Creative use of photography in a music video
Feb 3, 2024 13:17:51 #
Music films and videos have been outlets for highly creative filmmakers, photographers, and artists since the 1960s. I saw one yesterday that is flabbergasting on all fronts.
https://youtu.be/5IS53CZjT6o?si
Much of this was made from still photos photographed at high frame rates and altered in Photoshop. It's reminiscent of multi-image slide shows of the 1970s to 1980s. It's good enough to have racked up 223,000 views in 36 hours. It's S!CK!
The band has been together for almost 12 years. It is a trio of bilingual sisters (currently 19, 22, and 24) from Mexico. They started playing together as little Catholic school girls. They are classically trained from ages 3 and 5 on piano, write nearly all their own material, compose their own music, and play nearly everything from soft ballads that make grown adults cry, to head-banging rock that would satisfy any rock music fan from the '60s and '70s. This song will be on their fourth album, which ships later this year.
This song is LOUD rock and roll, best listened to on a good sound system or with headphones. For three people, they can generate a huge wall of sound.
As usual with The Warning, their songs are multi-layered with ambiguous meanings, have multiple possible interpretations, and are full of surprises. So watch carefully. Quite literally, if you blink, you will miss something! This video could be watched frame by frame!
https://youtu.be/5IS53CZjT6o?si
Much of this was made from still photos photographed at high frame rates and altered in Photoshop. It's reminiscent of multi-image slide shows of the 1970s to 1980s. It's good enough to have racked up 223,000 views in 36 hours. It's S!CK!
The band has been together for almost 12 years. It is a trio of bilingual sisters (currently 19, 22, and 24) from Mexico. They started playing together as little Catholic school girls. They are classically trained from ages 3 and 5 on piano, write nearly all their own material, compose their own music, and play nearly everything from soft ballads that make grown adults cry, to head-banging rock that would satisfy any rock music fan from the '60s and '70s. This song will be on their fourth album, which ships later this year.
This song is LOUD rock and roll, best listened to on a good sound system or with headphones. For three people, they can generate a huge wall of sound.
As usual with The Warning, their songs are multi-layered with ambiguous meanings, have multiple possible interpretations, and are full of surprises. So watch carefully. Quite literally, if you blink, you will miss something! This video could be watched frame by frame!
Feb 3, 2024 15:24:39 #
Bill, you are into this sort of music and videos? I'm amazed and surprised. You seem to know The Warning's music.
I appreciate what you said went into making the video. I like it. The music is pretty good too but generic for the style. Even though I am a fan of Jazz, Blues and Classic Rock, I also love Alternative, Grunge, Punk, Metal, Noise, and many other styles. I am curious now to at least hear some of their other songs. Thank for posting. - Mike
Follow up: I listened to a few more of their songs and watched more of their music videos. Pretty good. Some of the music is better than "S!ck".
I appreciate what you said went into making the video. I like it. The music is pretty good too but generic for the style. Even though I am a fan of Jazz, Blues and Classic Rock, I also love Alternative, Grunge, Punk, Metal, Noise, and many other styles. I am curious now to at least hear some of their other songs. Thank for posting. - Mike
Follow up: I listened to a few more of their songs and watched more of their music videos. Pretty good. Some of the music is better than "S!ck".
Feb 3, 2024 15:33:39 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Bill, you are into this sort of music and videos? I'm amazed and surprised. You seem to know The Warning's music.
I appreciate what you said went into making the video. I like it. The music is pretty good too but generic for the style. Even though I am a fan of Jazz, Blues and Classic Rock, I also love Alternative, Grunge, Punk, Metal, Noise, and many other styles. I am curious now to at least hear some of their other songs. Thank for posting. - Mike
I appreciate what you said went into making the video. I like it. The music is pretty good too but generic for the style. Even though I am a fan of Jazz, Blues and Classic Rock, I also love Alternative, Grunge, Punk, Metal, Noise, and many other styles. I am curious now to at least hear some of their other songs. Thank for posting. - Mike
I have heard and like most of the genres listed above. I’m also a huge fan of http://www.thewarningband.com. They are amazing, live. They never disappoint. They have a rabid fan base who follow them all over the map.
Feb 3, 2024 16:49:34 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
Okay. But the 'video' looks more like doctored video than it does still images that've been photoshopped and fast-framed.
But mostly, I wanted to ask: D'you suppose it might be time to update the UHH profile photo you're presently rocking? You know, maybe change it out to a shot where you're wearing a well-worn Ramones (or a Twisted Sister, or maybe just a normal Summer of Love/Grateful Dead-style tie-dye.... or a --I GOT IT!-- a 2Cellos!!! --those guys freakin' ROCK!!!) t-shirt under a hipster-looking black hoodie? Worth thinkin' about, in't it?
But mostly, I wanted to ask: D'you suppose it might be time to update the UHH profile photo you're presently rocking? You know, maybe change it out to a shot where you're wearing a well-worn Ramones (or a Twisted Sister, or maybe just a normal Summer of Love/Grateful Dead-style tie-dye.... or a --I GOT IT!-- a 2Cellos!!! --those guys freakin' ROCK!!!) t-shirt under a hipster-looking black hoodie? Worth thinkin' about, in't it?
Feb 3, 2024 17:00:02 #
Cany143 wrote:
Okay. But the 'video' looks more like doctored vi... (show quote)
Not. I’m seldom in a tie, but still pretty preppy. I like all sorts of music, mostly stuff recorded before 1990 when we had kids and I quit subscribing to RollingStone. But since my twins went to an arts school, I’ve started listening again.
The music video could have been made from video or stills. For that style, I would have used a high stills frame rate on a Lumix.
Feb 4, 2024 07:49:33 #
Thanks for the info, Bill. I'll check it out. Sounds like a cool idea!
Re getting automatically moved to Links Section, the volunteer-managed sections are different from main discussion. I re-did your opening to include the link.
Re getting automatically moved to Links Section, the volunteer-managed sections are different from main discussion. I re-did your opening to include the link.
Feb 4, 2024 09:41:56 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Thanks for the info, Bill. I'll check it out. Sounds like a cool idea!
Re getting automatically moved to Links Section, the volunteer-managed sections are different from main discussion. I re-did your opening to include the link.
Re getting automatically moved to Links Section, the volunteer-managed sections are different from main discussion. I re-did your opening to include the link.
Thanks, Linda!
I've liked two other "official music videos" they did:
Their cover of Metallica's Enter Sandman with Alessia Cara of Canada is hauntingly beautiful. They completely rearranged the song’s structure, then recorded, mixed, and mastered the audio, and filmed the music video — all in one week. Alessia was in Canada, and The Warning were in Mexico, so collaboration happened via the Internet. Metallica made it the first track on their Black List album, a compilation of cover songs other bands recorded from their old Black album. The video is spine-chillingly good:
https://youtu.be/9tKQgesCcTc?si
The other one is their 2017 debut album title track, 21st Century Blood. It is about the fears their generation face in the future. it's highly thought-provoking. It won a few, and was nominated for several other awards. (At ages 17, 15, and 12 when released!)
https://vimeo.com/210374020
Cheers!
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