion and synthesizers.)

The entire music video for the band’s song “Reflections” was filmed in Northport and residents may recognize some of the featured locations:

• Henry Ingraham Nature Preserve— this location was used for the exterior forest scenes. The land was donated to the town by the Ingraham family and is mostly used by Northport residents for dog walking and exploring.
• Locust Road residence— the Ingraham family allowed Evangelista to shoot inside their house for the interior home scenes.

During the filming, the cast and crew had food catered from Amore Pizza in East Northport and Northport Deli.

Evangelista housed the cast and crew in his Northport home for the two-day shoot.

Evangelista credits his talents in filmmaking to the Northport art department. “I can say with total certainty that I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for Northport High School’s art teachers and classes,” he wrote on the Northport-East Northport Stands Up for the Arts Facebook page.

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