Saturday, July 7, 2012
and boom goes the dynamite
So lets get a few things straight , cause i would hate to take credit for another
directors work , I only directed the intro to this video , the boys having fun and playing games on there wii aka the product placement ..two words that may be dirty to those who call themselves artists but i don't have those ideas about myself , I know i am a commercial artist so there for peddling the wares of a big company is not something I'm gonna run from also the challenge of having the whitest guy in the world and a professional wall flower like myself direct something dance related seemed like too great a challenge to pass up..
so enjoy the pillow spinning , spiral stairs running , just dance playin' inrto i directed for justice crew's latest video :)
the adventures of an in-action hero or new uses for old curtains.
I have worked with jack carty for years doing a lot of his design work
some of which are my fave things i have done and in fact my first video
clip was supposed to be with jack , making an epic space tug boat video,
but alas that never happened . So when he asked me to work on a video for
his latest catchy indie hit " she's got a boyfriend " i jumped at the chance.
The song is very direct so there was no escaping jack would serve as some form
or narrator in the clip but finding a hook proved challenging ..until i struck
upon the idea that jack saw the boyfriend as a arch nemesis something akin to
Louis dating Lex luthor ..from there it was a fun romp making our hero as home made
and pathetic as possible..i drew a lot of inspiration from Daniel clowes and
from a lot of what if questions i had asked myself over the years.
The result is was an incredibly fun video that wears its silliness on its
home made sleeve and was such a joy to shoot ..( behind the scenes pics coming soon )
flaunting my wares
Above are a few pics from the opening night of my first
full exhibition . It was a retrospective show with a dozen prints ,
3 projection screens displaying my hand drawn , poster and cd work
and a large screen playing all my clips. twas an amazing night and the free
wine helped the nerves. These photos were taken by by very own sister !
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