Music Video Directors Alliance
We apologize for the bumping up of this post. We feel it is a more than important issue that all antville directors need to take part in.
Who we are not: The DGA The record labels The MVPA
Who we are: We are a group of working music video directors, some of which are also DGA members. You know our names, and you know our work. Our feeling is that there has just been a paradigm shift in the music video business where our work has gone from being a promotional tool to sellable, revenue generating content. We are the creator/writer/directors of these works and our interests need to be represented. The only entity that has the clout and infrastructure to do something like this is the DGA. For instance, they already have an entire department whose sole responsibility it is to audit, collect, and distribute residuals for the tv/feature film director members.
We have had over 250 directors sign thus far. We can assure you, close to all of antville's hero directors are represented . Not only have the A list directors signed but it has crossed over to DGA feature film members signing in support of our cause as well. Here are some of the comments left by directors so far, www.mvdga.org.
A song on itunes is 99 cents. A song with the video is 1.99. That means that video is worth one dollar. The director is the creator, writer, and director of that video. As with every other format be it television, feature films, short films, internet films, etc where the work is being sold for profit, the director needs to be compensated on the back end sale of their intellectual property.
The director is in fact one of the very few people left on a video set that is not represented by their union. The way the business has changed recently, there is really no way we as directors can continue without having a larger entity represent our collective interests.
Please sign our petition at www.mvdga.org. Every signature is important. Thank you.
Sincerely, MVDA
Eurythmics "I've Got a Life" dir. Matthew Rolston
Er, I'll take this time to point to their groundbreaking work in the 1980's, and Annie's Sophie Muller solo vids. They're kinda in Cher mode here.
P.S. This is where Madonna could be..
via arjanwrites
2002: A New JY Movie Video
I'm a NYC-based video editor and I've found that, unlike writers and artists who can create their art from scratch, an editor has to edit "something." So, as a lover of movies and music, I used that as my jumping-off point-- cutting movies to songs that are either about the movie or can inform them.
Anyway, I've cut Misery to the Green Day song "Pulling Teeth" and Citizen Kane to the White Stripes' "Union Forever," a song whose every lyric is a line of dialogue from the film. My latest one is called 2002. It's Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey to Mellow's "Fantastic."
Check out 2002 at:
Links to the other two or on the page.
Enjoy!
JY
KoRn "Twisted Transistor" dir. Dave Meyers
That would be Lil' Jon, Snoop, Xzibit, and David Banner as Jonathan Davis, Munky, Fieldy and David Silveria.
The clip I got was called the "Chronicology Version." Don't know if there are others. MTV News story
image from videostatic
Super Discount 2 (a.k.a. Etienne de Crecy) "Fast Track (Someone Like You)" dir. Marie de Crecy
nice little mindf*ck
u2b here
(via gbh)
tech info - record real and wmv streams on a mac
just thought i'd share this really rather rare solution that lets us mac folks save video streams to the harddisk (pc users have streamdown and others, i'm told).
works for rtsp://foo.ram, rtsp://bar.rm (edit pnm: links to rtsp: and they work too) and mms://foobar.wmv streams (no solution for rtsp://barfoo.mov streams yet...)
- get CocoaJT (it's free! consider a donation...)
- launch and go to Magnéto>Enregistrer un flux
- specify the url, set format, choose filename and folder
- press Enregistrer
- erm... that's it!
(i'm presuming you have the free RealOne player for the resulting .rm files, and either windows media player or the alternatives [mplayer or vlc] for the .wmv files)
ps: i did once get the advanced output option in vlc to record an rtsp://barfoo.mov stream, by following instructions found here and here, but after that once it's never worked again for me...
Tom Petty - Into the Great Wide Open (dir. Julien Temple)
This clip dates back 1991. According to MVDBase (I'm not good at faces) it stars Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway and Terence Trent D'Arby. It remembers me of "The Aviator", but without Di Caprio...
MPEG-4: Download (NFC) (31 MB, about 7 minutes)
WHY? "Rubber Traits" (dir. Ravi Zupa)
Brand new video for WHY?'s "Rubber Traits", directed by Ravi Zupa. From the album "Elephant Eyelash" on anticon records
Hard-Fi - Cash Machine (dir. Dougal Wilson)
New from Dougal Wilson. Looks nice -- not crazy about the song or concept though...
Braund Reynolds, "Rocket," Waverly Films
New video for British DJ duo featuring hot gambling action. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
T.Raumschmiere feat Sandra Nasic "A Very Loud Lullaby" by Sharon Berkal
New song featuring Sandra Nasic ex-lead singer of Guano Apes
more T.Raumschmiere videos: t.raumschmiere.com
Denim & Diamonds - hello & welcome to my show (jst3k remix)
Modern Devo-scream variant Denim & Diamonds is a brooklyn based band with a following. Benjamin K Cox dances and directs.
Fidel & The Castronauts - Fidel's Song (dir. Benjamin K Cox)
Bizarro-punk band Fidel & The Castronauts video filmed on 24p, one location, and a lot of insanity.
see the directors website here
hi.rise - braun audio 1 (dir. Benjamin K Cox)
video for now defunct irish electronic ensemble hi.rise built from found footage reminiscent of Olympia.
Video in Quicktime 7 format for download.
Jeremy Warmsley - '5 Verses'
New video for half French, braces wearing, bedroom electronica extraordinaire that is Jeremy Warmsley.
Direct link to high bandwidth QT
Jean François Coen "Café Bouillu" dir. Stéphane Berla
lovely, oniric paperwork.
coen's got good taste in videos: he was an early client of gondry's...)
45mb qt file here
(via dekku)
Apocalyptica "Wie Weit" dir. Uwe Flade
metropolis redux. (i'd count this among uwe's good ones.)
qt file here
(via dekku)
Pocket Dwellers "Trust Us" Dir. Duane Crichton
Great Toronto based band doin' an amazing and original job of the live hip hop thing. The video takes you to lots of different places. Nice ride.
Vlad's Danceteria - SA!
You wanting to have big fun at the next party time? Cut the rug with super fresh dance moves, Practice to make good.
Fettes Brot "Emanuela" dir: Christopher Haering
It might have already been here, cause the song is not new and rotated heavy down here -but it's a good clip filmed all around the world. That's the link:
http://www.fettesbrot.de/downloads/Emanuela.mov
