No. III
Bailey MetaZoo
Short films on MetaZoo, the cryptid trading card game, and the folklore behind its cards.
MetaZoo is a trading card game built from cryptids, folklore and the paranormal. Bailey MetaZoo covers the game and the legends it draws on: the Squonk, the Loveland Frogman, Old Scratch, and which cryptid haunts your state.
Alongside the lore there are new set releases, pack openings and giveaways. Off camera, I photograph events for MetaZoo TCG itself.
Now playing
The channel on YouTubeOn the tape The Squonk Might Be the Saddest Cryptid Ever! | MetaZoo
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Tapes, newest first
The VHS reveal
The signature format: an eighteen-second vertical film built to loop, shot on real tape-deck and television footage.
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The tape
Hands slide a cassette into a VCR, shot moody and close, with the deck’s clunk on the beat.
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Warm-up
An old CRT clicks on and warms to snow as the camera pushes toward the glass.
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The logo
A white flash, then the MetaZoo logo rolls down into place through fading static.
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The flashes
Five cards flash through the snow, each a little faster than the last.
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The hero
Tracking drops, a beat of dead air, then the hero card slams in with its own sound.
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Switch-off
The picture squeezes to a line, then a dot, and loops back to the start.
On assignment
Event photography for MetaZoo TCG itself.
- Legends Expo MetaZoo $10,000 cash tournament, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, August 2026
- Mothman Festival Point Pleasant, West Virginia, September 2026
- Green Eyes Festival Chickamauga, Georgia, October 2026
