Dimmer - Degrees Of Existence Dir: Special Problems
This has got to be one of the best clips I have seen in an age.....
512 mov www.specialproblems.com
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great! you should add the director "Joel Kefali" in the title, too. -> Campbell Hooper & Joel Kefali
'tis nice. But reminds me of Doug Aitken... especially The Moment (sorry, no link avail)...
undeniably beautiful images...but loses steam about a third of the way through.
I got an Ian Curtis vibe off the whole thing, but the video is just kinda okay.
I actually really liked the track quite a bit. While it is a familiar sound, it is one I will always be attracted to.
The video is just great and I think it really plays off of the track in a way that heightens the sound into something more visceral. In my opinion this is one of the greatest achievements a video can reach, when the visual pairing with the music makes something new and even more special. I'll never think of Johnny Cash or even" Hurt" the same because of Romanek's video. The same is so for Bjork's " All is Full of Love" or Unkle's "Rabbit in Your Headlights." I could be wrong but I think "tension" has something to do with it. The notion that this visual after-thought will always be at odds with the music no matter what is kind of interesting to me. Perhaps that is where the best ideas live.
In this video I felt this alive and well. And ultimately I now want to know more about what the band sounds like. So job very well done. I also couldn't help but to think about a conversation that I've had with many photographers. Still photography challenges the artist to create an image that will retain its power day after day simply because it is a frozen moment. In film and video the editing process has always been seen as the exact opposite of this. Movement and change has always defined film as being different in this respect. Perhaps this has something to do with how we become tired of videos. And truth told I am always blown away at how easily we dismiss videos with brilliant photography. This one video contains amazing portrait after amazing portrait. It could take a photographer an entire career to build a portfolio as gorgeous as the many shots in this video.
I think I'm going to take a look at one of the best films ever made (maybe first music video's) this weekend for a reminder in composition: Vertov's "Man with A Movie Camera". Sorry for the long post. This video just got me excited.
yep, that is WELL nice. lovely shots, lovely cut...
Anyone know the DP on this?
link to credits here:
