Archive for July, 2008

Music Video Review:
The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar

Song: Star Guitar
Artist: The Chemical Brothers
Director: Michel Gondry
Year: 2002
This is my first post about Michel Gondry. But it won’t be my last. He’s one of my favorite directors and I think hands down the most talented music video director. He has an incredible and unique sense of style and also has a preference for using [...]

DVD Review: Run Lola Run

Run Lola Run
Lola Rennt
Year: 1998
Director: Tom Tykwer
IMDB
Run Lola Run is an incredible movie. It is a non stop adrenaline rush from the opening title sequence to the end credits. 10 years later, it is still hard to find another cutting edge and fast paced ride like it. The premise is simple, it is about [...]

Music Video Review:
REM - Losing My Religion

Song: Losing My Religion
Artist: R.E.M.
Director: Tarsem Singh
Year: 1991
This video is one of my all time favorites. I remember it so vividly, even though I haven’t seen it in a long time. The video is filmed beautifully, it reminds me of a Rembrandt painting with the deep shadows and golden highlights. Which makes me think of [...]

Light Writing

I’ve noticed that light writing has been popping up increasingly more and more since last year. In case you’re wondering, light writing is just using time lapse photography and some flashlights to capture the trail of light when the flashlights are moved. I’m sure everybody has seen this effect even on point and shoot cameras [...]

Music Video Review:
The Pharcyde - Drop

Song: The Drop
Artist: Pharcyde
Director: Spike Jonze
Year: 1996
This video proves that sometimes the best ideas are the simple ones. Spike Jonze goes back to one of the earliest film effects, play the film in reverse. The results are awesome in this music video. I could be wrong, but I believe Spike was the one that came [...]

Every designer must read MTIV

MTIV
Year: 2002
Author: Hillman Curtis
Amazon Link
MTIV (Making the invisible visible) is a great book by Hillman Curtis. You should buy it blindly right now but in case you want more proof I will continue.
Hillman Curtis is a renowned and innovative designer. He’s worked for some big name companies like Adobe, he did short films, advertising, web [...]