VIDEO WATCH: Robert Gomez - “Closer Still”
Sunday, May 20th, 2007There’s nothing too remarkable about this video other than it looks like it was shot with no budget and I like Robert Gomez (even if Norah Jones does too!).
There’s nothing too remarkable about this video other than it looks like it was shot with no budget and I like Robert Gomez (even if Norah Jones does too!).
This sublimely self conscious music video features a choir of beautiful people, a gaggle of stupid camera tricks, and the handsome voice of Emanuel Lundgren. Why can’t we all be from Barcelona?
Check out this masterfully crafted amateur nature documentary. “Syindy2″ has a number of supurbly narrated news reports on a variety of local topics. Is he trying to break into the news business? Or is he an early retiree simply intrigued by citizen’s journalism? You decide.
Unless you’re a deaf-mute that’s been living under several large sized boulders without any access to a computer, phone, radio, or calculator, you’ve probably noticed the influx of blog-house music thats been permeating the interweb over the last two years. The record company at the forefront of this movement is Ed Banger Records who represents blog superstars Justice, Uffie, Feadz, Mr. Oizo, Dj Mehdi, and Sebastian to name a few.
The record company recently released their newest compilation entitled Ed Rec Vol. 2 (with a little internet sleuthing you can score this gem for your own pleasures), and along with the release they’ve put out two videos, directed by Toma Zino, that are some of the most awesome promotional tapes I’ve come across.
and the extended party version.
and as an added bonus, check out the promotional video for Dj Mehdi’s “I am Somebody” directed by Ed Banger labelmate So-Me
I was cruising pop urls and saw this “Hilarious - How the Writers of the TV Show ‘Lost’ Get their Ideas” video. I first said OMG out loud then clicked.
This reminded my girlfriend, Jen, of the American Apparel “how they come up with porno advertising” video. Jen says “its like, the Office, mixed with like American corporate shit. It’s like brilliant.”
Ehhh..if you watched those last two videos you don’t really need to watch this one. It’s like the last two but 11 minutes longs, stars Andy Dick, and is hosted on iFilm.
I’m going to make a Corporate Board Meeting Video about Haliburton. I have an anonymous senior administration official attached.
The description for this Simian Mobile Disco video was in French; something about being Jas Show who is a producer that worked with the Artic Monkeys. “It’s the beat” is the first single, featuring NINJA, the singer of the Go Team. Album is due out June 9th.
The art direction is very impressive. The color bomb in the middle is my favorite part.
This is the video for Spank Rock’s homage to uber producer Rick Rubin. When I first heard Spank Rock’s song “Bump,” I couldn’t get the infections beat and nasty lyrics out of my mind. Usually, no matter how bumping, hip hop music turns me off with its over the top vulgarity and obnoxious lyrics. Nevertheless, I had flirted with the genre previously liking hipster rappers like Dizzee Rascal but never really committing. Was Spank Rock it?! Had I finally found a rapper would take me to the party?
Both the song and video “Rick Rubin” sucks. And what about that Lindsey Lohan song!? It looks like Spank Rock isn’t going to be the rapper that breaks down my wall. Nevertheless, I think this video is interesting because of all the found 80’s footage and effects. For so long everybody was obsessed with the “aged film” look. This is the “aged video” look I guess.
The following is a list of the top 10 most visited video posts on Glitterfish in 2006:
1) Lily Allen LDN and Smile Videos
2) Washington
3) Jagged Peak Adventure
4) System D-128
5) Paris Hilton’s “Stars are Blind” Video
6) Defaced Wolfmother Video
7) Remixed Pepsi Mentos Experiments
8) Guyz Night Die Hard Video
9) Gnarls Biggie Video
10) Squeaking in at number 10…the Glitterfish Stormhoek Geek Dinner Video!!!
I got a Rubik’s cube for Christmas and I’m completely addicted. Check out this playlist of videos that details the most intuitive way to solve the cube. This solution is nice because there are only a couple of algorithms to memorize.
Some day I’m going to ACTUALLY solve it with my feet just to prove that I’m better than Gondry.
This clip remixes the OK GO treadmill video using legos. I guess I’m a sucker for click bait…
Not only did director Mreel777 animate only half the song, but each frame is up for too long creating a jerky and amateurish stop motion effect. Worse of all is there are noticeably out of focus shots peppered throughout the entire thing. All in all its a pretty terrible effort by director Mreel777 who is going to have to be a little less lazy if he wants to compete with Youtube Lego autuer, TazziToz. Watch his remix of the first Ok Go video, “A Million Ways:”
Clearly TazziToz has a superior sense of production design. Additionally, the camera work, while still lacking, is miles above Mreel777’s.
However, by far my favorite Youtube Lego remix is this Star Wars video by Vidmaster55 and his (former) friend. Vidmaster55 has actually done a couple of lego stop motions. Apparently, he works without the benefit of editing software. He builds a slide show out of still photographs and then shoots his computer monitor to create the video. I’m going to repost the video description of “Lego Star Wars: “Supposed” Final Duel” in its entirety. Its a fascinating case study of how creative differences can shatter friendships and get in the way of the work:
WHY THIS VIDEO SUCKS Oh my God!! This video sucks. Ok here’s the deal, I was over my (former) friend’s house and he well, insited on making a lego video. I mean he’s heard about my lego productions, (With every film I get better.) and he thinks that you can just snap a couple lego pictures make the slideshow, film it, insert a couple of sound fx and post it here. Well, its not that easy, and plus, if you want to have good audio you have to time the slideshow film, write a script, and discise your voice so it doesn’t sound like some “13 year old star wars nerd.” The whole Prosses takes about three to four weeks. My supposedly straight A student friend was like “Naaa we can do it in two hours or less.” TWO HOURS OR LESS?! what are you crazy!? I even explained to him how the procedure works. But no you can do it in two hours. Also to make the vid more interesting you should add music. My friend and I tried that. But he thought that you didn’t have to include it into your script that because of his “Brain Power” we didn’t need one. The film was suppose to be sort of serious like you know in star wars ep. III, but this dude thinks everything is funny, everything should be a comedy. Well sure enough he classifed the vid as comedy and when he did all the voices, you couldn’t even tell it was star wars. Now let me ask you a question. Do stormtroopes cry like little girls? Of cours not. But my know it all (former) friend thinks they do. So when we tried to film it and we didn’t succeed I ask him if we want to try a script. He said “What’s the point.” Now I’m really pissed off. He thinks, “Oh its no big deal, its not hard.” This kid, I’m telling you…. UGH!! And you know, now that I think of it, it did only take two hours. Since we ditched the script, killed the music and didn’t even care if it had good graphics. Then once we ran the slideshow on his P.C., the whole thing had that like thing going up and down the screen, so it didn’t even look right. (his computer didn’t have a flat pannel monitor so it mad the screen do that funky line thing) So obviously he isn’t my friend anymore. Ya see I’m not his friend just because he didn’t care about the hard work that it takes to make a lego video, but also he was being… well here I’ll tell you. At school he is always talking to me and being annoiying. So one day (the day of the halloween dance at school) I tell him to stop it and I’m not his friend. So of coarse he goes and starts to cry and wimper. Then during the dance he goes up to his mom (his mom works at the school) and says “Edward won’t be my friend.” So his mom come s up to me, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DANCE and embarreses me and says “YOU BE EDDIE’S FRIEND!!!” (We both have the same name…kinda freaky) So I say no and walk away from him and his mom. Now of course Eddie thinks everything is okay and walks over to me an is like “Hey dude!” And the rest of the dance was hell. Finally like almost two months later we aren’t friends. And according to him and his control freak mom I don’t exist! THANK YOU GOD!!! I gon’t have to deal with him and his [SENSORED] Mom!! THE END
Everybody knows Gondry is a genius. Check out this viral video where he proves it by solving a rubiks cube…with his feet.
Its pretty obvious that the footage has been reversed. Sort of a fun idea but, dare I say it, Gondry should step aside and let the youngsters handle the viral videos.