August 2015

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Sean Molloy "Hell" (Natasha Cantwell, dir.)

I've seen a lot of music video. A lot. So many that someone should study my brain to see what the effects are from a 20 year onslaught of quick cuts and ADD randomness. And I think I can say with a fair amount of certainty that "Hell" is the weirdest music video I've ever seen, an homage to hairdressing, religious cults, meat and meat by-products.

Fun probably true facts from director Natasha Cantwell:

"Hell" was shot on 16mm (the creepiest of film formats)
His day job is a hairdresser
The video was shot at Melbourne's Merri Creek, where cast and crew had to contend with deadly snakes and attacking magpies

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Lafa Taylor "Not One Thing" (Kyrian Bobeerian and Lafa Taylor, dir.)

Kuroko kraziness as not-so-invisible assistants help Lafa Taylor get his swag on in a series of mono-colorful rooms.

Kyrian Bobeerian, co-director: "This is the first video we shot in our new DTLA studio Creatington, the message of the song is all about being not one thing, so we thought up all these contradictory actions that challange stereotypes, wanted to show Lafa being as many different things as possible! for all the sets me and Lafa collected free things off craigslist and found stuff in the alleys of our hood, then went bannanas with a paint sprayer, 3 day shoot, cherograph and shoot all day paint all night! the hardest parts to get were at the end of each scene when he gets dressed by the suit people, maaaany takes were taken."