Music Video

Idehen's terrific music video explaining communism, fascism, liberalism and many other isms. Clever and cheeky.

An oldie but a goodie. Gotta be my favorite talk show performance. I watch it a couple times a year. Sam Herring's sincerity and vulnerability; the unexpected change in his voice's tone; Letterman's joyous expression of delight. So great.

St Wilfrid's Catholic School in Crawley have produced an end-of-year video featuring their headmaster — a faithful shot-by-shot remake of Spike Jonze's video for Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice.

I was most impressed by the side-by-side comparison with the orginal:

As someone said on MeFi, such wholesome fun!

Childish Gambino's new video may be his best yet, which is saying something. Give it a watch or two and then check out the lyrics.

The less this video and song make sense to you, the more I would encourage you to check the analysis of the lyrics on Genius. And yeah, I could have done without the Nudy part, too.

Paul Trillo made a video for Washed Out's "The Hardest Part" using Open AI's Sora. This is truly incredible, world-changing technology.

When you watch this, consider the amount of time, people, tech, special effects, logistics, sets, locations, and planning that something like this would take in the real world. Absolutely outside the scope and budget of an indie band, but done with AI for about $700. Regardless of what you think about the very idea of AI, that this can even be done is almost unfathomable.

Here's a small portion of the prompts Trillo used to create this:

...continuous shot moving forward zooming through time, with a view of 1980s highschool hall corridor with checkered tiled floor, buzzing with students walking around. the scene is captured from a low angle front perspective, showing a door at the end of the corridor getting bigger and closer. the scene is blurred, indicating a high speed movement. the shot is moody and cinematic, with a slight vignette and a warm, vintage tone. the shot is captured on 35mm film, fuji film stock from the 90s with an anamorphic 24mm lens...

A more fleshed out analysis of what's involved is available on FXGuide. Info on Open AI's Sora is here.

This is an excellent track and a wonderful video. The song is by Blake Mills and the animation is by Lachlan Turczan, who says, "I made hi-resolution scans of banknotes from 23 countries ranging from the 1800s to the modern-day."

Watch at full screen.

Turczan continues, "Machine learning was used to further enhance these scans so that I could zoom in on the intricacies of the engravings. Using replacement animation techniques, the guilloché patterns wash over the viewer in a barrage of linework and geometry. Iconic scenes throughout history are also shown: the age of exploration leads to industrialization, wonders of the world are replaced by office buildings and icons of freedom stand in stark contrast to images of slavery. The project culminates with the collective eyes of all world leaders staring back at the audience."

More like this, please.

While social distancing, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down rehearsed for 5 hours before filming a synchronized Zoom video for their new song, Phenom. Fantastic.