November 2012

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Matt Darey and Stan Kolev "Follow You" (Ciro Ayala, dir.)

Written & Directed by CIRO AYALA | Executive Producer: LIU MING FEI | Featured Film Actress: CARINA CHEN | Casting: RACHEL ALSET | Filmed in MACAU, HONG KONG, TAIPEI and BUENOS AIRES | Special thanks to LOTUS CLUB, W HOTEL, RICKY STONE and KENDY LAM | Produced by PROVOKE FILMS & VOKEMODELS | ARMADA MUSIC B.V. | 2012

 

Info: Piece by piece, the debut album of Matt Darey unlocks its jewels. The second bite of the mastermind's sum of experience and musical passion, is the warm, proggy 'Follow You' featuring producer Stan Kolec and singer Aelyn.

By Ciro Ayala on November 17, 2012 @ 10:56am PST

IN TREATMENT: OutKast "B. O. B." with Dave Meyers, director

Most videos start with a treatment, which is essentially an idea put on paper. Some treatments are incredibly detailed, some are simple. Some videos wind up looking exactly as described in the treatment, and sometimes videos morph during the production process into something much different.

IN TREATMENT will look at those treatments and feature conversations between treatment writer Doug Stern and directors.

First up is director Dave Meyers discussing OutKast's "B.O.B." video, which Doug also worked on...

IN TREATMENT: OutKast "B.O.B." — Dave Meyers, director

DIVERSION: LCD Soundsystem and Miles Davis YouTube Mash-Up

It's a screen shot of a Mac (of course)...

The cursor clicks play on a Kermit The Frog lipsync version of LCD Soundsystem "New York I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down" at YouTube.

Open a new Safari window. Search for Miles Davis. Adjust the volume, click play at the right and you have a perfect blend.

I can imagine that somewhere a music video director is writing a pitch where each band member gets recorded separately. And the video of each band member, with their isolated audio mix gets uploaded to YouTube every day. And you wait for the fans to figure out that if they hit play on each one at the right time they wind up with a full performance.

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the most elusive...

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