A little while ago I was excited by the possibilities of "augmented reality" as applied to music video. Turns out the folks at Radical Friend are way ahead of me...
Sum-41 drummer Steve Jocz directing this video for British act McFly. Jocz previously directed the MuchMusic Video Award nominated video "With Me" for his own band.
artist: McFlysong: "One For The Radio" label: Super Records director(s): Steve Jocz production co: Spy Films rep: RW Media
If Rube Goldberg had constructed a meth lab, it would probably look something like the elaborate contraption seen in this video from director Arno Salters. UK power-popper Paul Steel and band perform in the various beakers and
The last time we saw director Jaron Albertin and Metricsinger Emily Haines
together was inside a Zellers department store, toppling over people
like dominoes with the power of their depression. "Dr. Blind" was an
excellent video with an ominous tone that has been a hallmark of the
director's work up to that point. With "Empty," Albertin presents a
new, perhaps welcome tone to his work: A sense of comfort. The clip
starts with a house that's been tossed around as if by a tornado. The
Director Arno Salters' love of little boxes gets taken to a new level to this video for Frenchman Seb Martel. The camera takes a long single shot journey over a complex diorama in which Martel and a some mystery hands perform this unlikely musical ode to the chug-a-chug sounds of Johnny Cash.
The Golden Dogs "Never Meant Any Harm" (True North) Arno Salters, director | Geoff McLean, producer | Spy Entertainment, production co | Stuart Gosling, DP | Andrew Adolphus, editor | Description:
Jaron Albertin directed a video for Metric singer Emily Haines' side project, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton. The conceptual clip places Haines in a department store where the customers and workers come crashing down like a row of dominoes.
artist: Emily Haines & The Soft Skeletonsong: "Doctor Blind" label: Last Gang director(s): Jaron Albertin production co: Spy Entertainment
