The Fountain
Year: 2006
Director: Darren Aronofsky
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Lets start by saying the I absolutely loved both Pi and Requiem For A Dream they are definitely two of my favorite movies. With that said, I came into The Fountain with very high hopes considering it was both directed and written by Aronofsky. I was pleased and disappointed.
Year: 1902
Director: George Melies
I posted the Tonight Tonight music video last week. This is the inspiration. George Melies’ masterpiece: A Trip to the Moon. When you watch this, please watch it in context. This is a film from 1902. Think about that for a minute. It is mind boggling. Melies was so ridiculously far ahead [...]
Author: Art Institute of Illinois’ Students
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Like the Pulp Fiction typography video I already posted, this is another great example of typography work set to the song Lions Roar by The Hush Sound. The attention to detail is great in this video, and the song lends itself to great representation of the lyrics. Mainly because [...]
Song: Tonight Tonight
Artist: Smashing Pumpkins
Director: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Year: 1996
An absolute classic. One of the great songs of the 1990’s, and definitely one of the best videos of the decade as well. The video is actually a homage to Georges Melies’ Voyage To The Moon . A turn of the century short film with [...]
Song: Homecoming
Artist: Kanye West
Director: Hype Williams
Year: 2008
Hype Williams is pretty much the only person making hip-hop music videos that aren’t exhibitions of stupidity with a side of degraded women. He’s an excellent director, really standing alone in the hip-hop scene. I had my doubts at first, and he’s made some slips early on in his [...]
Title Sequence: Catch Me If You Can
Year: 2002
Designer: Olivier Kuntzel & Florence Deygas, Add-A-Dog Studio, Nexus Productions
In case you missed it, it makes me angry that movie title sequences are getting downplayed these days, but this title sequence is definitely one of the best in recent years. My favorite part is the really cool typography. [...]
