Gabe Askew’s new video for the song “Ten By Ten” by Bluebrain is a really interesting and well-executed piece, and quite a departure from Two Weeks, the unofficial Grizzly Bear video that he put out last year. “Ten By Ten” is skillfully orchestrated and very graphic – clean and elegant. It’s especially impressive, considering Gabe completed this almost completely on his own with no budget. And the new direction shows that he is still exploring and expanding his craft. Kudos.
WeWereMonkeys were so struck by the energy of the new Coheed and Cambria song, “The Broken,” that it inspired them to create an epic sci-fi saga of vast proportions.
Death-match between cyborg titans? Check. Spaceships and mechanical beasts fighting to fulfill an ancient prophecy? Got it.
But the best part of all, you ask? They built all of this from remote-controlled vehicles, kitchen utensils, electrical components, and 50 scale-model kits. From these parts, they managed to custom-create a total of 15 models over two days, followed by an airbrushing and weathering technique, giving the models the battle-scarred look you see in the final piece. They then shot stills and video of the models in their green screen studio, before assembling the post-apocalyptic world in Photoshop and After Effects.
In a word, awesome! It’s always inspiring to see a tactile approach when so many before have chosen the CG path. For the full wow factor, be sure to look at these amazing process stills after the jump, ranging from the creation of the models to the composting and finishing of the final.
Credits
CLIENT
Coheed and Cambria
RECORD LABEL
Sony/Columbia
DIRECTORS
Davide Di Saro & Mihai Wilson (WeWereMonkeys)
Ci sono volute settimane di preparazione per poi girare il tutto in una sola ripresa per il nuovo video Valentino della cantautrice americana Diane Birch. Il regista Dennis Liu, visti ormai i budget risicati, ha dovuto fare di necessità virtù e così ha giocato di fantasia sul telo per le videoproiezioni col girato, animazione ed […]
This past week, a music video for Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness” featuring MGMT and Ratatat, had a short lived fling with the Internet as a wave of censorship swept it out of sight. There were rumors Cudi didn’t approve of his performance, and an alternate video for the same track (see it here), was created.
Fortunately, fans fought for the video’s return, which gives us the pleasure of sharing “Pursuit of Happiness” by French collective Megaforce.
With their trademark surreal, zero gravity camera trickery, Megaforce choreographs a somber Cudi rising and falling through a living room dream-space as he ponders the pursuit of happiness. The image of him as a dreamer, matched by Megaforce’s style and profound talent, gives this musician more authenticity than all the hot ladies and posses he could purchase for a more mainstream video.
Their last collaboration for the track Ambling Alp brought us to a Jodorowsky meets Zardoz world. This time around we travel to a mid-afternoon futuristic 90s rave, with a dash of Beyond Thunderdome.
The bands equipment has been replaced with space crystals, which is nothing short of what I expect from a group creating such interesting sounds.
We hope to see more videos from such an amazing combo of talent.
Guess what y’all? Besides being fieldworkers in this cultural hub-pot, we have the pleasure of working alongside the cream of the creative crop. Evan Owen Dennis, a creative director at Shilo and contributor to this WMIG ship, just dropped his latest music video for The Antlers’s ”Bear” song, found on the band’s critically acclaimed “Hospice” album from Frenchkiss Records. If you haven’t seen the video already, we have it here with some special behind-the-scene photos from the director himself. The picture is a beautiful sullen stroll into the wilderness, as the viewer uncovers the layers of this opaque musical piece. Make the jump for the moving and still visuals, and take it all in!
Lifelong Friendship Society crafts an existential allegory of angst for One Eskimo in a new music video, Givin’ Up. With a finely tuned color-palette, minimal illustration style and expressive animation, they tell an emotionally charged story of an abstract character that journeys through puzzle-like scenes of conveyor belts, revolving doors, and an ever-changing landscape of new challenges. Is it a game? Is it work? Can he keep going? Will he just give up? The two-man team of Creative Director / Designer Travis Spangler and Animator Sid Seed made quite a strong short film for One Eskimo, responding to the emotion in the song and coming up with a cohesive vision that fits its mood of melancholy and frustration.
BoingBoing Video brings the N.A.S.A. goods again, this time featuring Tom Waits and Cool Keith, with visuals by Montreal-based Fluorescent Hill (previously featured on Motionographer for their 2008 New Pornographers promo). SCAD professor Jacques Khouri also lent a hand modeling and rigging the 3D star of the project.
It’s Thursday. You probably need a little pick-me-up to get through the week. How about this epic polychromatic music video that Buck has just directed for the Bravery?! Featuring geodesic spheres, tetrahedral pyramids and more lens flares than you can possibly comprehend, it’s sure to fix your late afternoon need for glowing, rainbow-filled sci-fi psychedelia.
By and By is a new video that the Snorri Brothers directed for Lay Low, a fellow Icelandic artist. Using a simple visual motif that transforms everyday scenes into something recognizable, but totally different than what we’re used to seeing, the video features the first time use (that we’re aware of) of the Mini-Planet technique with timelapse live-action sequences shot around the world. The Snorri Brothers answered a few Questions for us about the making of the video.
Edit: A commenter alerted us of his own video using the technique to equally impressive and trippy effect here. Thanks Tak! As we mentioned this one was the first we were aware of, but I’m sure there are more out there, too …
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