Below are a few notes on a collection of work i have looked at
Soul Bass - Grand Prix
Close up and repeated shots, running commentary that runs along side imagery (narrative), heart beat and engine revs. Editing brings you in close, intense, short use of clips, split screening (video becoming a collage)
Soul Bass - In harms way (war film)
Soul Bass - Grand Prix
Close up and repeated shots, running commentary that runs along side imagery (narrative), heart beat and engine revs. Editing brings you in close, intense, short use of clips, split screening (video becoming a collage)
Soul Bass - In harms way (war film)
At some points there were four sounds and layers of music overlaying, which made the imagery appear extremely powerful, transition, cross phase blending videos and black and white imagery were also used.
Koyaanisqatsi (which means life out of balance) - 1982, Director Godfrey Reggio
Shows how we live and the cycles we go through, similar to an opera in the way in which it flows, the sound and also the movement. The imagery is speed up and slowed down alongside the music. also a few random shots of people standing still with movement behind of the busy city. The contrast of the stillness of the buildings at night with the constant flow of traffic is quite an interesting compassion. After watching this wonderful piece of art, with great composition, music and images it has started to get my cogs turning and ideas i could do.
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Cinematographic: Ron Fricke
Composer: Phillip Glass
Jonathon Glazer- film director and commerical director
Koyaanisqatsi (which means life out of balance) - 1982, Director Godfrey ReggioShows how we live and the cycles we go through, similar to an opera in the way in which it flows, the sound and also the movement. The imagery is speed up and slowed down alongside the music. also a few random shots of people standing still with movement behind of the busy city. The contrast of the stillness of the buildings at night with the constant flow of traffic is quite an interesting compassion. After watching this wonderful piece of art, with great composition, music and images it has started to get my cogs turning and ideas i could do.
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Cinematographic: Ron Fricke
Composer: Phillip Glass
Jonathon Glazer- film director and commerical director
Jonathon Glazer is a very influential directors of Music Video's and Advertisements of the modern day. Many people in the media industry have come to recognize his very distinctive style making him one of the most "in demand" directors of his generation. This also taken him into the realms of feature length films, including the brutal gangster movie "Sexy Beast" (2000) starring Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley.
I have looked at a few pieces of Glazer's work, he is probably best recognised for his Guinness and Levis adverts. When watching the Guinness surfer and swim black i noticed a use of close up face shoots, running commentry, a build up of music, and cutting between shots. He has also created fet films, Sexy Beast, Birth and music videos ( blur, jamiroquai and radio head).
Jamiroquai-Virtual Insanity,
Jamiroquai-Virtual Insanity,
whole music video is set in one room with just the singer two sofas, an a crow. the whole room is moving around all the time which gives the effect of him being on a conveyer belt or doing the moon walk, in reality the walls are on wheels and are being pushed from side to side.
