Archive for the 'Videos' Category

Short Films: 50 People, 1 Question

Title: 50 People 1 Question: To Wake Up
Year: 2008
By: Crush & Lovely Moving Pictures

Title: 50 People, One Question: By The End of Today
Year: 2008
By: Crush & Lovely Moving Pictures
Following my current interest in online and viral content I found these 2 short documentaries. They were done by Crush & Lovely Moving Pictures, a sub division [...]

Title Sequence: Raging Bull

Title Sequence: Raging Bull
Year: 1980
Cinematographer: Michael Chapman
This is an incredible title sequence. The whole thing is just one shot, and there isn’t much going on, just a slow motion shot of the ring, but it’s elegant and simple, two things that are hard to pull off.
The music is from the opera Cavalleria Rusticana, by [...]

Short Film: Frozen Waffles Have It Bad

Title: Waffles Have It Bad
Director: ?
Year: 2008?
Another example that confirms the myth that you can in fact do something creative and entertaining with a non existent budget. The film speaks for itself and gives hope to all aspiring filmmakers out there!

Music Video Review:
Sarajevo 12/24 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Song: Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12/24
Artist: The Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Director: Paul O’Neil
Year: 1996
With the holiday season right around the corner, this music video seemed very appropriate. Besides being the best holiday song ever, this video isn’t bad. It has a very traditional look and feel that reminds me of children’s christmas books or the Polar Express. [...]

Music Video Review:
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside

Song: Otherside
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Director: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Year: 2000
Again, the directing team of Dayton & Faris produce a video which takes a contemporary song and puts it in a visual style of classic film. They paid tribute to Melies in Tonight, Tonight and here they pay tribute to early German expressionist films, [...]

Short Film: How They Get There

Title: How They Get There
Director: Spike Jonze
Year: 1997
I’ve always liked Spike Jonze’s music videos and commercials. And his venture into feature films and documentaries has been excellent. I loved Adaptation. and Being John Malkovich.
This is one of his short films.