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Glasvegas - Flowers & Football Tops, Dir. Martin De Thurah

sturm&drang. hi-q flv; hd u2b (>mp4); info @ academy.
         
academian, January 24, 2009 at 1:41:16 PM CET

better youtube link HD www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE4svYBX1S0


         
my name is legion, January 24, 2009 at 1:45:01 PM CET

before i edit it for the umpteenth time: wasnt somebody else credited with having directed this? when it first appeared on the internet?


         
shatner, January 24, 2009 at 1:49:21 PM CET

It is De Thurah. In sharp relief to the killers vid this one.. Gorgeous cinematography. I love De Thurah. Great, great director.


         
my name is legion, January 24, 2009 at 1:58:37 PM CET

i like de thurah as well, im sure its him, im trying to remmbr if i really read another dirs name or not. eh, frgt about it


         
luk, January 24, 2009 at 2:14:59 PM CET

I like De Thura, too. But hmmmm. I don't know how i feel about this video. He seems to shoot allways the same stuff. Some particles, some houses. The Cinematography IS great, yes. But there is something missing.

I've got the same problems with the Will Young- 'Changes' Video. videos.antville.org

The Beginning is great. And after that... some particels, houses, rain and storm. Looks all great. but... ggggnnnaaa


         
my name is legion, January 24, 2009 at 2:17:25 PM CET

gootta agree with you oon this one. disagree with changes


         
luk, January 24, 2009 at 3:39:00 PM CET

Only the second half of "changes". I love the first part. "The rock", the gas station. great. But some parts in it where so random. The woman laying at the car, the cow, some light effects... and than everything changes into "night scenes" and an old house, random locations like barn and fireplace and at the end some empty road and rain.

I hope DeThura will find a way back to meaningful images... and not only "looks damn cool" images. Images that also tells a story. I mean... of course I can see a story in "changes", too (well, i don't really want to call it a story). ... if you put a cow, a woman, some old house... you can interprete so much into this. but thats not really a story.


         
luk, January 24, 2009 at 4:57:40 PM CET

Some question to "progosk" - How did you get this HD mp4 link from youtube. I tried keepvid.com but only got a 480 x 270 pixel files.


         
progosk, January 24, 2009 at 5:08:12 PM CET

firefox+greasemonkey+script; copy mp4 link, change 18 to 22, paste link in browser - voilà.


         
kayser_sauze, January 24, 2009 at 5:29:26 PM CET

easier (and permanent): youtubemp4.com -> mp4


         
progosk, January 24, 2009 at 5:36:16 PM CET

nice - that's not a direct re-linkable is it, kays?


         
kayser_sauze, January 24, 2009 at 5:44:31 PM CET

it's not a direct link as it will redirect several times but who cares since at least it's permanent (check for timestamps you little philatelist)


         
captainplanet, January 24, 2009 at 5:58:39 PM CET

beautiful! and so effortless.


         
kee, January 24, 2009 at 6:14:36 PM CET

the last minute or so is masterful


         
vonpat, January 24, 2009 at 6:37:03 PM CET

Effortless? This seems like a very contrived version of his last few videos. The particle machine and stormy weather is getting old.


         
spencefilms, January 24, 2009 at 6:37:59 PM CET

De Thura is the master of atmosphere and mood, great pacing, and stellar cinematography.


         
lusk81, January 24, 2009 at 6:49:15 PM CET

I'm with Kee. The last minute is really cool. Not so sure about the rest of the vid though....


         
aaron stewart ahn, January 24, 2009 at 8:07:14 PM CET

did kasper tuxen andersen shoot this?


         
progosk, January 24, 2009 at 8:09:15 PM CET

nope: lasse frank johannessen (nice guy, btw)


         
aaron stewart ahn, January 24, 2009 at 10:03:56 PM CET

lasse did a beautiful beautiful painterly job on this. the hard beam on the face made my brain gasp

(kasper is lovely fella too)


         
familiar, January 24, 2009 at 11:03:36 PM CET

One of the most grossly over-rated bands around right now. Video is pretty enough, though.


         
kalstark, January 24, 2009 at 11:51:24 PM CET

the cinematography is fab and the efx are nicely done. i have to say the video didn't move me at all though. on the other hand, that could be the fault of the lackluster song.

K


         
captainplanet, January 25, 2009 at 1:34:16 AM CET

how much of the last bit was done in-camera, i wonder?


         
luk, January 25, 2009 at 4:18:51 AM CET

And where can I buy "healty dust" for such a shoot? seriously. If you need "dust" for a szene. What do you use. Because every dust I know is very unhealthy. I didn't get the message of the video either... the particles which flow in noses.

And at 1:57 ... look at the deph of field. The particel is sharp. The backround is blurry. Than tha background gets sharp, too... and the young man "sniffing" the particle. DeThura allways did great compositings. But this compositing sucks. Because of the "sharp / unsharp" situation. (depth of field) the viewer think that the partikle is one or two meters in front of the guy... and one second later the particle is in his nose. Looks like "jump cut". (not really). Its just an ugly compositing work. Realy!

And if you look closly the particles that goes into the noses are just disapear in a very "unrealistic way". The particle is not getting darker, or something like that. The Composer just make the partikles more transparent... but thats wrong... the wrong tool.

And if you check the frames at 1:58 the mask around the nostril is jst crap.. for 2, 3 frames. But this is fucking important.

And the "particle nose thing" at 1:16... o dear. The way the particle dissapears hurts. It really hurts.


         
kansas, January 25, 2009 at 9:52:19 AM CET

I found this very uninteresting. Its funny how some of the regulars on this site are so easily won over by some 'nice', 'moody' cinematography and a good colour grade.


         
kee, January 25, 2009 at 10:01:59 AM CET

@kansas: for me personally, it has to do with my own taste. i'm always drawn to videos that have a cinematic look with lots of atmosphere. but particularly here--i found the last segment so captivating and beautiful, which i believe is incredibly difficult to attain under a music video format (the song has a lot to do with it obviously). i don't think it's enough for a video to look nice, but there is emotion in this piece, which i admire greatly.


         
najork, January 25, 2009 at 9:24:59 PM CET

I enjoyed this (and already liked the song, though better without the 'sunshine' bit). Does not feel like it needs to be expounded upon though.


         
kansas, January 26, 2009 at 1:07:33 AM CET

@kee: I must admit this particular video doesn't appeal to my sense of taste which is obviously different to yours. However I also feel that it doesn't offer anything interesting in terms of concept, aesthetic, narrative or technique which for me rates higher in terms of what makes a good video than a cinematic look, atmosphere or emotion. I think these things that you admire are not that hard to attain given a medium range budget, a good cinematographer and a few vaguely symbolic images. Don't get me wrong though, I am a sucker for good cinematography, atmosphere and emotion but without an interesting concept, narrative, aesthetic (art direction) or technique I am easily bored.

PS I do like some of De Thurah's other work just not this one.


         
kee, January 26, 2009 at 1:30:36 AM CET

@kansas: not sure if i completely agree with that. it's super rare when i find a video that is both beautiful and emotional. i think the last one that i saw was josh & xander's "where is my love" video

also, songs are an incredibly important factor. i think it accounts for more than half of what makes a video emotional. without the proper song, the video will just look pretty (this goes for both this video and the cat power one)


         
asifneon, January 27, 2009 at 12:49:11 AM CET

A vicious and beautiful storm hits and infects. Love it.
















 

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