A Music Video, A Rhythm Section
This music video was lots of fun to edit. The song is "Cannot Get Started" by the Handsome Furs. Their debut album comes out this Tuesday, May 22nd. I'm pretty pumped. I'm gonna go ahead and guess a 7.7 from Pitchfork tomorrow or the next day.
I tried to keep the editing in touch with the beat for the length of it, which is something I generally try and avoid. Watching a video that cuts on every beat is usually pretty tiring. Here though, I thought it worked. The final sequence is the same series of moving images, first seen about halfway through, laid on top of itself 14 times. The initial idea was that it was representative of a conversation, but the swirling colors and shifting focus are fun to watch. I pretty much couldn't resist finding out what 14 video tracks playing at the same time looked like.
Though the video as delivered by YouTube comes through with relative clarity, the sequence at the end is much better in the full quality version. YouTube has a habit of inflicting the sinister forces of compression and bandwidth limitations on my artistic aspirations.
I tried to keep the editing in touch with the beat for the length of it, which is something I generally try and avoid. Watching a video that cuts on every beat is usually pretty tiring. Here though, I thought it worked. The final sequence is the same series of moving images, first seen about halfway through, laid on top of itself 14 times. The initial idea was that it was representative of a conversation, but the swirling colors and shifting focus are fun to watch. I pretty much couldn't resist finding out what 14 video tracks playing at the same time looked like.
Though the video as delivered by YouTube comes through with relative clarity, the sequence at the end is much better in the full quality version. YouTube has a habit of inflicting the sinister forces of compression and bandwidth limitations on my artistic aspirations.
May 21, 2007 at 6:59 AM
that was beautious. basically. i liked it. like painting with a camera as your weapon of choice where i favor a can-o-paint. i like the simplicity of the story to go with a sweet song and some sick editing. it was SuPpoSed to be a simple story,.. righT? just hitting up el supermercado and makin some PB&J with... wine? yep, that was kind of a random meal. but you were never one to follow norms, eh? must really run in the family, favoring the often odd males. top
May 21, 2007 at 10:15 AM
yeah, it was supposed to be a simple story, something bland made intense. I love your graffiti movies by the way. Ever consider adding in more plot? Not sure how you'd do that, but it could be interesting. top