This was my entry to the Bjork Innocence music video competition. Shot by Carl Fuermann with the assistance of Geneva Bailey in front of a homemade green screen. I worked a little bit of my liquid crystal magic into the mix.
Why Haven't You Blogged?
I'm asked. It's not that I don't want to. It's not that I don't care. I do. I think about blogging. I've just been working day and night on a new video project. More details later. While I enjoy working on my films and videos, you know you have a problem when the last time you remember bathing, it was for a shot you needed:
Good thing blogs are scentless (though I did have the good scents (sic) to bathe recently).
And now, a series of behind-the-scenes candids shot by my talented neighbor, Geneva (who is working on a story with NPR about a time capsule car that she helped bury in 1957- it will be unearthed on the 15th of June):
Setting up the blue screen. My partner, Carl Fuermann graciously filming me instead of working on his own video. Thanks, Twigs!
Everybody was Kung-Fu fighting! Okay, only me.
Then everybody was Kung-Fu stepping-on-a-rock-and-injuring-their-foot (soon to be a popular song)
So everybody was Kung-Fu dancing (because that doesn't involve pointy objects)!
I'm clearly Kung-Fu worried about something here, but I have no clue what that could be. Oh yeah:
"I shall fight this Pteradactyl flying down at me!" (or, "crap, the cat is in the tree again!")
Gratuitous action shot. Please note that none of this has anything to do with "real" Kung-Fu, which would be an embarrassment to the entire art form! I was just looking for "shapes" in front of the blue screen.
I do apologize that all of this came up in the middle of an epic tale- there are more hot springs antics to share...
In the meantime, here is a great blog to read:
The Heliocentric Pantheon: An Interview with Walter Murch
(Many thanks to Sam for sending this link to me.)
Yet another competition
But this one is really cool! This is one that I actually hope I win and have no reservations about entering. Bjork's new album, Volta, comes out next week. I'm excited for a variety of reasons. The first reason is that I always look forward to a new Bjork album. She is one of my favorite musicians. The second reason is that I have front row, center tickets to her concert at Red Rocks. The third reason is that she is hosting a music video contest for one of her songs: Innocence! Apparently, she will hand pick the winner. If I had to imagine a musical counterpart to my visual rhythms, Bjork would be at the top of my list! Here's hoping she might feel the same way...
Oh, to hear the song, you can visit my MySpace page. Or Bjork's.