The Album Leaf "Always For You" (dir.: Aaron Stewart-Ahn)
bearded indie romance w/ judicious split-screen.
stereogum première on u2b;
subpop mov here; handy mp4 here.
here's the production blog.
kevathens, 20. September 2006, 14:22
dir otaku-house aka Aaron Stewart-Ahnprogosk, 20. September 2006, 14:42
so that's where he's been...lusk81, 20. September 2006, 16:05
Great work.terri, 20. September 2006, 16:17
I like the pace. It really works well for the song. Was this shot on Super 16?progosk, 20. September 2006, 16:18
the edit's really one of the strong points here. then the grading. one of the few times i've seen the split used in such an explicit-yet-meaningful way.nice'un, otaku.
scooper, 20. September 2006, 16:30
that felt good...otc, 20. September 2006, 17:18
Actually really fucking good, good job Otaku. Awesome cinematography, and like progosk said the edit is right on. I'm wondering who got to go hang gliding on the videos budget? The one plot point I was confused on was the warm vs cold airport meetings at the end. Was one what did happen and one what he wished would happen or is it contrasting an earlier meeting (The couple embracing in the backggorund is a nice touch)? Anyways great work.progosk, 20. September 2006, 17:21
airport: cold, earlier, departing; warm, now, reunited. (no?)progosk, 20. September 2006, 22:59
stereogum makes it look as though they were given it (by subpop?) as a premiere deal, and chose to use u2b as carrier.oh, and: nice qt, thx - saw him writing on the white door, now. also: yeah, that end's actually pretty wide open. (again: mighty fine edit.)
kevathens, 21. September 2006, 00:25
Oh so nice, great work, otaku.benroll, 21. September 2006, 04:24
It hooks you in right throughout a long track. Gentle and persuasive. Nice one Aaron. P.S. It's horrible seeing your work trashed by crappy compression. But don't go framing for YouTube! Frame for framing.
YouTube is not the future.
hakai, 21. September 2006, 04:26
Aaron! Very nice!hakai, 21. September 2006, 06:59
This is the future future...iTV videos.antville.org channel... or something...
www.ilounge.com
benroll, 21. September 2006, 11:31
Well okay then. Frame for the future of YouTube ;-)kevathens, 22. September 2006, 14:44
album leaf sub pop movprogosk, 22. September 2006, 15:41
ref non-trivial splitscreen: camille's "au port".
any others come to mind?
progosk, 22. September 2006, 23:30
here's an mp4.quite subtly edited, this one is, too.
and she's just amazing. got to buy this record.
kevathens, 22. September 2006, 23:34
re:split screenprogosk, 23. September 2006, 00:48
nice, kev. and look at comment #2...robodrug, 23. September 2006, 01:22
Can't pretend to be over enamoured with the music, but the video is clever in its editing and full ov visual surprises. Good! I like thisjustjoan, 24. September 2006, 21:45
"Closing Time" by Semisonic (directed by Chris Applebaum) is another split screen video that comes to mind. Nice one Aaron.
benroll, 24. September 2006, 22:02
Another split screen: Tom Vek - If You Want (Chris Cairns).jdub, 6. October 2006, 04:47
really enjoyed this. very nice.