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WATCH IT: Scissor Sisters "Invisible Light" (Nicholas Mendez, dir.) [NSFW]

It's quite possible that director Nicolas Mendez's true calling would have been as a '70s porn auteur, directing wacked-out whack films like Behind The Green Door and Devil In Miss Jones. Luckily, the modern music video framework is loose enough to allow Mendez to devise a ludicrously trippy, lurid and hypnotic video for Scissor Sisters "Invisible Light" that references that '70s bizarre porn video, but without the actual porn bits (which isn't to say the video's safe for work: There's still nudity galore).

NEWS: Announcing Lark Creative MV Roster

Jamie Kohn Rabineau has recently launched LARK CREATIVE, independently representing production companies and directors for Music Videos and Live Content in the U.S.  Please check out www.larkcreative.tv for more information and video links....

INDEPENDENT

  • Robert Hales
  • LEGS
  • TAJ (@ Happy Place)
  • Doug Spangenberg
  • Camille Rose Garcia
  • Tim Nackashi
  • Nathalie Canguilhem
  • Jake Sumner
  • Eli Gunn-Jones
  • Joseph Toman
  • Tim Wheeler (@ Three Foot Giant)

 CAVIAR CONTENT

NEWS: Videostatic @ CMJ - Friday, Oct 22 @ 11a

If you are in NYC for the annual CMJ conference, please drop by the panel I'll be moderating. It'll touch on music videos, the internets and lots more.

There's More Than Radio; Build Your Audience OnlineIt's no secret that New Media is shaping the music industry. This panel will demonstrate ways to promote and market your music, tours and digital downloads by creating a presence online with compelling music videos... and make some money to boot!

Panelists:

NEWS: Furlined Launches Music Vid Division FMV

Production company Furlined has officially launched FMV, a music video division headed up by former Streetgang Films executive producer Jason Botkin.

FMV directors include:

  • Andreas Nilsson
  • Adam Hashemi
  • Terri Timely (US only)
  • Nez (US only)
  • Dougal Wilson (US only)

Labuda Management will be repping for the US, with Free Agent UK handling UK work.

Visit fmv.la for videos and more info...

NEWS: Vimeo Festival + Awards (and BUG Screening)

If you read Videostatic.com on any sort of regular basis, you already know my fondness for Vimeo, which has quickly established itself as sort of the professional's YouTube. Quality upload, quality embeds, quality. Now you can add quality awards show and festival to that list.

The Vimeo Festival + Awards go down October 8/9 inNYC, with a full docket of screenings, presentations, panels, workshops and, of course, awards.