3/31/2011

The National - Think You Can Wait (Win Win)





Watch the National's new video for "Think You Can Wait" from the soundtrack to the new Paul Giamatti film Win Win

Katy Perry - E.T. ft. Kanye West



Music video by Katy Perry feat. Kanye West performing E.T. Director: Floria Sigismondi Producers: Natasha Alexsa Garcia, Danny Lockwood, Kelly Norris Sarno

Katy Perry Goes Sci-Fi With 'E.T.'

Katy Perry's latest hit "E.T." – the Number One single on Billboard's Hot 100 chart this week – may be named after Steven Spielberg's adorable Eighties space alien, but its video has more to do with grim modern sci-fi. In fact, the clip looks as though it could be the trailer for either a sequel to Avatar or a Katy Perry video game. It's a bold move away from Perry's usual silliness and sexuality, but the song itself is too – it sounds more like Evanescence's hard rock balladry than her cheerful radio hits "California Gurls" and "Teenage Dream."

Adidas Is In All Commercial feat. Justice - Civilization



Heart over head. Inclusion over ego. United by passion, we go all in.
New commercial for Adidas, featuring Justice's new track, "Civilization".

Video directed by Romain Gavras.

3/30/2011

Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean



Fleet Foxes just posted a video on their site for a song from their forthcoming LP Helplessness Blues, "Grown Ocean". The dusty-footage clip features the band as they travel, work on the album, and smile at each other a whole lot.

World Order – “Machine Civilization”

Music video for the song “Machine Civilization” from the Japanese group, World Order. What, you’ve never seen slow motion breakdance voguing Japanese businessmen before? Imagine how boring the world would be without Japan. We love you Japan!



The unprecedented disasters unfolding in Japan; earthquakes,
tsunami, and nuclear explosions, will somehow change things to come.
And to send my message about this, I have expressed it here with WORLD
ORDER.
These disasters can be interpreted as a turning point for civilization.
I think that we have arrived at a time of revolution, shared with all
the people of the world, in today's society, economy, and political
systems.
Incidents themselves are neutral.
I believe that every single one of us, wandering through this deep
darkness,
can overcome anything, if only we let go of our fear, and face the it
all in a positive light.
The world is not going to change. Each one of us will change.
And if we do, then yes, the world will be changed.
It is darkest right before the dawn. Let's all rise up to welcome the
morning that will be so very bright for mankind.
WE ARE ALL ONE

Collapse Into Now Film Project - More R.E.M. Short Films – “Walk It Back” & “Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter”

R.E.M. commissioned videos for every track on Collapse Into Now, and so far we’ve posted “Überlin” and “Mine Smell Like Honey.” The video for “Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter” features Michael Stipe and Peaches, and some costumes. “Walk It Back,” features a long shot of a horse urinating on a street. Watch:

R.E.M. – “Walk It Back” (Dir. Sophie Calle)



R.E.M. – “Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter” (Dir. Lance Bangs)



UPDATED:

R.E.M. - "All The Best" (Dir. James Herbert)



R.E.M. - "It Happened Today" (Dir. Tom Gilroy)



R.E.M. - Oh My Heart (Dir. Jem Cohen)



Collapse Into Now Film Project.

The Strokes - Call Me Back



Here's a video that Albert Hammond Jr., put together for The Strokes song, "Call Me Back".

The Strokes released Angles almost two weeks ago. As a gift for fans who pre-ordered the album, the band sent out a link to download a video for “Call Me Back.” The clip was created by Albert Hammond Jr., and it’s an uncomplicated video: slow motion film of water dripping down, a woman walking through a sheet of falling water. Both are very pretty.

Wookid - Iron



Director and photographer, Yoann Lemoine, has had a diverse and compelling career over the past few years. From his high fashion and music photography to award winning animated work for AIDES Graffiti, he’s plowing through visual genres with consistent precision in narrative, technique and finish.

His latest Tarsem-esque masterpiece for Woodkid is not only a testament to his prowess in cinematography, art direction sensibilities, nuance in effects and overall tone; but this 27 year old is also the singer and songwriter behind the haunting musical act!

First EP "IRON" available on Itunes.
WOODKID - IRON - Video directed by Yoann Lemoine
Featuring Agyness Deyn
Produced by Mourad Belkeddar
Styling by Ellen Af Geijerstam
Video commissioner Pierre Le Ny
P & C 2011 GREEN UNITED MUSIC
CAVIAR / HSI / ONEMORE PRODUCTION

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - “Heart In Your Heartbreak”



The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Heart in Your Heartbreak [Slumberland]

When Saints Go Machine - Add Ends



When Saints Go Machine - Add Ends [!K9]

Diamond Rings - It's Not My Party



MUSIC VIDEO: John O'Regan goes out on the town, gets in a fight, and boozes the night away in this night-set clip for his latest single. Dir.: Jeff Scheven.

PJ Harvey - The Colour Of The Earth



PJ Harvey - The Colour Of The Earth
The 5th Film, From A Series Of 12 Short Films, By Seamus Murphy

From the album 'Let England Shake'

Rubik - Laws Of Gravity



RUBIK - LAWS OF GRAVITY

www.rubikband.net
Edited by Pauli Ojala
Produced by Niko Kangas
"Laws Of Gravity" by Rubik is from album "Solar" (Fullsteam 2011)
Special thanks to Riku Tanninen / Yle Export & Matti Leikoski / Finnish Ski Association

EMA - California



EMA (Erika M. Anderson) former Gowns singer presents her NEW VIDEO "california" from debut album "Past Life Martyred Saints"

Total War: SHOGUN 2



Copyright: Sega/Creative Assembly 2011

Trailer produced by RealtimeUK

Dogboarding



The Daniels continue down their path as one of my favorite innovators of the past year with their latest film, “Dogboarding.”

music:
"Helena Beat" by Foster the People
fosterthepeople.com

~No animals were harmed in the making of this video.
Don't harm animals, dummy.~

Daft Punk - Superheroes



Music video by Daft Punk performing Superheroes.

3/28/2011

SHIFT 2 Unleashed - Launch trailer



SHIFT 2 is unleashed! Need For Speed ups the ante on the racing game circuit in the Launch Trailer featuring music from Rise Against.

Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Slightly Mad Studios
Release Date: 3/29/2011
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Frog Eyes - "The Sensitive Girls"



"The Sensitive Girls" is from the album Paul's Tomb: A Triumph. The video was created by Marsha Balaeva.
In “Sensitive Girls” what attracted me most was the theme of urban gloom and despair where everything you look at is palpably wrong and menacing yet fascinating in some way … At the start of this collaboration Carey outlined his vision of this song and his mentioning of faux religious imagery gave me the main theme for the storyline. He also came up with the finishing sequence when the bird is flying out into the light of a crystal pyramid. The majority of the city backdrops are based on actual streets and buildings of Liverpool, Manchester and London, they are quite real. A lot of the characters and objects can be traced back to various religious cults and practices like the dog with the pins. In Kongo wooden figurines of dogs and men were used by ‘baganga’ (healers) to perform rituals and if magic was successful a nail was added to it, so the most powerful objects were studded with nails.

3/24/2011

Sucker Punch: Feudal Warriors - Distant Planet - Dragon - The Trenches



Demon Samurai – Sucker Punch “Feudal Warriors” animated short film

Directed by Ben Hibon. All animation production by Axis. Produced by Lucy Teire. Music and Sound Design by Savalas. Scripts by Comflix.
Copyright © 2011 Warner Bros. Pictures

Previous Episode

Click to watch Sucker Punch - Distant Planet



Distant Planet is the third Sucker Punch short movie directed by Ben Hibon.

Click to watch Sucker Punch - The Trenches



Click to Sucker Punch - Dragon

Cool Hunter



Our story follows a group of Cool Hunters, evolved humans who used to live among regular humans, but as time passed, they infiltrated the global wired infrastructure system and live connected within the technology.

The Cool Hunters have adapted themselves to the challenges of the future. They are faster and more accurate at retrieving and distilling exorbitant amounts of information. As they become one with the machine, they access all and extract the essence of an idea, in mere seconds.

The Cool Hunters are connected to every one of us. They have access to all digital and analog structures. We see a glimpse of this in the first scene, as we watch a Cool Hunter looking through the machine and analyzing every detail of a young couple's life - the architecture and design of their home, their clothes, their possessions, nothing is lost on the Cool Hunters as they scan for nuggets of ideas. They live to share their findings.

Directed and Animated by Tronic Studio
Music and Sound Design by Q Department

(notes on) biology



Attack Of The Robot Elephant – “(Notes On) Biology” animated short film

Metronomy - The Look



Curious stop-frame seagulls accompany a wonderful track.

'The Look' taken from the forthcoming album - The English Riviera.
Directed by Lorenzo Fonda

Killzone®3 'Opening Cinematic'



Two-minute CG opening cinematic for Killzone 3 directed by Mothership’s Vernon Wilbert features an alternate world faced with a Third Reich-style dictatorship.

Intro to Killzone 3.
Platforms: Playstation 3 Exclusive
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Guerrilla Games
Genre: First-Person Shooter
PEGI Rating: RP
Release Date:
US: February 22, 2010
EU: February 25, 2010

3/23/2011

Crysis 2: Official Launch Trailer feat. B.o.B.



Featuring gameplay, story details and acclaim for Crysis 2.

The extreme SciFi shooter Crysis 2 is here. Get ready to fight for humanity as a Nanosuit powered super soldier in this launch trailer for the game.

Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Crytek
Release Date: 3/22/2011
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

TV On The Radio - Will Do



You probably noticed the sexy/romantic vibe inside “Will Do,” from TV On The Radio’s upcoming Nine Types Of Light. Now it’s got a video where band members pine for different kinds of happiness using some sort of virtual reality head gear. Some hope for romantic love, others, a chance to play guitar on a mountaintop. I’m glad that they’ve finally perfected the technology that first appeared in Aerosmith’s “Amazing” video.

Aucan - Heartless



Director: Shiroppo Studio
Mechanical Engineering and Components: Luca Zampriolo Kallamity
Artist: Aucan
Title: Heartless
Album: Black Rainbow

[M/V]"カラ" KARA - MR.



KARA Japan 1st Digital single "MR."(미스터)

3/21/2011

Bodi Bill - "Brand New Carpet" (NSFW)



I am really into this trend of creative costumes under limited budgets. There was NewVillager’s “Lighthouse,” and last week’s “Forever Dolphin Love” clip. But director Stephane Leonard includes some nice effects and cool juxtapositions around the costumes as well.

Via: Stereogum.

Die Antwoord in “Umshini Wam” short film



Die Antwoord in “Umshini Wam” - NSFW(Dir. Harmony Korine)

“Umshini Wam” is a short film starring Ninja and Yo Landi of Die Antwoord. Ninja and Yo Landi cruise around in wheelchairs, smoke huge joints, fire off their guns and dream of one day becoming rap stars. It feels like “The origins of Die Antwoord”, though that’s not really clarified. It’s not a music video, but it’s strange, funny and not what you expect. Directed by Harmony Korine.

Stanton Warriors – “Turn Me Up Some”



“Turn Me Up Some”’s video is two weeks old, but it’s worth including. Nate appreciated the frenetic editing, I appreciated the frenetic dancing. Directing group Messrs use smart cuts to show the similarities between dancers’ very different styles, making their movements flow each other’s seamlessly.

Yellowbirds - "The Rest Of My Life" (animated collage video)



The official video for Yellowbirds "The Rest Of My Life" from the new album The Color, out now on Royal Potato Family.

ABOUT THE VIDEO:
I made this video between October and December 2010, using a digital still camera and a program for arranging stills into stop motion called istopmotion. The first two weeks were dedicated entirely to cutting out images with an x-acto knife. I filed those images in folders by category and spent the next two months shooting scenes on my desk using a homemade camera stand. The video moves at 15 fps, so it's comprised of nearly 3,000 individual frames of paper collage.

3/17/2011

Sucker Punch - Animated Short : The Trenches

A new animated short has been released for director Zack Snyder's soon-to-be-released fantasy adventure Sucker Punch, titled The Trenches. In Sucker Punch, the girls face off against an army of mechanized WWI soldiers. Through the use of clockwork and steam technology, human soldiers who die in battle are reanimated and sent back to the front lines. Although seemingly indistinguishable and soulless, the zombie army is not just made of gears and steam, but also of human flesh, bone, and memory. In The Trenches there is a tragic tale behind each lifeless mask. You can watch this new animated short in the clip below.



Sucker Punch comes to theaters March 25th, 2011 and stars Carla Gugino, Vanessa Hudgens, Jena Malone, Jon Hamm, Michael Jai White, Abbie Cornish, Emily Browning, Jamie Chung. The film is directed by Zack Snyder.

Wagon Christ - “Chunkothy”



2 X 2 – Wagon Christ “Chunkothy” music video

Chunkothy was directed and animated by me at Nexus for Ninja Tune with Beccy McCray providing invaluable production skills. Bali Engle helped me colour and provided the beautiful animated sequences for the insect loop and fishes. Margot Tsakiri-Scanatovits and Manav Dhir also provided colouring skills and contributed to the animation of the insects. Steve McInerney constructed the final edit with perfect timing and imagination.

3/15/2011

3/14/2011

Foo Fighters - Rope



There was a noteworthy amount of discussion around “Rope,” the first single from the forthcoming Wasting Light, especially given (or maybe because of) how textbook Foo that self-doubting post-grunge radio rock hook felt. Here’s that song’s video, featuring Pat Smear because the album does as well, with the black-clad band inside a Battles “Atlas”-reminiscent cube, with opaque white illuminated slates where the transparent plates and mirrors would be. It’s a slightly refined take on a standard rock video trope, which is to say it is a very Foo Fighters production. It follows that Dave Grohl directed.

Scenes from the Suburbs (Trailer) - Arcade Fire/Spike Jonze Film



Scenes From the Suburbs, filmmaker Spike Jonze's short film companion piece to his video for Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs", is set to screen later this week as part of SXSW's film festival. The Playlist points out that a trailer for the short film has hit the Internet; you can check it out below.

One Minute Puberty



This piece speaks for itself and is as worthy of a full posting as anything I’ve seen this year so far. Have a happy Friday and take one minute trip through the journey of a puberty as envisioned by Alexander Gellner.

YELLE - Safari Disco Club / Que veux-tu



YELLE "Safari Disco Club" & "Que veux-tu" music videos
directed by Jérémie Saindon

Matta – “Release The Freq”



Official video for "Matta - Release The Freq", from the album "Prototype".

Credits

Direction, Design, Cinematography, Editing, 3D & Animation by Kim Holm.

Artist: Matta
Track: Release The Freq
Album: Prototype

Inception - Done in 60 seconds

3/10/2011

Sometimes the Stars



"Sometimes the Stars" is a gorgeous new song from Adelaide band The Audreys, taken from their 2010 album of the same name. The accompanying short animated film, produced by Luke Jurevicius and directed by Ari Gibson & Jason Pamment, is about a lost girl's journey through a surreal landscape, and her yearning to make a connection in this distant yet strangely familiar world.

Produced by Luke Jurevicius
Directed by Ari Gibson & Jason Pamment
Production Designers: Luke Jurevicius, Shane Devries, Jason Pamment, Ari Gibson
Story by Luke Jurevicius, Ari Gibson & Jason Pamment
2D Animation: Ari Gibson
Background Art: Jason Pamment
Compositing: Ryan Kirby & Jason Pamment
Colouring: Jarrod Prince & Joshua Bowman
Executive Producers: Stu McCullough, Taasha Coates, Tristan Goodall
Special Thanks: Sarah Macdonald, Makoto Koji, Jeremy Hill-Brooks

The Strange Powers of the Placebo Effect



A look at the many strange effects of placebos.

Created by:
Daniel Keogh - http://www.twitter.com/ProfessorFunk
Luke Harris - http://www.lukeharrisgraphics.com

3/09/2011

The National – “Conversation 16″ Video (Feat. Mad Men’s John Slattery)



A few days ago I noticed that Pitchfork was running small, not-clickable pictures of John Slattery. Then the images started including members of The National. The band’s been cryptic with their advertising before (High Violet ads appeared on websites with no link to or mention of the band), but it was clear something was coming. And here it is, a video for High Violet’s “Conversation 16” featuring Mad Men star John Slattery (as opposed to The Adjustment Bureau star John Slattery, or the Sex And The City politician who liked to urinate on women John Slattery). Weirdly, Slattery’s romantic competition here is James Urbaniak, who played Buster, the guy with a foot fetish, on Sex In The City. In the video they fight over Kristen Schaal. She wasn’t on Sex And The City to my knowledge. The video was directed by Scott Jacobson, a writer for The Daily Show.

Blow! - 'Was'



‘Was’ – a new music video by Jonathan C. Hyde for Blow!

Arctic Monkeys – “Brick By Brick”: New Song, New Video



Everything we know about this track and video by Arctic Monkeys is coming via that screengrab up there, and a tweet from Focus Creeps’ Ben Chappell of Focus Creeps, who directed the video treatment which contains a shot of a studio card bearing the following info: James Ford, Arctic Monkeys, 2/7/11. The date’s relevant because it establishes this as a distinctly new, post-Humbug track, and not one of the allegedly numerous leftovers from Humbug’s Josh Homme and James Ford helmed sessions. It also lends credence to the reports that James Ford will be producing the Monks’ forthcoming fourth LP, whenever that gets released. As for the video, it’s a fine play on the brick-by-brick motif: a record playing, and then a quick visual montage of all the steps it took to get that record on the player: California highways, bands chilling on the beach, shots of the studio, audio monitor needles hovering near the red, cigarettes, a vinyl presser, and back to the start. The sound isn’t particularly exciting, but as far as stopgap reminders that the band exists and is working on new stuff set to pretty visuals, it’ll do.

Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX – “I’ll Take Care Of U”



Director Jamie-James Medina makes gorgeous photographs, and he spent some time last year photographing The xx. You can see a lot of his photography in this lifestyle video following a young female boxer. I love the contrast between her ruthlessness in the ring, and her tenderness with her child.

Keaton Henson – “Charon”



Keaton Henson – “Charon” (Dir. David Wilson, Keaton Henson, John Malcolm Moore)

I’m not a huge fan of videos starring puppets, but this video’s lead character (modeled after singer Keaton Henson) has more emotional range in his yarn-made features than most actors. Sad and lovely.

Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica



Director Ryan McNamara is also the lead animator on this whirlwind tour of American history, from the Mayflower landing to the present day. Everything move so fast here, but besides the many references to our bloody history, I love how he mixed together objects from different eras to show new and surprising connections. Definitely one to show at your next Tea Party Rally. (via Video Static)

Plan B - Writing's On The Wall



This is the official video for Plan B's latest single 'Writing's On The Wall'.

Architecture in Helsinki - “Contact High”



From the album 'Moment Bends' Music Video From the album 'Moment Bends'

Human Size Giants – “The Love”



Music video for “The Love” by Human Size Giants, featuring a tarantula, a topless woman in a bird mask and boxing men in lingerie. On suggestion. Directed by Per von Koch

3/03/2011

We Are Enfant Terrible - Filthy Love



Witness the power of red, green and blue with the music video for “Filthy Love” from We Are Enfant Terrible. Directed by “bif”.

Directed by bif

Label: Last Gang Records

Production Company: Fulldawa Prod
Executive producer: Thomas Bercheux
DOP: Romain Leubonniec

Hard Ons - In The End We All Die Alone



Music video for “In The End We All Die Alone”, from the Hard Ons.

The synergy between the images and music is inspired,
We are committed from the opening shot where the camera pans up a massive suspended scaffolding platform to reach the band playing demonically. The pace picks up-if this is possible-with the sorcerer of day and night dispatching tortured souls to oblivion. Fractal animation of psychedelic kaleidoscopes keep up the frenzy culminating in the creative use of stereoscopic 3D graphic effects as the band descends into hell.

The diabolic imagery and lighting coupled with the frenetic pace of the track make this music video mesmerizing to watch.

Ladytron – “Ace of Hz”



Synthpop stars Ladytron are back with a video for the song “Ace of Hz”. Not as powerful as their earlier stuff, in my opinion, but still, not bad. And the video’s pretty good too.

klimmstein ft. Joe Sumner - Paris Paris



KLIMMSTEIN feat. Joe Sumner
Paris, Paris

Albert Bieder Multimediaproduktion
Graz, 2011
contact@a-bieder.com

DIRECTOR
Werner Posekany
Joe Bieder

CAST
Joe Sumner (voc)
Horst Klimstein (voc)
Max Bieder (git)
Gernot Höfler (drums)
Toti Denaro (bass)
Enzo Sutera (git)
Manu Mazé (accordion)

The Strokes – “Under Cover Of Darkness”



Music video by The Strokes performing Under Cover Of Darkness. (C) 2011 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment.

Earlier we heard “You’re So Right,” a new Strokes song many of you deemed … interesting. Which is better than boring. Two for two, Strokes. Now we’ve got Warren Fu’s video for that song’s more classic-sounding A-Side “UCoD.” It was shot in New Jersey so the band got all dressed up.

3/01/2011

Take That - Kidz



Music video by Take That performing Kidz. © 2011 Polydor

Take That - The Flood

La Sera - Devils Hearts Grow Gold


La Sera frontwoman and Vivian Girl Katy Goodman parties, shoots some dice, and holds a hooded man at gunpoint in this clip. Dir.: Vice Cooler.

(M+A) - "My Super8"



This music video was made by morphing between hundreds of still photographs, for a nauseating yet hypnotic effect. Directed by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro.

High-Res Video: http://www.rinostefanotagliafierro.co...

A video comprised entirely of an animated sequence of 300 of morphing photographs and completely surreal and oniric created content.
Nestled in the elegant setting, cuckoo clocks, wolfs and deer heads, the ratio of love/hate relationship between two beautiful sister lifeless is told through both soft and mechanical loop movement between kisses, hair pulling, whispers and sticking in a memory suspended in time.

artist: (M+A)
song: MY SUPER8
year: 2011
director: RINO STEFANO TAGLIAFIERRO
director of photography&camera operator: MILO TERENZIANI
assistant director: CARLOTTA BALESTRIERI
art_direction&editing/postproduction: RINO STEFANO TAGLIAFIERRO
stylist&makeup: CARLOTTA BALESTRIERI
actresses: MARIA GIULIA ROSSI - MARIA VITTORIA ROSSI
production: RINO STEFANO TAGLIAFIERRO
time: 04'50"

Yes! Yes! – “Extra Loveable” (NSFW)



Music video for “Extra Loveable” from Yes! Yes!. NSFW for some mild nudity.

Director - S∆bre'Too†h.
Camera - Ed Sabre.
Editor -Skeleton Bob.

Shower Shots done on 8mm Iphone App.
Lips on Canon 5D,

Lady Gaga - Born This Way



It’s really worth watching until 2:30 (before the actual music starts). Then better switch off otherwise your ears will bleed or you might at least die of boredom!

WRITTEN BY LADY GAGA. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: VINCENT HERBERT. DIRECTED BY NICK KNIGHT. CHOREOGRAPHY BY LAURIE ANN GIBSON.