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, September 20, 2006 2:22:25 PM CEST
dir otaku-house aka Aaron Stewart-Ahnprogosk, September 20, 2006 2:42:53 PM CEST
so that's where he's been...lusk81, September 20, 2006 4:05:30 PM CEST
Great work.terri, September 20, 2006 4:17:30 PM CEST
I like the pace. It really works well for the song. Was this shot on Super 16?progosk, September 20, 2006 4:18:02 PM CEST
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, September 20, 2006 4:30:10 PM CEST
that felt good...otc, September 20, 2006 5:18:41 PM CEST
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, September 20, 2006 5:21:04 PM CEST
airport: cold, earlier, departing; warm, now, reunited. (no?)progosk, September 20, 2006 10:59:38 PM CEST
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, September 21, 2006 12:25:29 AM CEST
Oh so nice, great work, otaku.benroll, September 21, 2006 4:24:45 AM CEST
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, September 21, 2006 4:26:23 AM CEST
Aaron! Very nice!hakai, September 21, 2006 6:59:37 AM CEST
This is the future future...iTV videos.antville.org channel... or something...
www.ilounge.com
benroll, September 21, 2006 11:31:55 AM CEST
Well okay then. Frame for the future of YouTube ;-)kevathens, September 22, 2006 2:44:16 PM CEST
album leaf sub pop movprogosk, September 22, 2006 3:41:36 PM CEST
ref non-trivial splitscreen: camille's "au port".
any others come to mind?
progosk, September 22, 2006 11:30:57 PM CEST
here's an mp4.quite subtly edited, this one is, too.
and she's just amazing. got to buy this record.
kevathens, September 22, 2006 11:34:57 PM CEST
re:split screenprogosk, September 23, 2006 12:48:46 AM CEST
nice, kev. and look at comment #2...robodrug, September 23, 2006 1:22:33 AM CEST
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, September 24, 2006 9:45:03 PM CEST
"Closing Time" by Semisonic (directed by Chris Applebaum) is another split screen video that comes to mind. Nice one Aaron.
benroll, September 24, 2006 10:02:16 PM CEST
Another split screen: Tom Vek - If You Want (Chris Cairns).jdub, October 6, 2006 4:47:29 AM CEST
really enjoyed this. very nice.