New M.I.A. video - "Jimmy"
Directed by Colonel Blimp new director Nez
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21.7MB - 320 x 240
ifmv, 7. August 2007, 19:14
Thousand-hand Bodhisattvastevejobs, 7. August 2007, 19:19
Wrong aspect ratio?good soul department, 7. August 2007, 20:08
Ugh.ifmv, 7. August 2007, 20:34
Original track taken from a 70s/80s Bollywood movie called "Disco Dancer". "Aaja" means "come." www.youtube.com
ryanjunell, 8. August 2007, 02:51
I actually own "disco dancer" on lp... they've sorta got the aesthetic down... but man, where the hell is "jimmy"?!otc, 8. August 2007, 03:55
I can't figure out why MIA's videos seem so allergic to production value despite the fact that they presumably have decent budgets.fungible, 8. August 2007, 05:12
The lack of production value, is the production value. Duh.There's like 50 videos for this album already. When's it gonna come out?
loz, 8. August 2007, 16:38
yeah wrong aspect ratio... either that or they're deliberately giving her the 'RachelStevensStretch'. which would be worrying.agree with nice aesthetic, although sometimes think the deliberate lack of production value maybe working to a disadvantage; wasn't sure if the floating rave boxes bit was bad-meant-to-be-good, actually good, or was just plain bad.
moonman, 8. August 2007, 18:10
mia rocks the house!saam would be a perfect candidate for the next single, he have a similar feeling in his videos
antneon, 10. August 2007, 06:01
The song/vid are based on an early 1980's bollywood movie clip. The original is here.www.youtube.com
dza, 10. August 2007, 07:40
i was hoping someone might elaborate on the 'RachelStevensStretch.' i would be interested to know what exactly that refers to.loz, 10. August 2007, 15:22
sorry... 'RachelStevenStretch' was a term i basically made up, because they used to deliberately stretch the image on a lot Rachel Stevens videos, to make her appear a little more, ahem, slim.Needless to say, it's pretty ridiculous and sick, because objectively speaking Rachel Stevens is daaaamn fine without it anyway.
but yeah, i think they do it on quite a lot of videos, esp dance ones. of course it's hard to spot, because so many channels/post companies screw up the aspect ratio anyway!
mva, 18. August 2007, 23:11
love m.i.a.'s other vids esp galang. this is an ugly song and the video is not goodpandaman, 20. August 2007, 03:54
you always stretch female artistes... usually 4%... best to do it in the TK...kayser_sauze, 20. August 2007, 12:44
link changedloz, 20. August 2007, 14:30
pandaman - always? seems a little exagerated. anyway, let's hope people grow out of doing it...najork, 20. August 2007, 15:09
Actually, at least one known director does 10% as a rule.pandaman, 20. August 2007, 20:10
why grow out of it? If done subtly then it increases the aesthetic... which often in the case of the beauty shoot is our resposibility...however if you wanted to get into the whole anorexic problem and it's links to womens portrayal in the media well...
social resposibility as filmakers? hmm?
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