Tutorial Research

After having the briefing for the project our tutor showed us a variety of videos:

Koyaanisqatsi by Godfrey Reggio

 

This video is just a trailer for the film, the actual film is over two hours long, however the trailer covers the different aspects that are main features of the film. The film consists primarily of slow motion and time-lapse footage of cities and many natural landscapes across the United States. The film is the first in the Qatsi trilogy of films: it is followed by Powaqqatsi (1988) and Naqoyqatsi (2002). The trilogy depicts different aspects of the relationship between humans, nature, and technology. Koyaanisqatsi is the best known of the trilogy and is considered a cult film. My favourite part was the section of film with the high view of the traffic that had been sped up.

The White Stripes - The Hardest Button To Button by Michel Gondry

 This is a very popular/famous music video directed by Michel Gondry, I think the video would have needed a lot of planning before they started the filming. The video utilizes pixilation animation to create the effect of dozens of drum kits and guitar amplifiers multiplying to the rhythm of the song as Jack and Meg perform. Gondry used 32 identical Ludwig drum kits, 32 identical amplifiers, and 16 identical microphone stands during the shoot.

The Pharcyde - Drop

Spike Jones the director had a unique idea for the video, that I have only seen done a few times, which was to shoot everything in reverse. The first thing to be shot was the ending starting from the very end and working backwards, meaning the members of the band had to learn the words to the song backwards as well as walking backwards. Filming wise what started as the beginning (the first day of shooting) became the end.

Jamiroqual - Virtual Insanity

 When I first saw this music video I thought it was filmed with floor moving but even thinking that it didn't seem right, I was trying to work out how the sofa would move but the chair wouldn't. In the end the answer was given to me when I watched an interview with the singer were he explained how it was produced. The whole room moved as it had a couple of rollers to make it move more smoothly, but people were on each side and corner shouting out which direction to go. For the furniture to make them move with the room they were tacked into place and when they weren't it looked as if it was moving into the room.