Not Ice Cube's scariest video role — that would be "True To The Game" — but he's perfect as a slicing and dicing serial killer in this homage to old-school horror flicks.
It's not quite correct to call this gorgous b/w video a tracking shot through heaven, but I'm not sure if there's a simpler way to describle it. Director Daniel Eskill takes us through various terrains — some not so heavenly — as These New Puritans perform in the foreground.
Fumbling film professor Alan Poole McLard delivers the least insightful, yet most entertaining documentary about the new Alice In Chains album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here.
You are essentially there. And this is the first truly immersive live performance video, making your HD surround-sound home theater seem like a primitive joke.
There's an funereal, yet divine grace to the new Depeche Mode, but that's exactly what fans have come to love from these downbeat electronic legends. Director Timothy Saccenti captures the mood, mixing the Biblical with the celestial on an epic scale.
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
Director Greg Jardin's video for Joey Ramone "New York City" is one of my faves of the year: It captures the breakneck pace, the energy and the spirit of two one of a kind institutions: The Ramones and NYC.
Greg was kind enough to a) Tell us who everyone was in this dizzying journey through NYC, and b) How he made the stop-motion video, complete with some exclusive behind-the-scenes clips.
After making a splash with Jelly Beans, director Greg Jardin takes his stop-motion skills to the streets of NYC for a lovingly rough and tumble and awesome tribute to the Patron Saint of Punk Rock, Joey Ramone, and his beloved hometown. There's over 100 cameos here that ranges from Joey's brother Mickey Leigh, bandmate Tommy Ramone, and prominent fans like Anthony Bourdain, Kristin Schaal, Andrew WK and Reggie Watts. --> watch "New York City"
I've heard of recording sessions taking forever, but there's definitely some sort of time paradox at work in this Yeasayer video, aging the band well past their freshness date. --> watch "Longevity"
Yeasayer "Longevity" (Secretly Canadian)Timothy Saccenti, director | Garen Barsegian, producer | Radical Media, production co | Ivan Abel, DP | Ryan McKenna, editor | Stephanie Barkley, production designer | Jennifer Heath, exec. producer
Love is messy. Literally. Leaving blotches of red all over an otherwise ethereal b&w video à la française directed by Pink's longtime collaborator Dave Meyers. --> watch "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"
Pink "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" (RCA)Dave Meyers, director | Brett Latteri, producer | Radical Media, production co | Danny Hiele, DP | Jenn Davis, production designer | Jennifer Heath, exec. producer | Samantha Lecca, commissioner
There has always been something elemental about Rihanna, so it makes sense that director Dave Meyers really cranks up the modern-meets-ancient imagery to create something that feels like a creation myth. A swamp, a savanna and other primordial locales become the stages for intoxicating performance and sexy dance moves that are sure to get banned from junior high cheer squads. --> watch "Where Have You Been"
There's a haunting in this spellbinding, hand-drawn animated video Rome, the musical colloaboration between Danger Mouse and Italian composer Daniel Luppi, with singers Jack White and Norah Jones. As White's plaintive vocals sketch out a situation of being your own worst enemy, director Chris Milk and animator/co-director Anthony Francisco Schepperd present a spiraling fever dream in which a man gets steadily led over the brink, one bloody footprint at a time. --> watch "Two Against One"
22 months. Over 250,000 jellybeans. All carefully arranged and animated by one insane director named Greg Jardin for singer/songwriter Kina Grannis. --> watch "In Your Arms" and a Making-Of
