antville Music Video Awards 2006The Finalists !
the 'ville hath spoken - the following are the hive-selected nominees for the official antville Music Video Awards 2006. enjoy them as they stand, or else cast your own, final, vote.
voting will be open for four days, til december 16th.
MOST FUN VIDEO
Deichkind "Ich Betäube Mich", Dir. Alex & Liane .mov
Hot Chip "Over & Over", Dir. Nima Nourizadeh .mp4
The Rapture "Whoo! Alright - Yeah... Uh-huh", Dir. Ben Dickinson .mov
CSS "Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above", Dir. Cat Solen .mov
Justice vs. Simian “We Are Your Friends”, Dir. Rozan&Schmelz .mov
BEST ANIMATED VIDEO
Wolf Parade "Modern World", Dir. Adam Bizanski .mov
The SoftLightes "Heart Made Of Sound", Dir. Kris Moyes .mov
Spinto Band "Oh Mandy", Dir./Anim. Jon Watts & Sean Donnelly .mov
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness "The Owl", Dir. Emmanuel Ho .mov
Zion I "Soo Tall", Dir. Encyclopedia Pictura .mov
Gnarls Barkley “Crazy”, Dir. Robert Hales .mov
special mention (by acclaim)
Dirty Projectors “The Getty Address (An Opera About Don Henley)”, Dir. James Sumner
BEST PERFORMANCE VIDEO
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Gold Lion", Dir. Patrick Daughters .mov
Goose "British Mode", Dir. Keith Schofield .mov
The Secret Machines "Lightning Blue Eyes", Dir. Patrick Daughters qt stream
Rammstein "Mann Gegen Mann", Dir. Jonas Åkerlund .wmv
OK Go "Here It Goes Again", Dir. OK Go @google
The Horrors "Sheena Is A Parasite", Dir. Chris Cunningham .mov
BEST NARRATIVE VIDEO
Bonnie "Prince" Billy "Cursed Sleep", Dir. Andy Bruntel .mov
Emily Haines "Doctor Blind", Dir. Jaron Albertin .mov
Johan "Oceans", Dir. Johan Kramer .mov
Arctic Monkeys "Leave Before the Lights Come On", Dir. John Hardwick .mov
Muse “Knights of Cydonia”, Dir. Joseph Kahn .mov
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
OK Go "Here It Goes Again", Chor. Trish Sie google
The Zutons “Why Won't You Give Me Your Love”, Dir. Scott Lyon .mov
Jamie Lidell "New Me", Dir. Aleksandra Domanovic .mov
Rinôçérôse "Cubicle", Dir. Alex & Liane .mov
Beautiful South "Manchester", Dir. Sara Dunlop .mp4
BEST ART DIRECTION
Mogwai "Friend Of The Night", Dir. Woof Wan-Bau .divx
Hot Chip “Boy From School”, Dir. Garth Jennings .mov
Gnarls Barkley "Who Cares?", Dir. Barney Clay .mov
Seb Martel “Motus”, Art Dir. Mahi Grand .mov
Muse “Knights Of Cydonia”, Dir. Joseph Kahn .mov
BEST EDITING
The Album Leaf "Always For You", Ed. Rob Ryang .mov
Boards of Canada "Dayvan Cowboy", Ed. Melissa Olson .mp4
Switchfoot “We Are One Tonight”, Dir. Jon Watts .mov
The Maccabees “First Love”, Dir. Terry Hall .mov
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Arctic Monkeys "The View From The Afternoon", Dir. W.I.Z. .mov
The Futureheads "Skip to the End", Dir. Martin De Thurah .mov
Vitalic “Poney Pt.1 (Birds)”, Dir. Pleix .mov
Muse "Knights Of Cydonia", Dir. Joseph Kahn .mov
Emily Haines "Doctor Blind", Dir. Jaron Albertin .mov
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Gold Lion", Dir. Patrick Daughters .mov
BEST UNKNOWN/UNSIGNED DIRECTOR
Kris Moyes
Encyclopedia Pictura (Isaiah Saxon & Sean Hellfritsch)
Aleksandra Domanovic
Aleix Pitarch
Andreas Nilsson
BEST NEW DIRECTOR
Arno Salters
Ben Rollason
Encyclopedia Pictura (Isaiah Saxon & Sean Hellfritsch)
Kris Moyes
Andy Bruntel
Ramon Bloomberg
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Patrick Daughters
Alex & Liane
W.I.Z.
Nima Nourizadeh
Jaron Albertin
BEST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Muse "Knights Of Cydonia", Dir. Joseph Kahn .mov
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy "Cursed Sleep", Dir. Andy Bruntel .mov
Arctic Monkeys "The View From The Afternoon", Dir. W.I.Z. .mov
Deichkind "Ich Betäube Mich", Dir. Alex & Liane .mov
Emily Haines "Doctor Blind", Dir. Jaron Albertin .mov
Hot Chip "Over & Over", Dir. Nima Nourizadeh .mov
(a shout to all those involved in churning this out - you know who you are...)
progosk, December 12, 2006 11:38:19 PM CET
most fun video
best animated video
best performance video
best narrative video
best choreography
best art direction
15.3% (19 votes)
Mogwai "Friend of the Night"
22.6% (28 votes)
Hot Chip “Boy From School”
8.1% (10 votes)
Gnarls Barkley "Who Cares?"
37.1% (46 votes)
Seb Martel “Motus”
16.9% (21 votes)
Muse “Knights of Cydonia”
Total:
124 votes
best editing
best cinematography
best unknown/unsigned director
best new director
31.4% (54 votes)
Arno Salters
8.7% (15 votes)
Ben Rollason
8.1% (14 votes)
Encyclopedia Pictura
12.2% (21 votes)
Kris Moyes
8.7% (15 votes)
Andy Bruntel
30.8% (53 votes)
Ramon Bloomberg
Total:
172 votes
director of the year
best music video of the year
kevathens, December 12, 2006 11:53:49 PM CET
Full details on the winners are here:videos.antville.org
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More Director Info, as yet unposted:
Andreas Nilsson
Nima Nourizadeh
Encyclopedia
Andy Bruntel
Ramon Bloomberg
Aleksandra Domanovic
Aleix Pitarch
captainmarc22, December 13, 2006 1:25:16 AM CET
progosk; awesome job on laying all this out.and not to dismiss all the poll creation......
but weren't we going to do an 'open ballot'; similar to the nomination process? Wasn't ballott stuffing a major problem?
progosk, December 13, 2006 1:42:47 AM CET
cap'n: tho i'll confess to bending that precept, my feeling was 1. the nominations distilled a pretty fair, representative, and all-round worthy set of finalists, making any possible residual ballot stuffing here pretty insignificant (or at least, nothing to do with last year's morningwood).
2. were folks really up for another round of extenuating commenty-votery?
nonetheless, if it be deemed, i shall brave the plank - honni soit qui mal y pense.
(oh, and: k, thx - updated.)
birryboy, December 13, 2006 1:31:20 PM CET
thanks to progosk seconded - great work all round.I lurk much, and comment little so it seems appropriate at this festive time of year to send thanks to all the people who contribute so much good stuff to Anville regularly too - happy christmas all!
otaku-house, December 13, 2006 10:16:56 PM CET
i suck.you should put Rob Ryang down as editor. he's the person who should get credit for it.
kevathens, December 13, 2006 10:38:09 PM CET
We'll be crediting the appropriate parties per category once it's all done, though thanks for the credit. Final PR is in the works.I see a shortlist press release wasn't entirely necessary, as someone loves us at cpluv
and prog did some PR work at metafilter
plus: sonic magazine
mention: super45
salters calls antville "the online daily hangout of the entire music video community" - um, really? He also tags his site's viewers to vote for him. =:*
progosk, December 13, 2006 10:46:20 PM CET
proper credits are where it's at - if you're in the know, out with it!kevathens, December 13, 2006 10:53:12 PM CET
Meanwhile, best new director is emerging as the highest-voted category at 85 votes at this moment, compared to 37 at the lowest. I've been chronicling results and writing figures down as things progress..otaku-house, December 13, 2006 11:25:06 PM CET
you want to know how much i love antville? my grammy nomination means less to me than the fact i didn't get no antville love. :( i love you nerds.progosk, December 13, 2006 11:35:36 PM CET
ramon is getting esprsso.net shots, while arno and aleix are rounding up their posses. do i spot the cap'n fuming...?(oh, and ghostrobot is drumming up all kinds of support...)
arno-s, December 14, 2006 12:26:25 AM CET
for art direction on the seb martel - full credit goes to Mahi Grand (who also art directed my GE video).hiconcept, December 14, 2006 7:32:37 AM CET
I know I missed the nomination process, but I think "Empire" got shafted...dingleberry, December 14, 2006 8:49:36 AM CET
PROG&KEV: if what you want is a "true antvilleans only" vote, then why not count only the votes from usernames that have commented a certain number of times (5? 10? 15?), as opposed to usernames that were created only for the vote...I think captainmarc had mentionned an easy way to figure out the number of comments.
or even count only votes from usernames that where created prior to december 06.
zerocross, December 14, 2006 12:24:45 PM CET
as a fellow antville citizen i casted my votes! looking forward to the outcome ... some categories are already decided while others are not! thanks for making this happen.ps: i know i should not bitch around after the nominations are made but could it be that we all forgot "POLYSICS - Now is the Time"?
youtube.com
sorry for the shittube link.
kevathens, December 14, 2006 1:17:28 PM CET
The actual name of that Polysics vid is I My Me Mine, and as najork asked and prog responded, it came out in Oct 2005.dingle: I think we're trying to avoid the bourgeois sense that having a "true antvillean" vote would cause. There are quite a few lurkers around here, many of whom used to comment frequently. I did not help Prog decide, btw, in the final voting process displayed here, so he's the guy we can chop into bits.
Videoville and Director File are down btw, sorry about that.
progosk, December 15, 2006 12:07:03 AM CET
pitchfork do their 25. (via hippocampe.)kevathens, December 15, 2006 1:47:40 AM CET
I just posted my ten best videos of 2006.If anyone has an issue with the selection, you can meet me in the town square at high noon tomorrow. Bring a good luck charm: you're going to need it.
kevathens, December 16, 2006 3:04:17 AM CET
This post has been sensibly erected, waxy'd and, um, maybe'd?robodrug, December 16, 2006 5:09:17 PM CET
Nominees are excellent from wot I've watched, voted accordingly Glad to have a chance to see wot other Antvillians thought woz the best works dis year
I'm impressed! Thxs
kevathens, December 18, 2006 6:06:52 PM CET
Time to close up shop, dude.kevathens, December 18, 2006 7:11:14 PM CET
Cracked! (Dec 18 webpicks)progosk, December 18, 2006 9:01:19 PM CET
opera ain't over til the fat lady sings. (stay tuned...)kevathens, December 18, 2006 11:35:38 PM CET
P: Nope, sir, time to seal it.progosk, December 19, 2006 12:07:01 AM CET
*dons wig* i do solemnly pronounce thys here session of awardes for musicke videos most officialley adjourned. whilst wynners have come to lighte in a fulle ten cattegoriys, twain such categoryes - havinge raised th'eyebrowe of members of thys communitey - shall in all aeternity produsse nary a single wynner but indeede a collective wynne by all&everey nomineys in saidd categoreys. there shalle be no furthere discusshionne of thys matter fromhereonin. *raps cane to hardwood, turns on improbable high heels and stalks out of the venue*kevathens, December 19, 2006 12:14:56 AM CET
You're being elusive, P. "all&one": Are you disregarding my sentiment in my e-mail about declaring winners in Art Dir and Best New, or what? Clarity, sir, not profundity!progosk, December 19, 2006 12:19:04 AM CET
readde my lippse, good sir: no furthere discusshionne.kevathens, December 19, 2006 12:21:22 AM CET
Elusive! I quite. See you later.itsallgonnabreak, December 28, 2006 10:07:09 PM CET
best video of the year all categories for me was Mahogany - Neo-Plastic Boogie-Woogie