March 2007

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins may stay behind the kit for his side project Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders, but it's his musical vision and vocals that drive this tale about the mysterious "Louise." Video director Alma Har'el handles the visuals, delivering a story about the unreliability of memories. Old Super 8 films are used and recreated with Hawkins and "Louise" — played by his real life wife — to show the jumble inside his head. And, in a very smart idea, Har'el utilized Hawkin's impeccable timekeeping by having him control the edit of some background projections through MIDI triggers on his drums.

An article in today's New York Times sheds light on one potential future for music videos: 3-D. Writer Jeff Leeds reports that Interscope Geffen A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine has struck a deal with filmmaker James Cameron (Titanic, Terminator) to produce both short and long form content with the Fusion 3-D equipment. The lone work mentioned in the article is a 3-D version of Gwen Stefani's "Wind It Up" that was shot concurrently with the regular version.

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