If you've ever seen a Steadicam op on-set, then you know it's one of the most physically demanding production jobs. Consider what Jon Beattie rolled with while making the 24 hour "Happy" video:
10+ days of shooting
7 miles of walking backwards
approximately 250,000 steps
all while listening to the song 400 times or so
Yet, Beattie is happy as can be as he walks us through that video and the overall risks and rewards of being the steadicam man.
And, the fact most of the footage here runs in reverse makes things even more confusing/clever.
Art, sex, guns, drugs, death and total destruction. Welcome back to the world of BRTHR, which directed this Dazed Visionaries short film —essentially a music video for the band GEMS — starring the ATL Twins as pair of gangsters.
Neil Young continues to stand up for what he believes, this time railing against the Keystone XL pipeline and ecological damage that's projected to come with it. Shot over four days in Nebraska, we find Young joined by Willie Nelson, 8,000 fans at a concert event to support Bold Nebraska, and the world's largest crop circle built by "aerial artist" John Q.
Listen to the man. Especially when that man is Sir Ian Mckellen, who proceeds to (not) ruin a video by (not) upstaging Sir (not) George Ezra in a swinging update of the "You Can Call Me Al" model.
The lines between macabre and sexy are incredibly blurred as video girl turned video star FKA Twigs psychically enters a death chamber to get one last dance with her man.
From the White House to the Waffle House to Walter White's House. This is how you make a travelogue music video.
SonReal and crew spent three months on tour, hitting locations in over 50 cities. Some of the spots are very familiar, others blessedly obscure, but all are treated with creativity and cleverness.
I don't know anything at all about Shamir, but I do know this video is three minutes of inspired and tricky eye candy that should hold anyone's attention. So, pay attention.
Sometimes you need to push your lover away to realize that you've indeed fallen in love. And ideally the "push" in question doesn't involve a multiple story plummet to the ground below — unless, you happen to be very fast and can make a saving catch.
Welcome to a very dangerous ballet where our heroine finds herself under fire from all directions. Luckily, she has moves that would make even Neo jealous.
Best use of an ice cream truck in a video since Billy Corgan peddled sweet confections in the perfect pastel world of "Tonight" for Smashing Pumpkins? I think so. Jack Antonoff and Bleachers take to the roof of a moving truck, all in the name of a girl (and a video, of course).
