jamm, that vid is a lot of fun. what a great crowd of grunge-goths. the cross-dressing was even good (you can tell a lot about a man's attitude about women when you see how he dresses up as one). the tune is nice light summer pop, too. catchy.
even though i'm not much of a hardcore fan these days, i've been following Fucked Up's work on David Comes To Life. the Toronto band billed themself as metal punks for years and have been pushing limits from the start.
David Comes To LIfe is an opera.
this is the first music vid they've released. the album was released this year.
To tell the story of Cults' hauntingly beautiful track, "Go Outside", I was inspired to bring the band inside the world of Jim Jones' famous religious cult, Peoples Temple, and the eventual tragedy in Jonestown. ........... For this music video we didn't want to put a spin on the footage or the peoples lives—instead we wanted to re-tell and humanize their story. In order to achieve this we used a combination of stock footage, visual effects and other tricks to embed the band into the historical footage.
it works really well, and the ballad is excellent.
this peculiar "story" vid (director is someone known to me), has enough quirk to keep my visual attention, and the low-fi tune turned into a sing-along. it made me smile when he took the robot out to the desert to enjoy its dancing.
Tom Waits is often merely irritating, but he does a damn fine anti-war song.
first vid is my favourite (directed by Matt Mahurin).. so strong,...
second (same song) is just cuts from a war movie. a couple of people i showed the first to didn't get it... that it was anti-war, until they saw the alternate vid.
Hell Broke Luce
(Luce was an Iran veteran who committed suicide later.)
that is totally feelgood pop-y sweetness and the seemingly simple animation and puppetry really reflect the youthful joyous sound they have. plus, i totally love Rosie Oddie's voice.
this is an example of how to do a "live performance" video
i like the band Trouble Funk a lot, and Kindness' vid treatment (using multiple performance samples) really gives a sense of all the band and their excellence.
another example of music i'm not particularly attracted to EXCEPT as an accompaniment to the video. together, they're wonderful. Hypnose-ic and smile-generating.
The entire video was (sort of) made in one shot. I set up 4 cameras pointed at different parts of the scene, and used audio triggers from the song to automatically switch between the cameras. All camera switches were unique to the time I played the song back, so I couldn't really plan for a progression.
The first pass was recorded off of the screen of the wobbulator to give it a security camera feel. I then played back that first pass back through the wobbulator again and had the audio drive the drawing of the scanlines, resulting in the jiggling lines of the video. You'll notice that bass sounds result in an all over image wobble, while high notes are more visual as you can see their frequency in the lines.
yet another song that i might ignore if not for the amazing video that went with it.
also: how the hell did they do that? my best explanation .... lifted frames out of the completed sequence, pasted them in, performed some magic. *handwaving*
this song makes me puddle up every time. the vid really enhanced (for me) the distracted sad.
we will not discuss John's hair.
This is how we did it: I diagrammed out 8 layers of video on a timeline. We shot the first layer (of John's face on the tv screen sitting on the floor) then took that tape and played it back on my TV, and shot the second layer. Then we took that tape and played it back, and shot the third. Basically we built it layer by layer, live, and by the end of the two day shoot we had our finished video.
Sharp eyes will notice a few wonky match-dissolves. We discovered that once we were 8 layers deep (that is, shooting off a tv screen off a tv screen off a tv screen 8 times) the deepest layer was too muddy to see what was going on. So we used only 7 layers at the start, and transitioned to layer 8 when we needed it.
hehe... Dizzee was on top 10 years ago, and he hasn't changed his schtick one bit. the use of the animated gifs was pretty cool, though.
cute vid, Chris. i didn't last long before i turned the sound off.
.........
here's something along the same lines but not. i like the vid because he makes funny faces and sometimes plays with his cat while he counts out the measures.
Comments
jamm, that vid is a lot of fun. what a great crowd of grunge-goths. the cross-dressing was even good (you can tell a lot about a man's attitude about women when you see how he dresses up as one). the tune is nice light summer pop, too. catchy.
David Comes To LIfe is an opera.
this is the first music vid they've released. the album was released this year.
the vid is strong.
Fucked Up's wiki
if you get a chance, listen to some of the album. no kids.
it works really well, and the ballad is excellent.
also... i want a cigarette.
.........
This is much more lowbrow.
A rufftuff streetbanger's song about snitches (Julio Volito's Clara de Luna, whic is most excellent), now with dancing rats.
pretty good camera work, for sure.
...........
this peculiar "story" vid (director is someone known to me), has enough quirk to keep my visual attention, and the low-fi tune turned into a sing-along. it made me smile when he took the robot out to the desert to enjoy its dancing.
plus, the organ is kickass. the tenor starts singing about halfway through.
I delight in her brash ways. She's my kind of show-off.
This... (NSW) combines stop-motion with painted-on words (you'll see), clever lyrics, and ... just a hell of a good time.
i'm a post this in the typography thread, too
i'm not a huge Justice fan, but this vid is beautifully done (as per their usual).
also
Calvinball!
first vid is my favourite (directed by Matt Mahurin).. so strong,...
second (same song) is just cuts from a war movie. a couple of people i showed the first to didn't get it... that it was anti-war, until they saw the alternate vid.
Hell Broke Luce
(Luce was an Iran veteran who committed suicide later.)
even though the duo broke up long ago, i am still a huge fan of The Swell Season.
when Glen and Marketa split up, they went ahead and finished an album in progress and a tour schedule with grace and aplomb.
this absolutely perfect vid was done after their breakup, and is such heartful piece of sweetness.
a contemplation of a man's relationship with his father ... while in the middle of a car crash.
that is totally feelgood pop-y sweetness and the seemingly simple animation and puppetry really reflect the youthful joyous sound they have. plus, i totally love Rosie Oddie's voice.
excellent.
i like the band Trouble Funk a lot, and Kindness' vid treatment (using multiple performance samples) really gives a sense of all the band and their excellence.
Ah et une putain de bonne année 2013, un tantinet soit peu moins merdique que la précédente à bien des égards !
jean-christophe
this superb stop-motion combined with a tune i'd never give a second listen to otherwise made something excellent.
also: where is my laser cutter, dammit!
kids like this so much.
also: how the hell did they do that? my best explanation .... lifted frames out of the completed sequence, pasted them in, performed some magic. *handwaving*
the bit with the umbrella is so good
this is one of those times.
plus... accordion!
"don't eat it".... hell. it's 3 am and i NEED a burger now. i just want the one that makes you gain weight.
also: buzzy music.
we will not discuss John's hair.
full screen if you can
using the aesthetic of the animated gif to create a series of interesting loops is a fantastic concept (Pineapple guy is my fav).
I loikes dat Dizzyess juan lotsa
cute vid, Chris.
.........
here's something along the same lines but not. i like the vid because he makes funny faces and sometimes plays with his cat while he counts out the measures.
I loikes dat juan lotsa